Question:
How about it?
Folks 'out there' view these posts and don't know the jargon.
For instance, I maybe a little stupid but what does "line-haul" mean? Or 'dry van'? (Does that mean all others are wet ?)
(Just recently a fellow student told me that 'reefer' meant 'refrigerated'. Imagine that! Sounded to me more like a platform and I'd figured it must be referring to flatbed, if I'm using that term correctly ?
How about other terms that may stump newbies?
I plan where I'm going
'Cause I know where I've been.

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Trucker Lingo
Aardvark:
A big rig with a long nose
Alligator:
A tire recap or tire part from a blown tire on the road. Basically anything on the road that could jump up and bite you when run over it
Alligator Bait:
Bits and pieces of a blown tire
Alligator Radio Station:
A radio that can transmit well, but receives poorly
Any Number:
Usually the mile marker on the highway where a bear was seen
Back Door:
Behind you or to the rear, look in your mirror, a bear is coming up behind you
Back Out:
Finished talking, will now unkey
Back Quiet:
I have finished my transmission and you may proceed when ready
Back Row:
The area at some truck stops where hookers hang out
Bambi: A deer, whether dead or alive.
Bear:
A highway, county or state police officer, generic term for a law enforcement officer
Bear In The Air:
A police airplane that monitors highway speeds below
Bedbuggers:
Moving companies
Better half:
Your spouse, ie. your wife or girlfriend
Big Radio:
Means the radio is operating an illegal linear amplifier to boost the power
Big Road:
A major highway
Big/Tall Rubber:
24-inch tires.
Big Truck:
Usually an 18 wheeler when compared to small cars, but when compared to other trucks we are talking about a fast truck with a big engine
Bingo Cards:
Paper cards that hold trucking permits from various states
Bird Dog:
A radar detector
Bluebird:
A Martin Truck company's truck. Named because of bird painted on the side of the trailers.
Bobtail:
Running without a trailer
Boogie:
Top gear. "I've got 'er up into boogie now."
Boss Man:
Your supervisor at work
Brake Check:
A sudden slowdown in traffic, where you have to hit the brakes
Break:
The proper way to gain access to a busy channel
Bubba:
A not-so-formal version of good neighbor
Bull city:
Durham, NC
Bulldog:
A mack truck
Bull Hauler:
A driver and or a truck and trailer for hauling live stock, usually cattle
Bumper Sticker:
An automobile following you too closely
Bundled Out:
Loaded very full
Cabbage:
A long steep incline in eastern Oregon. "I smoked the brakes comin' off of Cabbage."
Capital City:
Raleigh, NC
Cash Box/Cash Register:
Toll booth on highway or bridge
CDL:
Commercial Drivers License
Channel 9:
"Emergency Channel"
Channel 19:
The unofficially official "truckers" channel
Chicken Coop:
Weigh Station, State run scales for measuring and inspecting trucks
Chicken Lights:
Extra lights on the truck and trailer
City Kitty:
A city Police officer or patrol car
Combine:
A tractor made by Navistar International which used to be named International Harvester
Comedian:
The center of a divided highway called the median
Come on, back:
Go ahead and transmit
Comic Book:
The drivers log book required for over the highway drivers. The record is frequently considered a joke or not true
Coming At You:
A situation where you have a bear coming towards you
Container:
What you call a "regular" 18 wheeler
Corn Flake:
A Consolidated Freightways truck
Cottonpicker:
A male bonding term for a friend of yours
County Mountie:
A County Sheriff or Deputy
Covered Wagon:
A flat bed trailer with side kits, bows and tarp looking like a covered wagon.
Crotch Rocket:
A motorcycle
Dead Head:
To haul an empty truck. or Driving empty means you usually are not getting paid for the trip, you have to drive somewhere to get a load
Destruction:
Road construction
Detector Detector:
An electronic device used by Revenue Patrols to locate radar detectors
Diesel Car:
A "real" truck
Diesel Cop:
D.O.T. man, D.M.V. enforcement
Dispatcher Brains:
Indicates the truck is empty. Or full of dispatcher brains
D.O.T.:
Short for the Department Of Transportation, or a bear that works commercial vehicles
Do What?:
I did not copy/understand your last transmission, could you please repeat it ?
Double Nickel:
Means 55, speed limit
Down Stroke:
A hill going down
Dragon Fly:
A truck with no power, i.e. drag up hill, fly down hill
Dragon Wagon:
Tow Truck
Driver:
Refers to the person you were talking to
Dry Box:
A freight trailer
Eighty Fifth Street:
Refers to I85
Eighteen Wheeler:
Any vehicle with 18 wheels on the ground Usually big trucks
Evil Kenivel:
A motorcycle cop
Fire In The Wire:
This means an amplified AM transmission
Flip Flop:
The return trip or A U-turn
Foot Warmer:
Refers to a linear
Forty Two:
I understand and I agree with you
Four Wheeler:
Specifically a passenger car but basically anyone who is not a trucker
FM:
am/fm radio
FreightShaker:
A Freightliner truck
Front door:
In front of you or to the front
Full Grown/Blown Bear:
A bear that is working traffic and looking for a customer
Fuzz Buster:
What the police call a Radar Detector
Garbage Hauler:
A driver of a refrigerated tractor trailer hauling produce
Git on:
Ramp The on ramp to a highway
Gearjammer/Gearslammer:
A speeding truck driver, one known to accelerate/decelerate quickly
General Mess of Crap:
GMC trucks by Volvo/White
Georgia Overdrive:
Neutral gear
Gold City:
Goldsboro, NC
Good Buddy:
A homosexual
Good Neighbor:
Same as driver the person you are talking with
Go To The Harley:
Put your CB on channel 1
Go To Double Harley:
Put your CB on channel 11
Got Your Ears On?:
Used when looking for someone on the CB. "Hey rubber duck, you got your ears on?"
Gouge On It:
Go fast, step on it
Grain Hauler:
A driver or truck and trailer built for hauling grain
Granny Lane:
The right, slow lane on an interstate highway or freeway
Greasy Side Up:
When a car or truck has flipped over
Green Stamps:
Money, usually tolls
Ground Pressure:
Weight. "The coop is just checking ground presssure; no sweat."
Gumball Machine:
