What are some trucker sayings?

What are some trucker sayings?

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 trucker lingo?

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.

What does V stand for in trucking?

Trucking Industry Abbreviation and Acronym Cheatsheet

Acronym	Meaning
USDOT	United States Department of Transportation
V
VMRS	Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards
VMT	Vehicle Miles of Travel

What do you call a long haul truck?

In North America, the combination vehicles made up of a powered semi-tractor and one or more semitrailers are known as “semis”, “semitrailers”, “tractor-trailers”, “big rigs”, “semi-trucks”, “eighteen-wheelers” or “semi-tractor-trailers”.

What do truckers call themselves?

CB Terminology (Trucker Slang)

CB Terminology	Meaning or Translation
Big R	A Roadway truck.
Big road	Usually refers to the Interstate, sometimes any big highway.
Big truck	Refers to an 18-wheeler or tractor-trailer. “Come on over, big truck”.
Bird dog	A radar detector.

What are some CB terms?

CB Radio Code and Lingo at CB World

CB Terminology	Meaning or Translation
Black Eye	A vehicle headlight out. “Driver has a black eye”.
Bobtail	A semi tractor without a trailer.
Boogie	Highest gear or top gear of the vehicle transmission.
Boulevard	The Interstate.

Why do truckers say breaker?

You see, when a trucker says this, he or she is asking permission to break into the conversation other truckers are having on their Citizen Band (CB) radios, on Channel 19.

What does rubber ducky mean in CB talk?

In trucker CB lingo, the “rubber duck” is the leader of the convoy and the most important person in that convoy. The “rubber duck” also gets to call the stops.

What does PPW stand for?

PPW

Acronym	Definition
PPW	Professional Photographers of Washington
PPW	Partnership for Public Warning
PPW	Pre-Pregnancy Weight
PPW	Property Preservation Wizard

What does FB mean in trucking?

FB stands for Freight Bill.

What does FSD stand for in trucking?

Field-Sized Distribution (oil & gas) FSD.

What do truckers call an empty load?

Deadhead – Driving with an empty trailer. Since most trucks are paid by the mile only when they’re loaded, deadhead often means moving the truck for no pay. Drop and hook – When a driver leaves a trailer at a loading dock and hooks up to a different trailer for the return trip.

What does 90 mean in trucking?

If the trucking company/motor carrier does operate in interstate commerce, here’s what the situation has to be for the MCS-90 “guarantee” of your damages to kick in: The motor carrier is at fault for the accident. The motor carrier’s standard insurance policy doesn’t cover the accident.

What is a shag in trucking?

Shag Truck Driver Career Job Description for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators : Operate industrial trucks or tractors equipped to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory, construction site, or similar location.

What do you call a truck stop?

A truck stop, known as a service station in the United Kingdom, and a travel center by major chains in the United States, is a commercial facility which provides refueling, rest (parking), and often ready-made food and other services to motorists and truck drivers.

What are the 10 codes for CB?

CB Radio 10 Codes

10-1	Receiving poorly (I can’t hear you)
10-4	Affirmative/Message received
10-6	Busy/Hold on
10-9	Repeat message
10-10	Transmission completed (I’m done talking)