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Trucking Companies in Appleton, Minnesota
Your 10-Codes of the Day
10-99 = Mission completed, all units secure
10-43 = Traffic tied up at .........
10-12 = Visitors Present
10-13 = Advise weather and road conditions
10-36 = Need correct time
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Private Carrier
Business which operates trucks primarily for the purpose of transporting its own products and raw materials. The principle business activity of a private carrier is not transportation. (see For-Hire Carrier)
COFC (Container On Flat Car)
Method of moving shipping containers which involves transporting them on railroad flat cars.
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.
Walking Beam Suspension
Type of truck and tractor rear suspension consisting of two beams, one at each side of the chassis, which pivot in the center and connect at the front to one axle of a tandem and at the rear to the other axle.
Truck
Vehicle which carries cargo in a body mounted to its chassis, rather than on a trailer towed by the vehicle.