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Big Rigs
Bobtailing is the term used when a truck is driving without the trailer attached.
Legal drive time is 11 hours of driving with 10 hours of break thereafter.
All mile markers go down as you head south and go up as
you head north.
Trucker's CB Lingo/CB Lingo Explanation
Alligator/Blown Tire In Road
Backslide/Return Trip
Bumper Sticker/Car Too Close To Bumper
Evil Kenevil/Motorcycle Cop
Salt Shaker/Snow Plow
Wiggle Wagons/Double OR Triple Trailer Trucks
While there are myriad variables on the costs, the CAB
of an eighteen wheeler usually ranges from $80,000 to
$120,000 new. The trailers usually range from $30,000
to $60,000 new. So all in all you could look at $150,000
for both NEW if you get a good deal.
The legal weight for an eighteen wheeler is 80,000 lbs.
[40 tons]. That is without any oversize or overweight
permits. In comparison, the average automobile weighs
over somewhere around 5,000 lbs.
A gator in the road is a huge piece of tire from a blow out on a truck, called a gator because the fly up when a truck runs one over and take out your air lines causing you to lose air and forcing your spring brakes to come on which causes a rather abrupt stop.
The U.S. Automobile Association was formed in 1905 for the purpose or providing "scouts" who could warn motorists of hidden police traps.
I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone.
~Steven Wright
