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Your 10-Codes of the Day
10-100 = Need to go to Bathroom
10-28 = Identify your station
10-94 = Please give me a long count
10-7 = Out of Service, Leaving Air
10-95 = Transmit dead carrier for 5 seconds
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Horsepower (hp)
Measure of power (the amount of work that can be done over a given amount of time). One horsepower is defined as 33,000 foot-pounds of work in one minute. Example: Lifting 33,000 pounds one foot in one minute, or lifting 3300 pounds ten feet in one minute.
Powertrain (Drivetrain)
All the components, including engine, which transmit the engine's power to the rear wheels: clutch, transmission, driveline and drive axle(s).
CB (Citizens Band Radio)
Two-way radio for which no license is required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Long beyond its heyday in the '70s, CB is still used by truckers and motorists for everything from traffic condition reports to emergency calls to idle chatter.
Bobtail
Traveling without a trailer
Disc Wheel
Single-piece rim/wheel assembly of stamped and welded steel or forged aluminum, anchored by 8 or 10 nuts to a hub. A "Budd wheel" is a ten-hole, stud-piloted disc wheel; a design originated by the Budd Corporation.