Heavy Trucks
A heavy truck is a term that can have different meaning for different people. A commonly accepted definition is a truck that weighs over 33,000 pounds when fully packed with cargo. In other words, it’s a big truck. In fact, the so called heavy truck is the largest vehicle that is legally allowed on the road. They are usually used to haul … Keep Reading → cargo over long distances. They are often in the form of the semi-truck, which is a three axle vehicle. These very large vehicles usually have a four stroke turbo diesel engine .While heavy trucks have historically used a manual transmission to give the driver as much control as possible over the vehicle; advances in technology have made automatic transmissions very common as well. As specific skills and training are required to handle these vehicles, a special drivers license is required.