Lights on top of a police cruiser. "He's got his gumball machine going."
Hammer Lane:
The fast, passing lane on an interstate highway or freeway
Hammer Down:
Go fast, step on it
Handle:
Your name on the CB radio
Happy Happy:
Means happy new year
Have Shutter Trouble:
To fall asleep. "He ran off the road. Must of had shutter trouble."
Hit The Jackpot:
When police lights are flashing. "Looks like someone hit the jackpot."
Home Twenty:
Dwelling. In particular, the person talking's house, appartment, condo, etc.
Ho Chi Minh Trail:
California Highway 152, which has heavy traffic and is a "minefield" of accidents
Hood:
Any conventional tractor, as opposed to a cab-over.
$100 Lane:
The left lane of a highway or freeway that has more than two lanes in each direction
In The Big Hole:
In top gear
Kenworthless:
A Kenworth truck
Key Down:
When you try to talk over someone that is transmitting
Kojak with a Kodak:
A police officer with a radar gun. "There's a Kojak with a Kodak behind the overpass."
Landline:
Telephone/ telephone call
Large Car:
A big, fancy truck
Left Coast:
The West Coast
Linear:
A linear amplifier
Local/Local Information:
Call for local information " break for some local information "
Log Book:
A diary for truckers/one of the things they check at the chicken coops
Lot Lizards:
A truck-stop hooker
LTL:
Classification of general cargo carriers that specialize in Less Than Truck loads of cargo
Mardi Gras:
Welfare cheque day
McStop:
A McDonalds with truck parking and clean restrooms
Meat Wagon:
Ambulance
Merry Merry:
Means Merry Christmas
Mission:
A rush load. "I'm on a mission today."
Modulator:
A type of amplifier used for AM transmissions
Momma:
Refers to a driver's wife or better half
Motion Lotion:
Fuel
Moving On:
Means you have quit jabbin' and are now driving
Mud Duck:
A really weak/poor radio signal
Ninety Fifth Street:
I95
Nodamene?:
Do you understand what I am saying?
No Doubt:
Truck that is used to transport several cars "piggy back"
One:
Meaning there is one (bear) ahead
Parking Lot:
A truck carrying automobiles. Also, a traffic back-up
Pickemup Truck:
A pick up truck
Pickle Park:
A rest area or roadside park, often a hangout for hookers
Pig Hauler:
A driver and or truck and trailer built for hauling livestock, specifically pigs
Plain White Wrapper:
An unmarked police car
Power Up:
Go fast, step on it
Preeshaydit:
Thank you very much
Pumpkin:
Schneider company trucks. So named because of their bright orange color
Radio:
A CB
Radio Check:
A call to see if your radio is working
Rascal:
Term identifying a person that is known by the speaker
REACT:
Nation wide group of volunteers who monitor channel 9 for emergency traffic
Readin' The Mail:
Just listening to the CB
Reefer:
A refrigerated cargo trailer
Right?:
What truckers end almost every sentence with or commanly used."ROGER"
Road Pizza:
A badly mangled road kill
Roger:
Means "yes" or "OK"
Rollerskate:
Any small car. Originally referred to a Volkswagen
Rolling on:
Same as steppin' on and moving on
Salt Shaker:
A snow plow
Sand Bagging:
to listen in on a channel without talking
Sand Box:
A gravel trailer
Schneider eggs:
Orange drums used by road work crews to block off a lane. They're the same color as Schneider company trucks
Scoot:
A Harley-Davidson motorcycle
Sesame Street:
CB channel 19. Named so because of child-like behavior that sometimes occurs
Seat Cover:
Someone who is sitting in the seat, Usually a pretty woman
Shakey Side:
The West Coast of the US
She Bear:
A female cop
Shoot You in the Back/Tail Pipe/Gastank:
Police operating radar as you drive past them
Short Short:
A short amount of time
Side Piece:
Also refers to a linear amplifier
Six Wheeler:
Any vehicle with 6 wheels on the ground
Skate Board:
A flatbed trailer
Skip:
CB tend to be reflected from the atmosphere
Skins:
Tires
Slow Wheels In Fast Traffic:
Another name for SWIFT company's trucks
Small Rubber:
22-inch tires
Smile:
Comb your hair you are about to get your picture taken by a radar or laser gun
Smokey or Smokey the Bear:
A Highway Patrol or Revenue Patrol officer
Smokin' Scooter:
A motorcycle cop
Speed Limit:
What a four wheeler is constantly unaware of in traffic
Stagecoach:
A tour bus
Stand On It:
Accelerate with a quickness
Stepping On:
Means same as moving on, or rolling on
Sugar:
Means " it's always a pleasure talking with you ma'am "
Sure Wish I'd'a Faster Truck:
The SWIFT company's trucks
Swamp Donkey:
A moose
Swinging:
Carrying a load of carcass beef
Taking Pictures:
The process of using radar or a laser to shoot you and measure your speed
Ten-Four:
Means "OK"/ "YES"
Ten-Twenty:
Location
Ten-Thirty Three:
Emergency
Ten-Thirty Six:
Call for correct time
Thermos Bottle:
A tanker trailer
TL:
A Federal classification of general commodity carrier that carries a full Truck Load of cargo
Too Many Eggs in the Basket:
Overweight
Toothpicks:
Lumber. "I got a load of toothpicks."
Travel Agent:
Dispatcher
Triple Digit Ride:
A truck that can exceed 100 miles per hour
Turkey Day:
Thanksgiving
Turn Signal:
A light on the back of a vehicle which indicates future direction of movement
Up Stroke:
A hill going up
VW:
A tractor made by Volvo-White
Walked On Ya:
Someone keyed up with you and your transmission was unintelligible
Waiting For You:
A bear parked and waiting for traffic to drive by
Wallyland:
Truckers favorite shopping center--Wal Mart. Lots of truck parking
West Coast Turnarounds:
Benzedrine pills, speed. So called because a driver could theoretically take some and drive from the East Coast to the West Coast, turn around, and drive back east without stopping to sleep
whachyathank?:
Similar to right?
Weighing Your Wagon:
The chicken coops are open and checking your weight
Wiggle Wagons:
Double or triple trailers
Windy:
The city of Chicago
Yard:
Name for the parking lot of a driver's company
Yardstick:
A mile marker alongside a highway
YEOOWW BAAABY!:
When a woman is THAT good looking, you will hear this phrase
Yonder:
A specific direction indicated by the speaker
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"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of all who threaten it"

