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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-22 = Report in Person too (person)
10-32 = I will give you a radio check
10-44 = I have a message for you
10-11 = Talking too Rapidly
10-19 = Nothing for you, return to base
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Better half
Husband or wife
Fifth Wheel
Coupling device attached to a tractor or dolly which supports the front of a semitrailer and locks it to the tractor or dolly. The fifth wheel's center is designed to accept a trailer's kingpin, around which the trailer and tract or or dolly pivot in turns.
WIM (Weigh-In-Motion)
Technology for determining a vehicle's weight without requiring it to come to a complete stop.
Horsepower, SAE Net
Horsepower capability of an engine with full accessories and exhaust system. Test procedures per standards of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
Upper Coupler
Load bearing surface on the underside of the front of a semitrailer. It rests on the fifth wheel of a tractor or dolly and has a downward-protruding kingpin which is captured by the locking jaws of the fifth wheel.