truckers

cab

Vehicle for hire

• steeringControlling direction of movement
• gearshiftTransmission selector lever
• CDLCommercial driving license

logbook · shifts · dispatcher · owner-operator · rig · overdrive · doubles · backing · jackknife · blindspot

eighteen-wheeler

Large cargo transport vehicle

• semiLarge freight truck
• tractor-trailerCab-and-trailer cargo vehicle
• rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle

diesel · trailer · Peterbilt · Kenworth · kingpin · mudflaps · chrome · stacks · sleeper · tandem

cargo

Transported goods

• shipmentGoods being transported
• loadCarried weight or burden
• deliveryConveyance of goods

haul · consignment · goods · merchandise · pallet · containerization · bulk · lading · manifest · backhaul

long-haul

Covering great distances

• overnightSpanning evening to morning
• lumperDock freight handler
• roadsideAdjacent to pavement

diner · thermos · loneliness · homesickness · handle · ten-four · breaker · logbook · layover · shower

highway

Major road for travel

• interstateBetween political regions
• turnpikeFee-charging highway
• cross-countryTraversing wide natural terrain

over-the-road · mileage · navigation · route · detour · overpass · toll · bypass · port · terminal

convoy

Guarded traveling group

• blockadeSealing off a place
• strikeForceful impact or stoppage
• demonstrationPublic display of opinion

solidarity · activism · resistance · picketing · movement · campaign · rally · boycott · slowdown · shutdown

• truckingsemi, 18-wheeler, trucks, big rig, tractor-trailer
• truck stopdiesel, diesel pump, fuel pumps, showers, overnight parking
• intermediariesmiddleman, middlemen, go-between, go-betweens, broker
• Northern PeopleInuit, Aleut, Haida, Athabascan, Athabaskan
• Hicksploitationmoonshine runners, good ol' boy, bootleggers, good old boys, Southern Gothic
• Americanspresidents, senators, governors, generals, authors