Truck
Motor vehicle designed to transport cargo, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work.
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Semi-trailer truck
Combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry freight.
Combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry freight.
European trucks, whether straight trucks or fully articulated, have a sheer face on the front.
Tractor unit
Characteristically heavy-duty towing engine that provides motive power for hauling a towed or trailered load.
Characteristically heavy-duty towing engine that provides motive power for hauling a towed or trailered load.
The tractor-trailer combination distributes a load across multiple axles while being more maneuverable than an equivalently sized rigid truck.
Concrete mixer
Device that homogeneously combines cement, aggregate such as sand or gravel, and water to form concrete.
Device that homogeneously combines cement, aggregate such as sand or gravel, and water to form concrete.
Special concrete transport trucks (in-transit mixers) are made to mix concrete and transport it to the construction site.
Petrol engine
Internal combustion engine with spark-ignition, designed to run on petrol (gasoline) and similar volatile fuels.
Internal combustion engine with spark-ignition, designed to run on petrol (gasoline) and similar volatile fuels.
Before the use of diesel engines became widespread, petrol engines were used in buses, lorries (trucks) and a few railway locomotives.
Pickup truck
A pickup truck or pickup is a light-duty truck that has an enclosed cabin and an open cargo area with low sides and tailgate.
Garbage truck
A garbage truck is a truck specially designed to collect municipal solid waste and transport it to a solid waste treatment facility, such as a landfill, recycling center or transfer station.
Fire engine
A fire engine (also known in some places as a fire truck, fire lorry or nee-naw) is a road vehicle (usually a truck) that functions as a firefighting apparatus.
Cargo
"Freight" redirects here.
"Freight" redirects here.
Cargo was originally a shipload but now covers all types of freight, including transport by rail, van, truck, or intermodal container.
Steam wagon
A steam wagon (or steam lorry, steam waggon or steamtruck) is a steam-powered truck for carrying freight.
Dump truck
Used for transporting materials for construction as well as coal.
Used for transporting materials for construction as well as coal.
A typical dump truck is equipped with an open-box bed, which is hinged at the rear and equipped with hydraulic rams to lift the front, allowing the material in the bed to be deposited ("dumped") on the ground behind the truck at the site of delivery.