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Trucking Companies in Batavia, New York
Your 10-Codes of the Day
10-62 = Unable to copy, use phone
10-3 = Stop Transmitting
10-7 = Out of Service, Leaving Air
10-11 = Talking too Rapidly
10-2 = Receiving Well
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Boardwalk
A bumpy road
PTO (Power Takeoff)
Device used to transmit engine power to auxiliary equipment. A PTO often drives a hydraulic pump, which can power a dump body, concrete mixer or refuse packer. Some designs mount to a standard opening on the transmission, while others attach at the front or rear of the engine.
Landing Gear
Retracting legs which support the front of a semitrailer when it is not coupled to a tractor.
LCV (Long Combination Vehicle)
In general, vehicles longer than a standard doubles rig (tractor and two 28-foot semitrailers). Examples of LCVs which are permitted in some U.S. western states and eastern toll roads: Twin 48-foot trailers; triple 28-foot trailers.
Kingpin (trailer)
Anchor pin at the center of a semitrailer's upper coupler which is captured by the locking jaws of a tractor's fifth wheel to attach the tractor to the semitrailer.