Trucker talk. I used to think it was a foreign language, now it just makes me chuckle. These are just a few of the many slang terms truckers use when talking to each other, or over the CB radio.
Owner Operator -
A person (s) that makes payments on the truck monthly, pays for their own fuel, responsible for all repair costs and normally still uses paper logs. Basically your own business on wheels. You can be an owner Operator and work for a company, which means your independent company is leasing the truck to the bigger company you drive for. It comes with dispatcher for load assignments, a fuel surcharge rate when fueling, or you can be an independent and find your own loads under your own authority and work for yourself.
Contractor -
Your driving in a truck that someone else owns (see owner operator above) you have no authority to make decisions about the truck without the owners consent and are normally working under a contract, but not directly for the company written on the side of your truck. All the benefits of an owner op, with no monetary risks involved.
Company Driver -
Attend orientation, placed in a truck (you have no say or choice in the matter usually) and are dispatched by the company you work for...normally forced dispatch, which means you can't turn down any load if you have hours to drive on your log.
Lease Driver -
Usually a company driver that is purchasing their truck from the company they run with. Kind of like putting your eggs all in one basket since the trucking company dictates how many miles you receive.
Reefer-
refrigerated trailer or van.
Chicken Coop -
scale house or weigh station.
Mayo & mustard -
The yellow and white lines that make up your lane on the highway. Fondly quoted as "keep it between the mayo and the mustard"
Skirt Wagon -
curtain side flatbed trailer
Clothing Shower -
not having time to stop for a shower, you put on a fresh set of clothes and feel like a new person.
Gator -
a piece of tire in the road from a previous blow out
Bobtail -
just driving the truck with no trailer attached
big truck -
18- wheeler
Brake check -
traffic is all coming to a stop ahead of you on the highway.
Cash register -
toll booth
4-wheelers -
cars
County Mountie -
Sheriff
Deadhead -
Empty miles...usually to pick up a load you have an empty trailer and have to get to your load point.
Full grown bear -
state trooper or hwy patrol.
Hammer down -
Throttle to the floor.
Hammer lane -
fast lane on highway
Lot lizzard -
prostitute at a truck stop
Pickle park -
a rest area with prostitutes
Pigtail -
the wiring that connects your tractor to your trailer plugs into a pigtail to run power to your trailer.
Skateboard -
Flatbed trailer
Thermos bottle -
tanker trailer
And so many more...pretty funny.
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