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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-67 = All units comply
10-10 = Transmission Completed, Standing By
10-95 = Transmit dead carrier for 5 seconds
10-19 = Nothing for you, return to base
10-21 = Call on the telephone
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Axle
Structural component to which wheels, brakes and suspension are attached. Drive axles are those with powered wheels. Front axle is usually called the steer axle. Pusher axles are unpowered and go ahead of drive axles. Rear axles may be drive, tag or pusher types. Tag axles are unpowered and go behind drive axles.
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.
Geared Speed
Calculated vehicle speed at the engine's governed rpm in each transmission gear, or (commonly) in top gear.
Sleeper Team
See Team.
RPM (Revolutions Per Minute)
Measure of the speed at which a shaft spins. Most often used to describe engine crankshaft speed. Indicated by a tachometer.