Temple, Texas Trucking Companies:
Temple, Texas has the below list of quality trucking companies that currently are looking for truck drivers and owner operators to fill their truck driver jobs needs. These carriers might be offering local trucking jobs or over the road contract jobs or maybe regional truck driver jobs. The best way to find out is to click on their names and see what they're all about. Some companies may only need a Company Driver for their Specialized moving needs, but some may need exactly what you're experienced in. also, think about applying with us because the way our service really works is matching drivers with companies. Your truck driving employment history will be compared to the needs of better trucking companies, so you'll get lots of offers from carrier companies needing truck drivers. You then get to pick the offer you want!
Trucking Companies in Temple, Texas
Your 10-Codes of the Day
10-29 = Time is up for contact
10-50 = Break Channel
10-60 = What is next message number?
10-8 = In Service, subject to call
10-22 = Report in Person too (person)
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Pull Trailer
Short, full trailer (supported by axles front and rear) with an extended tongue.
Tare Weight
See Chassis Weight.
Bobtail
Traveling without a trailer
CB (Citizens Band Radio)
Two-way radio for which no license is required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Long beyond its heyday in the '70s, CB is still used by truckers and motorists for everything from traffic condition reports to emergency calls to idle chatter.
Overdrive
Gearing in which less than one revolution of a transmission's input shaft causes one turn of the output shaft. The purpose of overdrive is to reduce engine rpm in high gear for better fuel economy. Example: A transmission with an overdrive top gear has a ratio of 0.70 to one. Turning the input shaft 0.7 revolutions causes 1.0 revolution of the output shaft.