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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-17 = Urgent Business
10-77 = Negative Contact
10-3 = Stop Transmitting
10-22 = Report in Person too (person)
10-37 = Wrecker needed at …...
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Better half
Husband or wife
Fifth Wheel
Coupling device attached to a tractor or dolly which supports the front of a semitrailer and locks it to the tractor or dolly. The fifth wheel's center is designed to accept a trailer's kingpin, around which the trailer and tract or or dolly pivot in turns.
ATC (Automatic Traction Control)
Usually an optional feature based on ABS, it prevents spinning of the drive wheels under power on slippery surfaces by braking individual wheels and/or reducing engine throttle. Also called ASR, an acronym sometimes loosely translated from the German as anti-spin regulation.
Boardwalk
A bumpy road
LTL (Less-Than-Truckload)
A quantity of freight less than that required for the application of a truckload (TL) rate; usually less than 10,000 pounds. (see TL)