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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-50 = Break Channel
10-9 = Repeat Message
10-34 = Trouble at this station, help is needed
10-28 = Identify your station
10-22 = Report in Person too (person)
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Displacement (Piston Displacement)
Sum of the volumes swept by an engine's pistons as they travel up and down in their cylinders. Based upon bore (diameter of cylinder) and stroke (distance traveled by piston). Expressed in liters or cubic inches.
Gradeability
Vehicle's ability to climb a grade at a given speed. Example: A truck with a gradeability of 5% at 60 mph can maintain 60 mph on a grade with a rise of 5%.
TL Carrier
Trucking company which dedicates trailers to a single shipper's cargo, as opposed to an LTL (Less Than Truckload) carrier which transports the consolidated cargo of several shippers and makes multiple deliveries. (see LTL Carrier)
Pup Trailer
Short semitrailer, usually between 26 and 32 feet long, with a single axle.
Brake check
Jamming on your brakes in traffic