Trucking Companies for Local in Council Grove, Kansas:
You just left your hometown truck stop and you already miss your family? Sounds like you need a local trucking job! A local trucking job allows you to keep driving a truck, but offers more time at home with your family! There are some great local trucking job opportunities available, so you’re sure to find the one suited to you! To find a terrific local trucking job, click here!
Trucking Companies in Council Grove, Kansas
Your 10-Codes of the Day
10-70 = Fire at .......
10-6 = Busy, Stand By
10-19 = Nothing for you, return to base
10-1 = Receiving Poorly
10-11 = Talking too Rapidly
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Overdrive
Gearing in which less than one revolution of a transmission's input shaft causes one turn of the output shaft. The purpose of overdrive is to reduce engine rpm in high gear for better fuel economy. Example: A transmission with an overdrive top gear has a ratio of 0.70 to one. Turning the input shaft 0.7 revolutions causes 1.0 revolution of the output shaft.
LCV (Long Combination Vehicle)
In general, vehicles longer than a standard doubles rig (tractor and two 28-foot semitrailers). Examples of LCVs which are permitted in some U.S. western states and eastern toll roads: Twin 48-foot trailers; triple 28-foot trailers.
ABS (Antilock Braking System)
Computer, sensors and solenoid valves which together monitor wheel speed and modulate braking force if wheel lockup is sensed during braking. Helps the driver retain control of the vehicle during heavy braking on slippery roads.
Sliding Tandem (Slider)
Mechanism that allows a tandem axle suspension to be moved back and forth at the rear of a semitrailer, for the purpose of adjusting the distribution of weight between the axles and fifth wheel.
Kingpin (axle)
Pin around which a steer axle's wheels pivot.