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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-41 = Please tune to channel ........
10-60 = What is next message number?
10-4 = Ok, Message Received
10-30 = Does not conform to FCC Rules
10-70 = Fire at .......
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Grade
Steepness of a grade, expressed as a percentage. Example: A vehicle climbing a 5% grade rises 5 feet for every 100 feet of forward travel.
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.
Spoke Wheel
See Cast Spoke Wheel.
Owner-Operator
Trucker who owns and operates his own truck(s).
Boss man
Your immediate superior/supervisor at work.