– a linear amplifier, also called a footwarmer.
Cb lingo barefoot driver#
Also, the owner of a trucking company where the driver works. – an interstate highway, also “big road.” – a tractor only - running without a trailer. Marten trucks are decorated with martin swallows (birds). – road ice that is not visible because of discoloration from residue on the road or the road surface. “How about it, SlipShod? I’m heading to Bikini. – paper cards that hold trucking permits from various states. a long nose, a hood, though there are some big, beautiful cabovers out there. Generally, the tractor is a conventional type, i.e. – a tractor-trailer rig, with lots of lights, accessories and horsepower. – a major roadway, usually an interstate highway.
Wife is often referred to as “momma.” Husband, “daddy.” – moving companies.- a household-goods mover. – Smokey is hiding, usually with a radar gun. – highway patrol using an airplane or helicopter to check ground vehicles’ speed. – police station or highway patrol headquarters. “That crackerhead got himself a bear bite, he did!” – usually a four-wheeler, driving over the speed limit without a radio. – mama bear: female law enforcement officer. – diesel cop/DOT/The MAN: State or Federal Department of Transportation enforcement officer. – city kitty: city police, or, as many truckers often say: “PO-LEESE.” Also local yokel. – generic term for a law enforcement officer. – a fixed location CB transceiver (not mobile). – Just the radio without extra power booster & Special antennas. – when you cross a mountain pass without traction devices, your truck is barefoot. – the area at some truck stops where hookers hang out. “You got a construction zone up here, back it down.” Also “back it off.” – used to tell another driver to get his foot off the accelerator and reduce speed.
“You got a bear on the back door, about a mile back.” Also the rear truck of a caravan. – “I’m finished transmitting, talk back to me.” Baby alligators or bait: bits and pieces of a It looks like an alligator sunning itself on the highway. a tread or recap from a blown tire. First use was when Kenworth introduced its T600 in the mid-’80s. A big rig with a long, droopy nose, suggesting that it is attacking an ant colony. If you know of words or phrases I’ve missed, send them to also anteater. This glossary is by no means complete, since new trucker language develops all the time. The following trucker words and phrases are heard on the CB radio on America’s interstate highways. This is especially true of their communications on the CB radio. There’s no doubt about it, truckers have a language all their own.
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