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Trucking Companies in Farmville, North Carolina
Your 10-Codes of the Day
10-73 = Speed Trap at ............
10-16 = make pickup at (location)
10-27 = I am moving to Channel ......
10-41 = Please tune to channel ........
10-94 = Please give me a long count
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Tridem
Group of three axles on a truck, tractor or trailer. Tridems are most common on European semitrailers.
Bug out
To leave a channel
Pup Trailer
Short semitrailer, usually between 26 and 32 feet long, with a single axle.
Pintle Hook
Coupling device used in double trailer, triple trailer and truck-trailer combinations. It has a curved, fixed towing horn and an upper latch that opens to accept the drawbar eye of a trailer or dolly.
Overdrive
Gearing in which less than one revolution of a transmission's input shaft causes one turn of the output shaft. The purpose of overdrive is to reduce engine rpm in high gear for better fuel economy. Example: A transmission with an overdrive top gear has a ratio of 0.70 to one. Turning the input shaft 0.7 revolutions causes 1.0 revolution of the output shaft.