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Trucking Companies in Empire, Louisiana
Your 10-Codes of the Day
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Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Darktime
Nighttime
On-Board Computer
See Trip Recorder.
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)
Landing Gear
Retracting legs which support the front of a semitrailer when it is not coupled to a tractor.
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.