Missouri Truck Driving Jobs | MO Trucking Companies
Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-26 = Disregard Last Information/Cancel Last Message
10-32 = I will give you a radio check
10-36 = Need correct time
10-9 = Repeat Message
10-7 = Out of Service, Leaving Air
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Pintle Hook
Coupling device used in double trailer, triple trailer and truck-trailer combinations. It has a curved, fixed towing horn and an upper latch that opens to accept the drawbar eye of a trailer or dolly.
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.
Ace
Class "A" truck driver
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.
Peddle Run
Truck route with frequent delivery stops.