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Glossary of Terms for the trucking industry in the United States
General
Bill of Lading (BOL, BL, B / L)
Main article: Bill of Lading
A paper document between a shipper and a carrier to acknowledge receipt of goods for transport. Usually describes the nature of the cargo, classification of hazardous materials (if any), amount of cargo weight, size and / or the number of pallets, boxes, barrels, etc, and the origin and destination cargo.
Bobtailing
Operating a tractor unit with trailer attached.
Corridor
A person or company that arranges for the transportation of trucks owned others, using hired carriers to provide the actual truck transportation.
Bulk cargo
Main article: bulk cargo
Great indivisible load quantities or unpackaged, such as a trailer with a full tank of gasoline.
Volume goods
View in bulk.
Cabotage
Article Home: Domestic
The rights of a country to control the movement of vessels and vehicles carrying goods or passengers within its borders. You can refer to cargo between two points within a country by a vehicle registered in another country.
Load
View freight.
Consignee
Main article: Recipient
The person or entity transfer of legal responsibility or ownership of the cargo (or consignment) of the carrier.
Shipping
Main article: Expedition
An agreement between a recipient and a sender that the goods are taking responsibility and transportation by a third the carrier. You can also simply refer to goods consigned to (ie the load).
Consignor
Main article: Shipper
The person or by transferring the responsibility of the legal or ownership of the load (or charge) to the company.
Deadheading
The operation of a truck with an empty trailer.
Stay
A charge by the carrier (any mode) for the retention of excess shipping the vessel, container trailers, etc., caused by premature discharge
Electronic on board recorder (EOBR)
Leading Article: electronic recorder on board
A device connected to the truck that carries information useful for management such as the location of trucks, speed and downtime.
Float displacement
Changing gears without using the clutch pedal. Also called a "slip change" or "dead stick."
A sign of hazardous materials
Goods
Main article: Freight
The materials or goods being transported.
Hazardous materials (Haz-Mat)
Main article: Transport Dangerous Goods
Explosive, flammable cargo, poisonous or other potentially dangerous. Large quantities or particularly hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under the hazardous-materials rules (extensive).
Heavy-Haul
The transport of loads weighing well beyond the limits standard weight, with a special permit during daylight hours, and use the designated route, usually with pilot cars.
Intermodal
Main article: intermodal freight transport
A single trailer or container that meets multiple forms of transportation along its route, such as truck / boat or rail.
Just-in-time
Main article: Just-in-time (Company)
An inventory control method in which deposit is non-existent or reduced to minimum. The cargo arrives just in time "and only when needed.
Book
Main article: Paper Route
A form that describes labor rights of truck drivers every 24 hours.
Manifest
A document that describes the content of an item in more detail than a bill of lading. Commonly used as a checklist during discharge.
authorization to operate
Carriers to request the authority must pay to act in interstate commerce of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Large load
Main article: The burden of large
A charging unit is larger than the legally defined limits for width, length, height and / or weight can not be divided into smaller units.
A typical wooden pallet
Palette
Main article: Platform
A wooden (or sometimes plastic) platform on which the boxes are stacked or load and sometimes involved. Generally refers to the entire stack of palletized boxes, but can refer to the platform.
Progressive change
Main article: progressive change
A method of changing gears to optimize engine power range, which in turn enhances the efficiency of the fuel.
Receiver
Recipient the importer or the buyer (which may or may not be the same) with name on the bill of lading as the person responsible for receiving a shipment.
A plastic pallet
Shipper
Consignor, exporter or vendor (which may or may not be the same) with name on the bill of lading as the party responsible for initiating the transfer.
Current ground
Main article: external current
A power supply based on ground to trucks. Eliminates the need for engine idling while was parked, and in the case of IdleAire also provides terrestrial climate control inside the cab of the truck, as well as Internet access and television.
Terminal
A port or facility where freight either originates, terminates or is handled in the transportation process, or the location of a scheme in which companies have facilities motor functioning.
Tractor
Main article: Tractor
A semi-truck (motor unit) used to pull a loaded semi-trailer or (drive without motor) through a fifth wheel mounted on the rear axle (s) in a combination semi-truck/semi-trailer.
Truck Stop Electrification (TSE)
See shore.
The drivers and operators
Public Transport
Main article: Common Carrier
Service companies federal public has an obligation to serve the general public.
Company Driver
Employee of a company that has been assigned to drive trucks company property.
Contract carrier
The rental companies contract to a charger. A contract carrier in a contract whose terms are negotiated between a specific company and customer specific.
