HOOK, LINE & CONTAINER
The upright frame behind the cab that carries the tarp arms.
What is the gantry?
Weight included in the original rental price, before overage.
What are included tons?
The walkaround you're supposed to do before every shift.
What is a pre-trip inspection?
Engage this or nothing moves.
What is the PTO?
Charged for each rental day beyond the approved period.
What is an additional day?
This system uses a hook and articulating arm; its cousin uses cables and a tilt frame.
What is a hooklift?
The document from the scale house proving what you dumped.
What is a scale ticket?
The device that replaced the paper logbook.
What is an ELD?
The three-lever control: Up/Down, Cover/Uncover, Extend/Retract.
What is the spool valve?
Base to site and back — the mileage you bill on.
What is round trip mileage?
The cradle where the tarp roller parks when uncovered.
What is the roll rest?
What you're billed for every ton past the included tonnage.
What is overage?
Your maximum driving hours in a 14-hour on-duty window.
What is 11 hours?
Cracking fittings to purge trapped air from the cylinders.
What is bleeding?
The fee the landfill charges you to dump.
What is a tipping fee?
The crossbar between the arms that rests on the container's rear wall.
What is the stabilizer bar?
A 15-yard can of clean fill will hit this limit long before it hits this one. (weight before volume)
What is weight, not volume?
The license class required for most roll-off trucks.
What is Class B? (Class A if towing)
Running a function to its stop so fluid blows over the relief.
What is deadheading?
The delivery charge that applies even when the load is small.
What is the delivery minimum?
Spring-loaded catch on the driver-side arm that holds tarp tension.
What is the pawl?
Federal DOT's maximum outside width, in inches.
What is 108 inches?
The sticker proving your truck passed its annual.
What is the annual inspection decal?
Do this to arms that have drifted apart, or risk damaging the system.
What is re-synchronize?
Knowing whether a specific container run made money.
What is per-job costing?