1. Weight
   Wind
2. West
   Will

GVW, or gross vehicle weight, is a phrase that all truck drivers are familiar with. This typically reflects the total weight of the truck and all of its cargo.

1. Any dump truck
   Truck that dumps from the bottom
2. Huge meal
   Bathroom break

Some products don't exactly fit into a standard shipping container. Belly dump trucks have an opening at the bottom, making them the perfect option for transporting loose goods like grains or gravel.

1. Reefers
   Ice boxes
2. Fridges
   Penguins

All that frozen food has to be kept chilly as it travels from the factory to your local grocery store. That requires a refrigerated truck, known to truck drivers as a reefer.

1. Camel
   Dog
2. Rooster
   Gator

Trucks transport heavy loads, so it's no surprise that truckers go through a lot of tires. The length of rubber left behind after a tire fails is known in the industry as a gator.

1. Lonely load
   Bobtail
2. LTL
   Gator

Trucks feature heavy-duty hitches that allow them to pull impressively large loads. When the truck runs with no trailer or load attached, truckers refer to it as a bobtail.

1. Concrete
   Horses
2. Medicine
   Household goods

Concrete requires constant mixing during transport so it doesn't start to harden. An agitator body is a special truck designed to keep moving and mixing the concrete so it stays soft and ready to pour.

1. Operater
   Driver
2. Trucker
   Rider

Owner-operators, also known as O/Os or doublestuffs, are truckers who own and drive their own vehicles. The alternative to this is the traditional trucker, who drives a rig belonging to someone else.

1. Tire
   Trailer
2. Mirror
   Steering wheel

Truckers driving big vehicles have extra challenges that drivers in cars never face, especially when it comes to seeing other vehicles on the road. Many big rigs are equipped with a fisheye -- a convex, wide-angle mirror that helps improve visibility.

1. Touch the steering wheel
   Ride in the cab
2. Pay for gas
   Load or unload

The duties of a truck driver can vary depending on the contract. A no-touch run means that the driver is not responsible for touching cargo -- so someone else handles all the loading and unloading.

1. During an emergency
   On steep inclines
2. On trailers not attached to trucks
   When brakes are broken

Ever seen a trailer when it's not attached to a truck? That support pole that extends from the base of the trailer to the ground is known as landing gear.

1. Trailer
   Container
2. Cab
   Pickup

While most of the real estate aboard a truck is needed to hold cargo, there also has to be some room for the driver. The trucker is king of the cab -- the area where the seats and steering wheel are located.

1. Kingpin
   Bowler
2. Looper
   Slinger

A kingpin is a hefty metal contraption that keeps the trailer fastened securely to the truck. It's often secured using a kingpin lock to thwart potential trailer thieves when the truck is parked.

1. Odometer
   Anemometer
2. Governor
   Carburetor

Truck drivers with lead feet can be liabilities for trucking companies, and a danger to everyone else on the road. A governor installed in the truck will limit the vehicle to a pre-determined maximum speed for safety.

1. Steering
   Acceleration
2. GPS
   Braking

Anti-lock braking systems, or ABS, help to reduce the risk of skidding and sliding. They allow drivers to maintain control of the truck, and are an important safety feature on modern vehicles.

1. Damaged
   Delivery
2. Direct
   Dented

Truck drivers know that no job is complete without POD -- proof of delivery. This usually takes the form of a signed bill of lading, but could also involve invoices or packing slips.

1. Maintenance
   Gas prices
2. Hours driven
   Cargo being transported

Federal law strictly regulates how many hours truckers can drive each day. Most pro drivers are required to carry a logbook, in which they track hours of service to ensure they are in compliance with the law.

1. Agent
   Broker
2. Receptionist
   Journeyman

A broker takes the work out of matching up drivers and clients with shipping needs. Owner-operators often go through brokers to keep their schedules full.

1. Front
   Rear
2. Every other one
   All are steering axles

Trucks often come with much more than the standard two axles found on a car. On a typical truck, the front axle is for steering, while all axles with powered wheels are drive axles. Unpowered axles are simply known as pusher axles.

1. 10 feet
   20 feet
2. 30 feet
   40 feet

Standardizing containers helps everyone in the industry. The maximum length for an international container is 40 feet, while domestic shipments can be as long as 53 feet.

