Brooklyn Park, Maryland Trucking Companies:
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Trucking Companies in Brooklyn Park, Maryland
Your 10-Codes of the Day
10-4 = Ok, Message Received
10-8 = In Service, subject to call
10-43 = Traffic tied up at .........
10-23 = Stand by
10-16 = make pickup at (location)
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
DRL (Daytime Running Lights)
System that automatically turns on a vehicle's low beam headlights when the parking brake is released and the ignition is on.
Gear Ratio
Number, usually expressed as a decimal fraction, representing how many turns of the input shaft cause exactly one revolution of the output shaft. Applies to transmissions, power takeoffs, power dividers and rear axles. Example: If 2.5 revolutions of an input shaft cause one revolution of the output shaft, the gear ratio is 2.5:1.
Displacement (Piston Displacement)
Sum of the volumes swept by an engine's pistons as they travel up and down in their cylinders. Based upon bore (diameter of cylinder) and stroke (distance traveled by piston). Expressed in liters or cubic inches.
Better half
Husband or wife
Relay (Relay Driving)
Common practice in the less-than-truckload industry, in which one driver takes a truck for 8 to 10 hours, then turns the truck over to another driver, pony express style.