New Jersey Truck Drivers | NJ CDL Truckers
Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-19 = Nothing for you, return to base
10-34 = Trouble at this station, help is needed
10-16 = make pickup at (location)
10-10 = Transmission Completed, Standing By
10-70 = Fire at .......
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Camera
Police radar unit
TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)
Standardized unit for measuring container capacity on ships, railcars, etc.
Relay (Relay Driving)
Common practice in the less-than-truckload industry, in which one driver takes a truck for 8 to 10 hours, then turns the truck over to another driver, pony express style.
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
Total weight of a vehicle and everything aboard, including its load.
Sliding Tandem (Slider)
Mechanism that allows a tandem axle suspension to be moved back and forth at the rear of a semitrailer, for the purpose of adjusting the distribution of weight between the axles and fifth wheel.