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Trucking Companies in New Glarus, Wisconsin
Your 10-Codes of the Day
10-91 = Talk closer to the Mike
10-22 = Report in Person too (person)
10-60 = What is next message number?
10-92 = Your transmitter is out of adjustment
10-29 = Time is up for contact
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
TL (Truckload)
The quantity of freight required to fill a trailer; usually more than 10,000 pounds. (see LTL)
Big/tall rubber
24 inch tires
Tare Weight
See Chassis Weight.
Retarder
Device used to assist brakes in slowing the vehicle. The most common type of retarder on over-the-road trucks manipulates the engine's valves to create engine drag. (This type is commonly referred to as "Jake Brake" because the predominant manufacturer is Jacobs Vehicle Equipment Co.) Other types of retarders include exhaust retarders, transmission-mounted hydraulic retarders and axle-mounted electromagnetic retarders.
Upper Coupler
Load bearing surface on the underside of the front of a semitrailer. It rests on the fifth wheel of a tractor or dolly and has a downward-protruding kingpin which is captured by the locking jaws of the fifth wheel.