Dedicated route
A driver or the carrier that transports freight between regular routes, prescribed. Regular route drivers are usually home at regular intervals, given the nature prescribed for their routes.
To hire company
A carrier licensed to have to hire out a public tariff regime for the general public (common carrier for hire), or under of a contract made with a specific shipper (contract carrier). For the rental companies have to seek permission to operate with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
irregular path
See on the road.
Less than truckload (LTL)
Main article: Less than truck
A driver or company that specializes in, or a load composed of many different types of loads, each usually less than 10,000 pounds (4,500 kilograms), with many different destinations. It usually involves the use of terminals of rest and consolidation of shipments. LTL driver usually has a dedicated path or regional level.
Of longhaul
See more on the road.
Motor Carrier
A person or company providing the transportation of goods or passengers by commercial motor vehicles.
Over the road (OTR)
A driver or the carrier that transports cargo to any place at any time, without schedules or routes prescribed. Long range OTR involves being away for weeks or months at a time, often between countries or international (Canada and Mexico), given the unplanned nature of their routes.
Owner-operator (O / O)
Main article: Owner-operator
self-employed independent drivers who operate privately owned or leased trucks rather than a driver of the company.
private company
A nonprofit organization contracted rental company or owned by a shipper that offers no general public service, and operates primarily for the transportation of their own products. Private companies are not required to obtain authorization to operate by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Regional map
A driver or the carrier that carries the load in a limited geographical area, usually within a certain radius of home or business terminal, and may or may not keep a schedule.
Regular route
See route dedicated.
Team drivers
A team of two or more drivers traveling together and drive the same truck in shifts, essentially allowing the truck to stay on the move almost constantly. It is used primarily for transporting time-sensitive goods.
Truckload (TL)
Main article: Truckload Delivery
A driver or carrier specializing in, or a load consisting of a type of cargo, usually weighing more than 10,000 pounds (4,500 kg), is usually a destination. A truck driver is usually a road on the road with an irregular route.
Vehicles
Big Rig
See semi-truck.
Big trucks
See semi-truck.
Bobtail
Or a tractor without trailer or box truck. Orally, this also refers to the operation of a truck without a trailer.
Bob truck
View box truck.
A straight truck or box truck
Truck Box
Main article: box truck
A smaller study, a single unit, the truck is not articulated, usually have between 6 and 10 wheels. Bobtail often incorrectly called a '. "
Cabin
Article Home: Cab over
A short tractor, no box-shaped hood, and a steep vertical face. The cabin "walks" over "the engine and shaft front direction. It is used when a shorter wheelbase is necessary.
Combination of vehicles
A vehicle consisting of two or more separate units, a tractor (power unit, semi-truck) and trailer (no motor drive, semi-trailer).
conventional truck
Main article: Conventional trucks
A tractor with an engine of progress and a booth located in front of the rear axle, with a conventional hood configuration.
Day cab
A truck cab without a cabin.
Dump truck
Main article: Dump truck
Generally refers to a straight truck with a bucket-load area and, despite that you can refer to a dump truck with a trailer.
Eighteen wheels
This term is derived from the number of wheels that the typical configuration of OTR tractor-trailer. See also the semi-truck.
Semi-truck
Main article: semi-trailer trucks
One item (s) a combination of vehicles, usually composed of a 10-wheeled tractor and a trailer 8-wheels.
Ladder trucks
View box truck.
Tractor-trailer
See semi-truck.
Truck crane
A special truck (operator) with a permanently mounted crane (above). This design allows the faster it moves from place to a conventional crane.
Vehicle parts
See also the semi-trailer truck building # for a diagram of parts of the car.
Deflector
A partition or in a liquid separator tank, used to inhibit the flow of fluids in the reservoir. During acceleration, rotation and braking, a large tank filled with liquid may cause unexpected forces on the vehicle due to inertia of the liquid.
Bulkhead
A strong structure of the wall-like placed in front of a flatbed trailer (or in the rear of the tractor) used to protect the driver against the displacement of the load during a frontal collision. Also can refer to any tab within a trailer or slurry (also called a deflector for trailers liquid) is used to divide the load.
The cabin an 18-wheeler
Litter
View cabin.
Cabin
View cabin.
Cabin
Main article: cab (truck)
The interior of a truck when the driver sits to operate the vehicle.
Cheating axis
View elevating.
