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    Truckin' Up!
    Truckin' Up!
    Truckin' Up!
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    Truckin' Up!

    By Donna Carver

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    Donna Carver gives us a funny and interesting look at the trucking industry and the trucker’s CB radio slang. She gets the ride of her life from the passenger seat of a 'sure enough store bought large car', she's 'stylin and profilin', checking out the 'seat covers', watching the 'bushes for bears'.
    Ride with Donna as she shares her stories from the road. Sometimes funny and some sad, like when she sees New York after 9/11
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateMar 31, 2015
    ISBN9781329030336
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      Truckin' Up! - Donna Carver

      Truckin' Up!

      Truckin’ Up!

      By

      Donna Carver

      For that truck drivin’ man of mine.

      Four Pawns Publishing

      901 N. Gadsden St.

      Tallahassee, Fl. 32303

      www.fourpawnspublishing.com

      © 2014, Four Pawns Publishing, All Rights Reserved.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1-Alligator on the Zipper

      Chapter 2-The Road

      Chapter 3-Big Boys with Big Toys

      Chapter 4-Bears

      Chapter 5-Truck Stops and Pickle Parks

      Chapter 6-Jokes

      Chapter 7-Truckers Slang

      Chapter 8-Trucker Cities and National 10 Codes

      Chapter One

      Alligator on the Zipper

      We were riding north on Interstate 95 in North Carolina. The sound of the big diesel engine vibrated through my head as I watched the white dashed lines slip by on the dark road ahead. I had been riding as a passenger in this semi-truck for only a few days at that time and it was an exciting new adventure for me. It was so different from what I had imagined. Riding high above the road, I looked down into the cars that we passed. It gave me a whole new perspective on everything. I saw people doing all kinds of crazy things while they were driving. People reading newspapers, writing notes, talking on cell phones, women putting on makeup, and businessmen juggling coffee and biscuits. There were people changing clothes or flossing their teeth while steering with their knees, and even having sex while driving in heavy traffic.

      Break one nine, the voice on the CB radio broke into the cab of the truck.

      Don grabbed the microphone that dangled from a bungee cord attached overhead. Come on break, he said.

      Northbound, the driver came back, You got an alligator on the zipper at the 129 yard stick.

      Don grabbed the mike again and said, Preee-she-a-it, southbound. You’re looking good back to the line.

      Now, I was raised in Florida and it wasn’t too uncommon to hear about alligators roaming around in neighborhoods or on highways, but this was North Carolina and in the middle of winter. "Did he say there was an alligator on a zipper up here?" I asked, somewhat confused.

      Don looked over at me and grinned, It’s not a real alligator. It’s the rubber off of a recapped tire laying on the zipper, which is the white striped line in the middle of the road.

      Why do they call it an alligator? I asked.

      Well, if that thing gets caught up under your car or truck, it will chew up everything it hits, he said.

      Well, where is this alligator? I asked.

      It’s at the 129 mile marker, he replied, then pointed to a small road sign on the side of the road that read 120. "You see, most highways have mile markers or yard sticks that measure the distance from beginning to end of the road in each state. They start at 1 at the south and east ends, and run higher as you drive north or west."

      We were headed north which meant that the alligator was nine miles north of us.

      I watched the mile markers as we rode pass until I saw 129. Just ahead, straddling the striped line in the middle, of the road laid a large jagged piece of rubber. One end of it curled up in the air, looking very much like an alligator, poised to strike. A few minutes later, we saw a big truck pulled over to the shoulder with his emergency flashers on.

      Don took the mike and asked, You Ok over on the side driver? 

      A voice came back. Yes sir, I just hit that gator back there and it took out my brake line. I got help on the way. 

      10-4. Don said, as he let the mike go.

      Those alligators are dangerous! I exclaimed.

      They cause hundreds of accidents and hundreds of thousands of dollars in vehicle damage every year, Don told me before shifted to another gear.

      Why don’t they outlaw them? I asked.

      Lots of large companies use recapped tires to save money. They have lobbyists in Washington who make sure that recaps aren’t banned. Then he added, It’s a money thing.

      As I listened in to the conversations on the CB radio, I soon realized that I didn’t understand half of what was being said. I learned that since the 60’s, truckers have used Citizens Band or CB radios for communications, and over the years, they have developed a colorful language of their own. Truck drivers generally monitor channel 19 on the CB or Sesame Street as it is sometimes called because of the childlike behavior that is sometimes heard on that channel.

      I was glad to have Don as an interpreter. He literally grew up in the trucking business, starting behind the wheel on his daddy’s knee and driving by the time he was thirteen. Yes, he is a driving machine. The man even drives in his sleep. Every now and then in the middle of the night while we are sleeping, he will reach around and grab one of my breasts and start shifting gears. Those first three or four gears are bad enough but, when he shifts into high gear, I have to put on the brakes.

      Don had been driving trucks for more than twenty years when I met him and was well versed in ‘Truckers Slang’. There is trucking slang to describe almost everything and I have listed a collection of over 400 truckers slang words and phrases in the chapter titled; ‘Truckers Slang’. I have also listed ‘Trucker Cities’ and the ‘National 10 codes’. The list of trucker’s slang is by no means complete because new words and phrases are being born every day, but I hope you will refer to it and enjoy it as you read this book.

      Most drivers have a handle or CB name. Generally, a driver will use a handle rather than his real name in order

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