noun
General Slang
Chicken coop
· noun · trucker / CB
Truck weigh station — where the rigs get penned up and checked.
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A state or DOT weigh station on the interstate. Trucks pull in to get weighed, paperwork checked, and sometimes inspected for safety violations. Status is constantly traded over the CB — open or closed makes or breaks a run.
“Northbound, the coop at the state line is open and they're pulling trucks in for inspection.”
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Chicken coop In A Sentence
Northbound, the coop at the state line is open and they're pulling trucks in for inspection.
Origin & Usage
CB-era trucker slang. Drivers are the "chickens," DOT inspectors are the farmers, and the scale house is the pen where you get herded in, weighed, and looked over.
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