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In addition to the "camping without hookups", or "out in the boonies boondocks" definitions, within the professional truck driver circles, it was understood to mean "bypassing the toll stations by taking smaller side roads". Often, if you knew you were hauling an overweight load without a permit, or otherwise not in compliance with DOT regulations, you reduced the likelihood of a citation, or worse, by avoiding the "chicken coops" (scales, weight stations), and Interstates, within so many miles of either side of a city or border with another state. It did not prevent a "bear" (state trooper, or other law-enforcement officer) from pulling you over and setting up a "portable chicken coop" (portable scales carried in the trunk of his car) and writing you up anyway. But, since it was a cat and mouse thing, you ran the gauntlet and took your chances. In some states, particularly in Southern US, it was as normal as speeding and using Black Mollies (amphetamines, to stay awake)... not me, of course... I meant those other guys.
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