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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
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Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Independent Trucker
See Owner Operator.
Bogie (also spelled bogey)
Assembly of two or more axles, usually a pair in tandem.
Load Range (Tires)
Letter code system for the weight carrying capacity of tires. Comparable ply ratings are shown below. LR PR LR PR A .... 2 E .... 10 B .... 4 F .... 12 C .... 6 G .... 14 D .... 8 H .... 16 (LR = Load Range PR = Ply Rating)
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.
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)