| Truckerese |
Translation |
20
(as in 10-20 or 10-4) |
location |
| alligator |
shredded tire on the road, usually a retread |
| back door |
What's behind you traveling in the same direction. |
| band aid box |
ambulance |
| bear |
police car |
| bobtail |
tractor or cab only, no trailer |
| boss man |
supervisor or owner of the company |
| box |
dry van/trailer |
| b-trains |
two trailers linked together by a fifth wheel |
| bullhauler |
trailer that hauls livestock |
| bullrack |
livestock trailer |
| chew and spews |
truck stop |
| chicken coop |
weigh station |
| choke 'n' puke |
this would not be a good place to eat! |
| clusterf*ck |
parking at a busy truckstop/general confusion |
| comic book |
log book |
| commercial company |
prostitute |
| company driver |
one who drives for the company in their trucks |
| contaminated meat |
same thing as lot lizards |
| dead head |
pulling an empty trailer |
| dirty dog |
Husky restaurants in Canada |
| diesel bear |
Same as DOT Bear |
| DOT |
Department Of Transportation in the US |
| DOT bear |
DOT enforcement |
| evil knievel |
cop on a motorcycle |
| fifth wheel |
the part on the back of the tractor where the
trailer hooks up to |
| flatbed/flatdeck |
flat trailer  |
| flip flop |
the trip home |
| flyin' hook |
Flying J's |
| front door |
What is in front of you traveling in the same
direction. |
| full grown |
marked police car |
| granny lane |
right or slow lane |
| hammer lane |
fast lane or left lane |
| handle |
a name drivers use on a CB |
| headache rack |
heavy metal racks built up behind a tractor that
pulls flatdecks to prevent a load from sliding forward and damaging the tractor
or injuring the driver |
| hemorrhoid with a polaroid |
police officer with a photo radar |
| horizontal highway hostess |
prostitute at a truck stop |
| I hear yah |
I'm listening and understand |
| kiddie car |
schoolbus |
| lollypop |
mile marker |
| lot lizard |
prostitute |
| LTL |
Less Than a truck Load/Load to Load - when you are
putting on a number of different loads to make up one full load |
| lumper |
guys who get paid cash to unload freight |
| makin' bacon |
making love |
| meat wagon |
ambulance |
| owner operator (O/O) |
one who owns and operates their own truck. |
| parking lot |
special truck made for hauling cars |
| pickle park |
rest area |
| pimp haulers |
van haulers (this is what the tank drivers my s/o
works with call freight haulers.) |
| pin to pin |
taking a trailer from one location to another. No
loading or unloading involved. |
| plain wrapper |
unmarked police car |
| rack and tarp |
trailer with roll on tarp |
| reefer |
refrigerated trailer |
| right on |
same meaning as "I Hear Yah" |
| rocky mountain double |
a tractor with a 45' and a 27/28' trailer |
| rookie |
new driver or driver without much experience |
| seat cover |
ride alonger |
| Sesame Street |
CB channel 19- the truckers channel |
| skateboard |
empty flatdeck |
| slip seating |
when someone other than you may drive your truck when you are not in it
Not a dedicated truck, more than one driver uses the same truck at different times. |
| stepdeck |
flatbed trailer with a raised portion that steps
down  |
| swamp donkeys |
moose |
| tanker yanker |
drivers that haul tanks |
| tri-axle/tridem |
three axles instead of the normally seen two (sets
of wheels together)  |
| trough |
buffet |
| turnpike double |
a US term for a combination composed of a tractor
and two 45' trailers |
| van |
regular trailer |
| wagon |
trailer |
| wiggle wagons |
trucks with double or triple trailers |
| yard ape |
moves trucks or trailers in the yard |
| yardstick |
mile markers on the interstate highway |
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