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Your 10-Codes of the Day
10-18 = Anything for us?
10-17 = Urgent Business
10-28 = Identify your station
10-4 = Ok, Message Received
10-16 = make pickup at (location)
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
RPM (Revolutions Per Minute)
Measure of the speed at which a shaft spins. Most often used to describe engine crankshaft speed. Indicated by a tachometer.
Sliding Tandem (Slider)
Mechanism that allows a tandem axle suspension to be moved back and forth at the rear of a semitrailer, for the purpose of adjusting the distribution of weight between the axles and fifth wheel.
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.
Bear in the air
Air supported highway patrol
Freight shaker
A Freightliner truck