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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-91 = Talk closer to the Mike
10-65 = Awaiting your next message or assignment
10-73 = Speed Trap at ............
10-32 = I will give you a radio check
10-93 = Check my frequency on this channel
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
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.
Private Carrier
Business which operates trucks primarily for the purpose of transporting its own products and raw materials. The principle business activity of a private carrier is not transportation. (see For-Hire Carrier)
Piggyback
Semitrailer built with reinforcements to withstand transport by a railroad flatcar. (see TOFC)
CE (CF, LP)
Distance from back of a truck's cab to the end of its frame.
Camera
Police radar unit