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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day

10-16 = make pickup at (location)

10-95 = Transmit dead carrier for 5 seconds

10-44 = I have a message for you

10-5 = Relay Message

10-24 = Completed last assignment

 

Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day

Hours-Of-Service

U.S. Department of Transportation safety regulations which govern the hours of service of commercial vehicle drivers engaged in interstate trucking operations.

Walking Beam Suspension

Type of truck and tractor rear suspension consisting of two beams, one at each side of the chassis, which pivot in the center and connect at the front to one axle of a tandem and at the rear to the other axle.

Freight shaker

A Freightliner truck

TOFC (Trailer On Flatcar)

Method of moving cargo which involves transporting semitrailers on railroad flat cars. (see Piggyback)

JIT (Just-In-Time)

Manufacturing system which depends on frequent, small deliveries of parts and supplies to keep on-site inventory to a minimum.