Engineering:List of truck types

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This List of truck types is intended to classify trucks and to provide links to articles on the various types. The three main classifications for road truck by weight are light trucks, medium trucks, and heavy trucks. Above this there are specialised very heavy trucks and transporters such as heavy haulers for moving oversized loads, and off-road heavy haul trucks used in mining which are too large for highway use without escorts and special permits.

Small trucks

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  This is the Suzuki Carry mini truck
  Mini trucks, small Commercial vehicles used for delivering light loads over short distances.

Light trucks

A pickup truck is a popular light truck

Light trucks are larger than mini trucks but smaller than medium trucks. In the US, they are defined as weighing between 00001–14000 lb (0001–6350 kg). There is no smaller classification.

• Minivan
• Sport utility vehicle
• Pickup truck/Ute
• Panel truck
  • Canopy express
  • Panel van
• Tow truck (may also be a medium or heavy truck)

Medium trucks

Ford F-650 flatbed

Medium trucks are larger than light but smaller than heavy trucks. In the US, they are defined as weighing between 14001–26000 lb (6351–11793 kg). In North America, a medium-duty truck is larger than a heavy-duty pickup truck or full-size van. Some trucks listed as medium also are made in heavy versions.

• Box truck
• Van
• Cutaway van chassis
• Medium Duty Truck such as Ford F-650 in North America
• Medium Standard Truck
• Platform truck
• Flatbed truck (may also be light-duty trucks)
• Stake bed truck (may also be light-duty trucks)
• Firetruck (may also be a heavy truck)
• Recreational Vehicle or Motorhome

The following are not types of trucks but types of use of the trucks listed above:

• Delivery truck, Multi-Stop truck, Bottler.

Heavy trucks

Peterbilt 386 tractor, a popular tractor unit for pulling semi-trailers

Heavy trucks are heavier than medium trucks. They weigh between 26001 to over 33000 lb (11794 to over 14969 kg). There is no higher on-road classification.

Many heavy trucks listed are also made in medium duty versions:

• Concrete transport truck (cement mixer)
• Mobile crane
• Dump truck
• Garbage truck
• Log carrier
• Refrigerator truck
• Tractor unit
• Tank truck

Very heavy trucks and transporters

Haul truck

ALMA Transporter.

Vehicles in this category are too large for highway use without escorts and special permits.

• Haul truck, an exceptionally large off-road dump truck, common in mining operations
• Ballast tractor, a very heavy weight power source for towing and pulling exceptional loads
• Heavy hauler, a combination of power source and very heavy weight transporter
• ALMA transporter is used for transportation of ALMA antennae.

See also

• Commercial vehicle
• Construction equipment
• List of land vehicles types by number of wheels
• Tautliner
• Truck classification