Georgia Truck Driving Jobs | GA Trucking Company
Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-34 = Trouble at this station, help is needed
10-75 = You are causing interference
10-50 = Break Channel
10-77 = Negative Contact
10-16 = make pickup at (location)
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Front door
Lead rig in convoy of trucks
WIM (Weigh-In-Motion)
Technology for determining a vehicle's weight without requiring it to come to a complete stop.
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.
TL (Truckload)
The quantity of freight required to fill a trailer; usually more than 10,000 pounds. (see LTL)
Runaway Truck Ramp
Emergency area adjacent to a steep downgrade that a heavy truck can steer into after losing braking power. Usually two or three lanes wide and several hundred feet long, the ramp is a soft, gravel-filled pathway which absorbs the truck's forward momentum, bringing it to a safe stop. Depending on the surrounding terrain, the ramp may be level or run up or down hill.