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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-62 = Unable to copy, use phone
10-27 = I am moving to Channel ......
10-19 = Nothing for you, return to base
10-23 = Stand by
10-94 = Please give me a long count
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Horsepower, Gross Laboratory
Tested horsepower of a "bare" engine without fan, water pump, alternator, exhaust system or any other accessories.
Axle
Structural component to which wheels, brakes and suspension are attached. Drive axles are those with powered wheels. Front axle is usually called the steer axle. Pusher axles are unpowered and go ahead of drive axles. Rear axles may be drive, tag or pusher types. Tag axles are unpowered and go behind drive axles.
Cube (Cubic Capacity)
Interior volume of a truck body, semitrailer or trailer, measured in cubic feet.
Kingpin (axle)
Pin around which a steer axle's wheels pivot.
Tractor Trailer
Tractor and semitrailer combination.