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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-9 = Repeat Message
10-73 = Speed Trap at ............
10-62 = Unable to copy, use phone
10-70 = Fire at .......
10-65 = Awaiting your next message or assignment
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Brake Horsepower (bhp)
Engine horsepower rating as determined by brake dynamometer testing. (see Horsepower)
Comedian
Median strip
Axle
Structural component to which wheels, brakes and suspension are attached. Drive axles are those with powered wheels. Front axle is usually called the steer axle. Pusher axles are unpowered and go ahead of drive axles. Rear axles may be drive, tag or pusher types. Tag axles are unpowered and go behind drive axles.
Pigtail
Cable used to transmit electrical power from the tractor to the trailer. So named because it is coiled like a pig's tail.
Buttermilk
Any beer