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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-62 = Unable to copy, use phone
10-1 = Receiving Poorly
10-41 = Please tune to channel ........
10-29 = Time is up for contact
10-27 = I am moving to Channel ......
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Runaway Truck Ramp
Emergency area adjacent to a steep downgrade that a heavy truck can steer into after losing braking power. Usually two or three lanes wide and several hundred feet long, the ramp is a soft, gravel-filled pathway which absorbs the truck's forward momentum, bringing it to a safe stop. Depending on the surrounding terrain, the ramp may be level or run up or down hill.
Dragon fly
A truck with no power
Big/tall rubber
24 inch tires
Bumper Sticker
Car following too closely
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.