Help Me With Trucking Terminology

Lizard To Love

 

LTL = less than truck load

 

Less than Truckload

 

Try it again only this time type trucking slangs,you'll find what youre looking for.

 

Road maggot = slow truck ( Prime trucks)

 

As they said less than truck load, it means that they are hauling product for multiple stops.

Usually a truck will go from a shipper to the receiver and everything will be off loaded at that one customer.

In ltl, a truck will be loaded from their terminal (not a shipper) and then go to the first customer, off load some product and then repeat with however more customers they have.

 

A "good buddy" is a codriver..... Usually reserved for a male team driving situation.

 

Alligator- blown out tire on the road.
Coop, chicken coop, chicken house- weigh station.
Windy-Chicago
The apple- New York City
Steering wheel holder-clueless driver
Lot lizard-prostitute who hangs out at the truck stop
The big road-the interstate
Jakes- engine brake.
Hammer down- going fast
Hammer lane- left lane
Slow lane- right lane.
Bear-cop, technically it's a sheriff and a full grown bear is a state trooper.
Shooting you in the face- means a cop is up ahead running radar.

 

How about you east, west, north, South bound- means a driver going in the other direction is asking if anyone has the cb on.
Got your ears on?- means do you have your cb on.
Cat- caterpillar engine.
Stacks- exhaust pipes.
Trucker bomb- a urine bottled that has been thrown out.