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All Trucks and Commercial Road Vehicles

Road vehicles built primarily to carry freight rather than passengers, from the light delivery truck to the heavy long-haul tractor-trailer. Belongs here: trucks of any size and any era once a truck entity is minted for this atlas. Does not belong here: buses and other passenger-carrying road vehicles, or animal-drawn freight vehicles such as the travois, grouped under animal- and human-powered overland vehicles.

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1901 1
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Its expanded application to "motor-powered load carrier" has been in usage since 1930, shortened from "motor truck", which dates back to 1901.
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