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They did leave out, "checkin your ground pressure". Same as "weighing your wagon".
I'm sure there is alot more.
"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of all who threaten it"

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Layover.com Trucker Slang
A few others that are not listed there
LTL: Less than truck load
Lumper: Someone you pay to load or unload your truck
Dry box: Basic non referidgerated trailer
Bear Den: State Police HQ
Chicken Coop/Coop: Weight Station
wiggle wagons: Set of doubles or triples
LineHaul: Generally terminal to terminal for the LTL sector.
I will always be a mutter trucker at heart.
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Wow!Stuffiu and Uturn
And us 'newbies' (read somewhere that some one hates that term ) have soooooo much to learn.
Bring it on back folks if you think of any more to add.....
had wondered about that 'line haul' term I heard today when checking out a local trucking firm....It was something they suggested that I look for and they didn't offer I tried to look intelligent but I felt foolish and never was too good at 'poker face' ---you catch the drift....
I plan where I'm going
'Cause I know where I've been.

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Can only edit. It won't delet repeated post. Guess I must've hit "Post Now" several umpteen times and it looked like it wasn't moving
I plan where I'm going
'Cause I know where I've been.
[This message was edited by sube23_ on May 31, 2003 at 3:14.]

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I plan where I'm going
'Cause I know where I've been.
[This message was edited by sube23_ on May 31, 2003 at 3:08.]

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Wow!Stuffiu and Uturn
I plan where I'm going
'Cause I know where I've been.
[This message was edited by sube23_ on May 31, 2003 at 3:04.]

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I plan where I'm going
'Cause I know where I've been.
[This message was edited by sube23_ on May 31, 2003 at 3:00.]

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---but not at you
[This message was edited by sube23_ on May 31, 2003 at 3:17.]

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WOW
Stuffiu and UT
Didn't realize there's so much to learn. Keep coming back if you think of any others.
Had wondered 'bout 'line haul' when I heard that term used at a local firm---as they suggested that's what I should look for and something they didn't offer
I tried to look real intelligent but never was too good with a poker face act
I plan where I'm going
'Cause I know where I've been.

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Fog Line:
Painted line on side of road, where the shoulder begins.
Zipper:
The broken line in the middle of the road seperating the 2 lanes.
Drive on! bandit58....

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Didn't relise that I speak two languages,4wheeler and trucker
Chickeness
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"I ain't paying somebody to work"
Would sooner work and complain about not getting paid for it.
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Everytime I read the list it makes me laugh. Just think of all the years and truckers that helped make that list and thats just a short list. Kinda hard to keep up with 10-4?