Talk:Glossary of the American trucking industry

Just gotta say...
Nice work splitting this article out. Works better outside of the other article, and makes that one cleaner too. Duncan1800 (talk) 12:17, 10 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much. I've been doing tons of work on trucking articles, and I've started a bunch of stubs which need lots of work. I also designed the nifty navbox featured at the bottom of this page, but I'm afraid someone will have an issue with the "popular culture" section I added... but oh well. --ErgoSum88 (talk) 00:21, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

17 June 2013 drastic changes
Discussion based on personal knowledge of “Midwest” U.S. truck drivers, not initially based on references. Some refs are pretty lame, anyway. Deletes done individually for revert ease.

Bulk cargo: Although maybe technically accurate, a liquid would not usually be called “bulk”, which generally refers to dry, loose cargo. Grain, dry powder, etc. Example, cement (the dry powder, not the concrete which it is mixed into) is hauled in “bulkers”, similar to a tanker, but with a hopper deal on the bottom to unload. “Dry bulk” (trailer) sounds far better. The cited ref does not refer to liquid. Cabotage is a North American trucking term? Again, maybe technically possible (maybe Canadians, or U.S. trucks in Canada do it?), it has never been heard around here. Demurrage? Same deal as “Cabotage”. Sometimes “waiting time” is charged. Are these terms “trucking”, or transportation in general? Progressive shifting? Really? Occasionally road or load conditions allow skipping gears, otherwise isn’t all shifting progressive? Linked article has no refs. Truck stop electrification and Shore power. “TSE” links to “SP” in same article, “SP” has one weak ref. Trucks have been “plugging in” for oil and/or block heaters since forever, now running the radio morphs into “Shore power”? Maybe some OTR trucker can offer something, but sounds pretty remote from here. We do have “trolley busses”, which sound like a correct use of “Shore power”. Truckload? An entire load is normally the same, although different destinations, such as retail stores, are common. Truckload is sort of a default, “LTL” is used, “TL” usually assumed. And even if “Truckload” is used, how does “A truckload driver…route” have any basis? Full loads are often (usually?) hauled from one starting point to one destination, often (usually?) on some sort of schedule. Bobtail. Where (outside source “twna”) is a “strait truck”, much less a “box”, referred to as a bobtail? Only knowledge here is tractor minus trailer. Bob truck? Is this a misspelling of “Bob’s truck”? Box truck refers to a van type of body, although a dump truck’s cargo area is known as a “box”, around here, at least. Deadheading, usually to a pickup point, could also be used by a strait truck, correct? A slang term for “empty”. Cited ref does not refer to “trailer”. Dump truck completely misses the dumping part. Eighteen-wheeler is slang OTR stuff, the rest of us think of one wheel on each end of each axle, also common in the EU, correct? Tires are not the same as wheels. Strait truck and “Box trucks” are not the same thing at all. Dumps, flatbeds, tankers, etc, can be either strait or semi. Cabin? Cab probably is short for Cabin, but has anyone on this continent ever used it? Does have a fair ref, though. Changed to “Cab” but didn’t get link to “main/Cabin (truck). Tandem. In U.S. at least a tandem legally refers to two axles spaced a certain distance apart. Three axles are NOT a tandem **(WRONG! If you can get 3 axles inside a 96" wheelbase, they're a tandem. Sammy D III (talk) 03:13, 19 June 2013 (UTC))** Double dropdeck? One expired link to one specialty manufacturer? Probably a “Lowboy”. Dropdeck has a dead link, too, but the term at least sounds good. Dry box (a nickname) links to Dry van two entries later. Dump again misses the dumping part. Side dump mentions the dumping part, but are there any here? Rear dump. Whole body doesn’t raise, just one end. The general idea of dump needs clarification.Sammy D III (talk) 00:48, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

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