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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-22 = Report in Person too (person)
10-25 = Can you Contact .......
10-2 = Receiving Well
10-26 = Disregard Last Information/Cancel Last Message
10-8 = In Service, subject to call
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Tri-Axle
Truck, tractor or trailer with three axles grouped together at the rear. (see Tridem)
For-Hire Carrier
Company in the business of transporting freight belonging to others (see Private Carrier).
Lift Axle
Extra, unpowered axle needed only when the vehicle is loaded, allowing it to meet federal and state vehicle weight standards. The lift axle is mounted to an air spring suspension that raises the axle when it is not required.
WIM (Weigh-In-Motion)
Technology for determining a vehicle's weight without requiring it to come to a complete stop.
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.