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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-44 = I have a message for you
10-75 = You are causing interference
10-73 = Speed Trap at ............
10-60 = What is next message number?
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Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Horsepower (hp)
Measure of power (the amount of work that can be done over a given amount of time). One horsepower is defined as 33,000 foot-pounds of work in one minute. Example: Lifting 33,000 pounds one foot in one minute, or lifting 3300 pounds ten feet in one minute.
Clean shot
No highway patrol around
Shipping Weight
"Dry" weight of a truck including all standard equipment, but excluding fuel and coolant.
Break one-oh
I want to talk (on channel 10)
Driveline
All the components which together transmit power from the transmission to the drive axle(s). These consist of at least one driveshaft (propeller shaft) with a universal joint at each end.