Admin Table of Contents
What do truckers call a truck?
Chicken hauler
Chicken hauler or truck – A big, fancy truck; a large, conventional tractor with a lot of lights and chrome. Also, one who hauls live chickens. Comedian – The median strip in between opposite lanes of traffic. Container – Refers to an overseas container; intermodal transportation.
What do truckers call an empty load?
Chassis Weight (Curb Weight, Tare Weight): Weight of the empty truck, without occupants or load. Class A (CDL): Refers to type of commercial driver’s license allowing an individual to drive tractor trailers. CNG: Compressed natural gas.
What are some trucker terms?
Common Trucker Slang:
- All locked up: a weigh station is closed.
- Alligator: there’s a blown tire in the road.
- Anteater: Kenworth T-600.
- Bear: police officer.
- Big slab or big road: interstate.
- Black eye: your headlight is out.
- Bulldog: Mack tractor.
- Buster brown: UPS truck.
How can I talk like a trucker?
CB Lingo Words and Phrases
- 10-4 Roger – Yes.
- Back door – behind your truck, somebody who’s behind you, like the police.
- Bad ass – very cool.
- Bear – cop.
- Catch you on the flip flop see you on your return trip.
- Chicken coop – weigh station.
- Chicken lights – extra lights on a rig or trailer.
What is a ghost load in trucking?
However, before this emerging industry can fully achieve these ambitions, digital freight matching (DFM) must address the unique challenge of “phantom” data, also known as “ghost loads,” among other terms—a data issue that causes confusion, delays, cancellations, and lost productivity.
What is a pup truck?
Portable parking lot. See auto transport. Pup. A trailer between 26 feet (7.9 m) and 29 feet (8.8 m) long that can be used singularly as a delivery trailer in congested areas or in combination with another trailer for over the road. Rear dump.
How do truckers say thank you?
Often times a truck driver will flash his trailer lights as a “thank you” for your courtesy. “I am slowing down or stopping.” This is where your brake lights come in handy for a truck driving signal.