Local Trucking Companies in Ravenel, South Carolina:
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Trucking Companies in Ravenel, South Carolina
Your 10-Codes of the Day
10-38 = Ambulance needed at .........
10-28 = Identify your station
10-73 = Speed Trap at ............
10-21 = Call on the telephone
10-30 = Does not conform to FCC Rules
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Horsepower, SAE Net
Horsepower capability of an engine with full accessories and exhaust system. Test procedures per standards of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
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.
Powertrain (Drivetrain)
All the components, including engine, which transmit the engine's power to the rear wheels: clutch, transmission, driveline and drive axle(s).
TOFC (Trailer On Flatcar)
Method of moving cargo which involves transporting semitrailers on railroad flat cars. (see Piggyback)
Alligator
Piece of a tire