Trucking Jobs in Brentford, South Dakota

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Truck Driving Jobs in Brentford, South Dakota

Local Trucking Companies in South Dakota:

If you’re convenient to Brentford, South Dakota and you’ve been dreaming of a local trucking job – it’s your lucky day! Companies such as the ones listed below are looking for qualified, professional truck drivers to run local routes in Brentford, South Dakota. To find out the particulars of this local trucking job, fill out our secure online driver job application. You’ll be glad you did when you’re spending more time at home!

 

Trucking Companies in Brentford, South Dakota

 

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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.

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.

Contract Carrier

Company that transports freight under contract with one or a limited number of shippers.

Tridem

Group of three axles on a truck, tractor or trailer. Tridems are most common on European semitrailers.

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.

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