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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-16 = make pickup at (location)
10-45 = All units within range please report
10-17 = Urgent Business
10-3 = Stop Transmitting
10-70 = Fire at .......
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
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.
Horsepower, Gross Laboratory
Tested horsepower of a "bare" engine without fan, water pump, alternator, exhaust system or any other accessories.
COE
See Cabover.
LTL Carrier
Trucking company which consolidates less-than-truckload cargo for multiple destinations on one vehicle. (see TL Carrier)
Comic book
Truck driver's log book