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Trucking Companies in Aquilla, Texas
Your 10-Codes of the Day
10-60 = What is next message number?
10-33 = Emergency Traffic at this station
10-6 = Busy, Stand By
10-85 = My address is ...........
10-34 = Trouble at this station, help is needed
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating)
Total weight a vehicle is rated to carry by the manufacturer, including its own weight and the weight of its load.
Jake Brake
See Retarder.
P&D
Pickup and delivery.
Gear Ratio
Number, usually expressed as a decimal fraction, representing how many turns of the input shaft cause exactly one revolution of the output shaft. Applies to transmissions, power takeoffs, power dividers and rear axles. Example: If 2.5 revolutions of an input shaft cause one revolution of the output shaft, the gear ratio is 2.5:1.
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.