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Trucking Companies in Gerlach Empire, Nevada
Your 10-Codes of the Day
10-94 = Please give me a long count
10-39 = Your message delivered
10-50 = Break Channel
10-2 = Receiving Well
10-23 = Stand by
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
Total weight of a vehicle and everything aboard, including its load.
Landing Gear
Retracting legs which support the front of a semitrailer when it is not coupled to a tractor.
ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems)
Formerly called IVHS.
Runaway Truck Ramp
Emergency area adjacent to a steep downgrade that a heavy truck can steer into after losing braking power. Usually two or three lanes wide and several hundred feet long, the ramp is a soft, gravel-filled pathway which absorbs the truck's forward momentum, bringing it to a safe stop. Depending on the surrounding terrain, the ramp may be level or run up or down hill.
GAWR (Gross Axle Weight Rating)
Maximum weight an axle is rated to carry by the manufacturer. Includes both the weight of the axle and the portion of a vehicle's weight carried by the axle.