Engine Brake
Pages: brake motor
A braking system that uses the back pressure of the pistons of the engine to slow the vehicle. It is commonly used to prevent the acceleration of heavy trucks out of control while driving on steep downhill grades.
A fifth wheel coupling platform
The fifth wheel
Main article: Fifth Wheel
A turntable in the back of a truck used to support the front of the trailer being towed containing the locking jaws engaged the trailer kingpin.
Gladhands
Locking connectors attached to air hoses that supply air from the tractor to the trailer air brake.
Headache rack
See closing.
Jake Brake
Main article: Jake Brake
A popular brand of engine brake. See also engine braking.
Kingpin
A pin, below the front of a trailer, which is intertwined with the fifth wheel.
Undercarriage
A set of retractable, crank up the legs support the front of a trailer when not connected to a tractor.
A dump truck with a lift shaft raised
Lift shaft
A shaft driven air that can be raised or lowered to the ground to provide greater capacity, or to comply with axle load requirements (see also the gross weight of the Bridge Federal Formula).
Retardant
Main article: Retarder (mechanical engineering)
A device used to assist brakes not used friction. as an engine brake or shaft mounted electromagnetic retarders. See also the engine brake.
Cabin
Main article: Berth (for sleep)
The part inside the truck designated for sleeping, legally must contain a bed.
Super single
A single wheel, bigger, replaced by an assembly in tandem. The main benefit of a single super is a reduction in weight, combined with lower rolling resistance of the only super promises more fuel economy. The disadvantage is the lack of redundancy of the tires on tandem wheels that benefit, such as tire failure can disable the vehicle.
Tandem
You can refer to the set of dual wheels or dual axes are commonly found on large trucks. The tandem word itself means "having pieces arranged one after another. "
Tandem axle
A pair of axes space together.
Tandem wheel
A set of dual wheels (in vans, known as a dual). An assembly in tandem is a redundant backup, if a tire fails second, maintain support, which allows keep driving the vehicle.
Trailers
Auto Transport
A specialized trailer or truck trailer combination used for transporting vehicles passengers.
Belly Dump
See bottom dump.
The bottom dump trailers
Bottom Dump
A funnel turned flat for download through the bottom.
Bull Wagon
slang, see the cattle.
An intermodal container trailer
Car Carrier
See transport cars.
Chip van
are specially designed for bulk powder open top for wood products.
Container
Article Home: intermodal container
A simple box, wrapped in standard sizes used in intermodal transport.
Container Chassis
A trailer skeleton composed of a single chassis for mounting an intermodal container.
caravan
slang, a plane specially equipped with side plates and curved support ribs a canvas covering, commonly known as a kit "side." Appointed by the resemblance to the horse-drawn covered wagons.
Curtainside
Can be either a dry box with canvas sides, or a flat surface with a movable frame supporting the ribs of a square canvas.
A plane towing double dropdeck
Deep will drop
A specialized dry van that maximizes interior space with a low floor and high ceiling. Normally used for transporting bulky, relatively load light, such as furniture and electronics.
Double Decker
The two plants specialized trailers to allow more cargo space.
Double dropdeck
A flat surface with the lower deck. With an overpass on the front, where the trailer attaches to the fifth wheel, and in the back, where wheel wells are located. Normally used for large / overheight loads.
-double set (4 pieces)
Double trailer
A trailer of 26 feet (7.9 m) and 29 feet (8.8 m) long that can be used singularly as a trailer for delivery in congested areas or in combination with another trailer from the road.
Dry van type trailer
Dropdeck
A flat surface with a low cover, with an overpass on the front, where the trailer attaches to the fifth wheel.
Dry box
See dry van.
Dry bulk
A variation of the caravan of tanks for liquids, with a funnel-shaped bottom, used to transport large quantities of dry powder (sometimes called a bulk pneumatic). Usually, charged through holes in the top, unloaded through the bottom or pneumatic force.
Dry van
A simple, no climate-controlled enclosed rectangular trailer carrying general cargo, including food and other products that do not require refrigeration. In general, loading / unloading through the rear doors that require access to large trucks to enter the trailer.
Dump
A similar picture with an open top trailer for loading, commonly used to transport large quantities of soil, rocks, gravel, etc.
Plane
A plane without a box trailer or doors. Can load and download from the sides or above and does not require elevated access for trucks.
A gooseneck trailer with a dump truck load of large
Neck Dump swan
Main article: dump (trailer)
A plane fell specialized trailer with a coupling arm arc, normally used for large / overweight loads.
