Local Trucking Companies in Winsted, Connecticut:
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Trucking Companies in Winsted, Connecticut
Your 10-Codes of the Day
10-36 = Need correct time
10-92 = Your transmitter is out of adjustment
10-1 = Receiving Poorly
10-91 = Talk closer to the Mike
10-43 = Traffic tied up at .........
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Container (Shipping Container)
Standard-sized rectangular box used to transport freight by ship, rail and highway. International shipping containers are 20 or 40 feet long, conform to International Standards Organization (ISO) standards and are designed to fit in ships' holds. Containers are transported on public roads atop a container chassis towed by a tractor. Domestic containers, up to 53 feet long and of lighter construction, are designed for rail and highway use only.
TL Carrier
Trucking company which dedicates trailers to a single shipper's cargo, as opposed to an LTL (Less Than Truckload) carrier which transports the consolidated cargo of several shippers and makes multiple deliveries. (see LTL Carrier)
Jackknife
To place the trailer at a very sharp angle to the tractor.
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.
Bear in the air
Air supported highway patrol