1. Volume
   Distance
2. Cargo weight
   Miles

While gross volume weight includes the total weight of the truck and its cargo, the weight of the load itself is given as the payload, or cargo weight. These two different figures are used as part of the driver's daily ride, and drivers should know this information for inspection and safety reasons.

1. Log of miles traveled
   Bill sent to shipper
2. List of cargo on the truck
   Hours of service

A good trucker is organized when it comes to his or her cargo. A bill of lading serves as an itemized list of all goods included in a shipment, and helps the trucker when it comes to billing and accounting.

1. Load
   License
2. Left
   List

Truckers must have a commercial driver's license, or CDL, to operate a big rig. Typically, this license requires a bit more training than the licenses needed to drive a passenger car, and allows truckers to operate a vehicle over 26,000 pounds.

1. Full stop
   Empty ride
2. Sleeper
   Dead-head

Sometimes truckers are asked to run a one-way load, then return after the drop off is complete. That return trip with no cargo on board is known as a dead-head.

1. Been thoroughly inspected
   Not been maintained at all
2. Skidded out of control
   Been abandoned

A jackknifed tractor trailer can be a major headache, often blocking an entire highway for hours. This accident happens when the trailer moves to one side of the truck and the vehicle skids out of control -- often tipping over on its side, or even rolling.

1. Slip seat
   Pinch hit
2. Dead-end
   Free run

Some companies don't bother to match drivers to trucks, simply assigning each driver to the best truck and route as needed on a specific day. This type of slip seat arrangement can keep drivers from feeling at home in their cabs.

1. Mirror spot
   Blind spot
2. Window spot
   Reflector spot

A blind spot is a real problem for any driver. This is the area just next to the vehicle that can be hard to see properly. While truckers do their best to watch this tricky area when changing lanes, they often need other drivers to steer clear of this area for safety.

1. Down hills
   On flat roads
2. In gridlock
   In parking lots

The Georgia Overdrive is an outlaw trucker technique where the driver throws the truck into neutral when going down a hill. It's a way to maintain speed, but it's also reckless and dangerous.

1. Brake
   Accelerator
2. Tire
   Steering wheel

There's nothing like the open road for truckers. When it's time for the long haul, drivers put the road hammer to the test, accelerating from 0 to 55 as fast as their rigs will allow.

1. Truck pulling two trailers
   Fifth-wheel
2. Articulated truck
   Dump truck

Ten-wheeler is a term truckers used to describe a straight truck with three axles. These trucks are always non-articulating, such as a dump truck.

1. Dump truck
   Flatbed
2. Agitator
   Box truck

A flatbed truck is ideal for carrying items that simply wouldn't fit or would be tough to load in other types of trucks. A rub rail around the base of the bed helps to secure the item and prevent it from sliding off the edge.

1. Alternating team
   Twin team
2. Sleeper team
   Truck team

U.S. trucking law limits how many hours drivers can spend behind the wheel each day. A sleeper team consists of a pair of drivers who switch off sleeping and driving shifts to stay within the limits of the law without losing any transit time.

1. Minimum gross weight
   Less than truckload
2. Maximum overdrive
   Underfilled capacity

Companies shipping less than a full load often pay a premium because the run costs the driver more than he would make on a standard full-load order. Drivers may combine multiple shipments when they are operating at less-than truckload to save each individual shipper money without sacrificing profit.

1. HOS
   FEU
2. APU
   LTL

An authorized pickup, or APU, lets the shipper know that it's OK to hand off their precious cargo to you. After all, you wouldn't feel right giving your goods to a total stranger without some kind of authorization, right?

1. Bathroom and kitchen
   Sunroof and moonroof
2. Fully-reclining drivers seat to sleep in
   Ability to tow double the normal load

It's common for trucks to have a sleeper compartment behind the cab, serving as a place for the driver to get some shut-eye. Double-eagles are fancier cabs complete with kitchens and bathrooms for the ultimate in comfort.

1. Fun
   FIrst
2. Forty
   Five

Many shipping loads are based on the standard size of cargo containers. The term FEU represents a 40-foot equivalent unit, or the amount of cargo that would fit in the standard container.