Grain
A rectangular enclosure with an open top for loading bulk, covered with a tarp, and a funnel shaped bottom for unloading grain, fertilizer, etc.
Hopper
See grain.
Cattle
A rectangular enclosure with sides with numerous air vents, an interior with multiple levels and usually a ramp at the rear for loading / unloading. It is used to transport the cows, pigs, sheep, etc.
Live-bottom
A dry box with a roof solid or can be opened with a movable floor Download machining.
Logger
A specialized trailer used to transport logs, which is a base, sometimes adjustable length, chassis with vertical stakes to the sides to keep the records in place.
Tipper
View or double dropdeck gooseneck dump.
Platform
See map.
Portable parking
slang, View car transport.
Puppy
1) a rigid rear-dump shot back of a standard garbage truck. 2) the second trailer in a combination of Rocky Mountain double.
Rear Dump
A dump with a rear pivot point which allows the front of the cargo area to be raised vertically to discharge through the rear.
Reefer
View refrigerated truck.
A rear dump trailer with a tractor daycab
Refrigerated van
A refrigerated trailer and isolated case.
Side Dump
A dump with front and rear points pivot that allows the cargo area to tilt to one side for download.
Side team
View cart.
Lateral Load
Specialized trailer container crane in the front and rear to allow the loading and unloading on the ground.
A tank trailer on Interstate 25 and Interstate 80 in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Skateboard
See map.
Stepdeck
View dropdeck.
Tank
Main article: tankers
A closed cylindrical tank used to transport large amounts of fluid.
Oil
View tank.
Footnote: From 1960, trailer manufacturers and industry in general have developed a number of technical and specialized trailers commodity transfer for increased efficiency and functionality. Therefore, the above glossary is by no means complete. Sometimes material is fixed or mounted on a chassis designed around a trailer to transport a semi-permanent or permanent location.
Trailer settings
'B' train Double
A special set-de-doubles: the second (usually shorter) the trailer is hooked directly to the first through a fifth wheel in the back of the first (two semifinals).
A Rocky Mountain setting twin dry bulk trailers
Rocky Mountain Double
A combination of a standard trailer and a pup trailer shorter. Legal in 20 states, the use is usually limited to roads toll highways, or permit.
Standard
A single trailer. common dimensions vary from 45 feet (14 m) to 53 feet (16 m) long and up to 13.5 feet (4.1 m) tall.
Triple
A combination of three double trailers. Legal in 17 states, generally limited to major highways, toll roads, or highways.
Turnpike Double
A combination of two standard trailers. Legal in 18 states, these combinations unusually long invariably limited to the roads toll motorways.
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EV
Trucks in the U.S. industry
Regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations
Commercial driver's license Hours of service Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula Electronic on-board recorder Motor Carrier Safety Assessment of Motor Carrier Act of 1980 International Registration Plan Network National
Manufacturers
Trucks: Autocar Freightliner International Kenworth Mack Peterbilt Sterling Volvo Western Star White
Engines: Caterpillar Cummins Detroit Diesel Mercedes-Benz Navistar
Motor Carriers
Truckload carriers: Covenant England JB Hunt PAM Transport Schneider Swift USA Werner Truck Caballero
LTL and parcel companies: With ABF via UPS FedEx YRC (formerly Yellow and Roadway)
Moving companies: Allied Atlas Bekins Graebel Gentle Giant Global Movement Company Mayflower North American United Shleppers PODS Moving & Storage,
Truck stops
TravelCenters Bosselman Flying J Iowa 80 Petro Pilot Road Ranger Roady Love Bomb City
People
Reginald Denny Jimmy Hoffa Fred Smith, John B. Kelly Hunt, Larry Walters Reno Iyman Faris Keith Jesperson
Organizations
Union Trucking Owner-operator Independent Drivers Association American Trucking Associations SmartWay Transport Partnership
Glossary
Glossary the trucking industry in the United States
Popular culture
Film: Black Dog Convoy Duel FIST Maximum Overdrive The Gang's All Here Smokey and the Bandit (series) Night driving Joy Ride White Line Fever
Television: BJ and the Bear Ice Road Truckers Movin 'On my car trick
Music: "Convoy" 'Dad favorite Mama "Six Days on the road" Teddy Bear, Drive-By Truckers'
Radio: Dog Truck Road America Trucks Trucks of Midnight Red (Bill Mack Dave Nemo Dale Sommers)
Other: The Rolling Memorial
Categories: the trucking industry in the United States | Transportation of Glossaries | Sales and distribution issue
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