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Trucking Industry
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1. Common practice in the less-than-truckload industry -in which one driver takes a truck for 8 to 10 hours -then turns the truck over to another driver -pony express style.
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2. Freight transportation company which serves the general public. May be regular route service (over designated highways on a regular basis) or irregular route (between various points on an unscheduled basis).
Tailgate or Liftgate
Commercial Invoice
Logbook
Common Carrier
3. U.S. Department of Transportation safety regulations which govern the hours of service of commercial vehicle drivers engaged in interstate trucking operations.
JIT (Just-In-Time)
Container (Shipping Container)
A.C.E. Automated Commerical Environment
Hours-Of-Service
4. Single-purpose semitrailer designed to carry a shipping container.
Commercial Invoice
Fixed Tandem
Container Chassis
Pup Trailer
5. Trucking company which consolidates less-than-truckload cargo for multiple destinations on one vehicle.
Cube (Cubic Capacity)
Reefer Van
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
LTL Carrier
6. Operating a truck without cargo.
TL
Dead-Heading
Hours-Of-Service
JIT (Just-In-Time)
7. Any person who sells transportation without actually providing it. Usually refers to agent for TL shipments -matching small shippers with carriers. Freight brokers often do not accept any responsibility for their shipments.
Freight Broker
Logbook
Container Ship
Pup Trailer
8. Used to transport most products -makes products easy to handle with a pallet jack or forklift.
Single axle tractor
TL
Pallet / Skid
P&D
9. Truck designed primarily to pull a semitrailer by means of a fifth wheel mounted over the rear axle(s). Sometimes called a truck tractor or highway tractor to differentiate from it from a farm tractor.
Fixed Tandem
LTL Carrier
Commercial Invoice
Conventional Truck [Tractor]
10. Standard-sized rectangular box used to transport freight by ship -rail and highway. International shipping containers are 20 or 40 feet long -conform to International Standards Organization (ISO) standards and are designed to fit in ships' holds. Con
Tailgate or Liftgate
Container (Shipping Container)
Pallet Jack
Tanker Trailer
11. Manufacturing system which depends on frequent -small deliveries of parts and supplies to keep on-site inventory to a minimum.
Single axle tractor
Commercial Invoice
JIT (Just-In-Time)
Dry Van
12. Short semitrailer -usually between 26 and 32 feet long -with a single axle.
LTL
Tandem Axle (Tandems)
Hours-Of-Service
Pup Trailer
13. Pair of axles and associated suspension usually located close together.
Tandem Axle (Tandems)
P&D
Hours-Of-Service
Tailgate or Liftgate
14. Trucking company which dedicates trailers to a single shipper's cargo -as opposed to an LTL (Less Than Truckload) carrier which transports the consolidated cargo of several shippers and makes multiple deliveries.
Pallet / Skid
LTL
TL
Conventional Truck [Tractor]
15. A load of freight which permits a trucker to return to his home with a loaded truck -rather than an empty one.
Pallet Jack
Backhaul
5 Ton / Straight Truck
Cube (Cubic Capacity)
16. Hauls any type of liquids -separate trailers are used for edible and non edible shipments.
Common Carrier
Tanker Trailer
Tailgate or Liftgate
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
17. The commercial trade processing system that has been developed by the U.S. Customs & Border Protection to facilitate legitimate trade and strengthen border security requiring every carrier cor truck that enters through any and all border rossings to
Customs Broker
Container Ship
Tri-Axle
A.C.E. Automated Commerical Environment
18. The legal document that a shipment travels under.
Bill of Lading
Cartage Company
Tailgate or Liftgate
Container Chassis
19. Total weight of a vehicle and everything aboard -including its load.
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
TL
Container Ship
A.C.E. Automated Commerical Environment
20. Standardized unit for measuring container capacity on ships -railcars -etc.
Tri-Axle
Tandem Axle (Tandems)
TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)
Freight Broker
21. What the shipper needs to provides customs if crossing the border.
Single axle tractor
TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)
Commercial Invoice
LTL Carrier
22. This trailer steps down after the tractor to get shipments lower to ground and not exceed height restrictions.
Commercial Invoice
Container Chassis
Step deck trailer
LTL
23. Provides customs clearance on behalf of a shipper or consignee
Dry Van
5 Ton / Straight Truck
Customs Broker
Pallet Jack
24. Group of three axles on a truck -tractor or trailer. Tridems are most common on European semitrailers.
TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)
Logbook
Tri-Axle
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
25. Used to lift pallets
Reefer Van
Cube (Cubic Capacity)
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
Pallet Jack
26. Provides local (within a town -city or municipality) pick-up and delivery.
Cartage Company
Step deck trailer
Pup Trailer
Backhaul
27. Short for - Less Than Truckload. A quantity of freight less than that required for the application of a truckload (TL) rate; usually less than 10 - 000 pounds.
'TEAM' Driving
TL
LTL
P&D
28. The business-to-business interconnection of computers for the rapid exchange of a wide variety of documents -from bills of lading to build tickets at auto plants.
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
'TEAM' Driving
Pup Trailer
P&D
29. Interior volume of a truck body -semitrailer or trailer -measured in cubic feet.
Pup Trailer
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
Cube (Cubic Capacity)
JIT (Just-In-Time)
30. Notice this short dry van has a tailgate or liftgate to take shipments from the trailer to ground level.
Conventional Truck [Tractor]
Cube (Cubic Capacity)
Tailgate or Liftgate
TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)
31. Hazardous materials -as classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Transport of hazardous materials is strictly regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Tanker Trailer
Conventional Truck [Tractor]
Single axle tractor
Hazmat
32. Pickup and delivery.
Reefer Van
Common Carrier
P&D
Step deck trailer
33. These are used primarily in the city as they are smaller -box sizes vary from 20-28 feet in length -usually also carry a power tailgate.
Tri-Axle
5 Ton / Straight Truck
Single axle tractor
Tailgate or Liftgate
34. Usually has a motor on the front to control the temperature of the goods it carries. It can heat -cool or freeze products.
P&D
A.C.E. Automated Commerical Environment
LTL Carrier
Reefer Van
35. Mostly used in the transport of non perishable goods -interior width is usually 100'' inches wide inside -110'' inches tall and 52'7 feet long -commonly referred to as 53 foot dry vans. Notice no motor on the fronts of these trailers.
Cartage Company
Dry Van
Tri-Axle
Tailgate or Liftgate
36. Assembly of two axles and suspension that is attached to the chassis in one place -and cannot be moved fore and aft. (see Sliding Tandem)
Bill of Lading
Fixed Tandem
5 Ton / Straight Truck
P&D
37. Used for mostly in town work to make sharper turns -this one is hauling a 53 foot dry van.
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
Single axle tractor
A.C.E. Automated Commerical Environment
Reefer Van
38. How most shipments from other countries arrive.
Container Ship
Pallet Jack
Reefer Van
Common Carrier
39. Book carried by truck drivers in which they record their hours of service and duty status for each 24-hour period. Required in interstate commercial trucking by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Fixed Tandem
Logbook
Pallet Jack
Bill of Lading