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For meanings of the word truck
see also: Truck (disambiguation).
This list 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 trucks used in
construction and
mining which are too large for highway use without escorts and special permits.
In the UK, trucks (lorries) are defined by the driver's license required. They are either Heavy Goods Vehicles (greater than 7 1/2 tonnes) which require an HGV licence, or less in which an ordinary
driver's license is all that is required.
Light trucks
Medium trucks
Some of the truck types listed under heavy trucks may also come in medium sizes.
The following are not types of trucks but types of
use of the trucks listed above:
Heavy trucks
Except for semi-trailer trucks and, generally, mobile cranes, the following types may also come in medium sizes.
- Ballast tractor
- Concrete mixer (cement mixer)
- Crane truck or mobile crane or truck-mounted crane
- Dump truck
- Garbage truck
- Log carrier
- Refrigerator truck
- Semi-trailer truck also known in British English as "Artic" for 'Articulated vehicle'
- Tank truck or tanker or tanker lorry in British English (can also be a Medium truck)
Very heavy trucks and transporters
Vehicles in this category are too large for highway use without escorts and special permits.
- Ballast tractor (though most are smaller than this}
- Heavy hauler
See also
For meanings of the word truck
see also: Truck (disambiguation).
This list 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 trucks used in
construction and
mining which are too large for highway use without escorts and special permits.
In the UK, trucks (lorries) are defined by the driver's license required. They are either Heavy Goods Vehicles (greater than 7 1/2 tonnes) which require an HGV licence, or less in which an ordinary driver's license is all that is required.
Light trucks
Medium trucks
Some of the truck types listed under heavy trucks may also come in medium sizes.
The following are not types of trucks but types of
use of the trucks listed above:
Heavy trucks
Except for semi-trailer trucks and, generally, mobile cranes, the following types may also come in medium sizes.
Very heavy trucks and transporters
Vehicles in this category are too large for highway use without escorts and special permits.
- Ballast tractor (though most are smaller than this}
- Heavy hauler
See also