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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-28 = Identify your station
10-18 = Anything for us?
10-200 = Police needed at ..........
10-9 = Repeat Message
10-67 = All units comply
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
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.
Gear Ratio
Number, usually expressed as a decimal fraction, representing how many turns of the input shaft cause exactly one revolution of the output shaft. Applies to transmissions, power takeoffs, power dividers and rear axles. Example: If 2.5 revolutions of an input shaft cause one revolution of the output shaft, the gear ratio is 2.5:1.
Trip Leasing
Leasing a company's vehicle to another transportation provider for a single trip.
Owner-Operator
Trucker who owns and operates his own truck(s).