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Coach and bus is a large motor vehicle, a type of bus, used for conveying passengers on excursions and on longer distance express coach scheduled transport between cities - or even between countries.

Semi-trailer truck and trailer unit is an articulated vehicle consisting of a towing engine, and a semi-trailer (plus possible additional trailers) that carries the freight.

Stake body and Platform is an industrial truck with a platform rather than forks for supporting the load. Therefore, it cannot lift, load or unload.

Tipper and dump trucks is a truck used for transporting loose material (such as sand, gravel, or dirt) for construction. A typical dump truck is equipped with a hydraulically operated open-box bed hinged at the rear, the front of which can be lifted up to allow the contents to be deposited on the ground behind the truck at the site of delivery.

Cab and Chassis For commercial vehicles chassis consists of an assembly of all the essential parts of a truck (without the body) to be ready for operation on the road.

Stake body and tarpaulin trucks is a Stake body truck, with body covered by tarpaulin. Most common transport vehicles, that you can see on roads all over the World.

Box is a truck with a cuboid-shaped cargo area. They usually have a garage door-like rear door that rolls up. On some box trucks, the cargo area is accessible from the cab through a small door.

Refrigerator body A refrigerator truck is a van or truck designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures.

Tank truck A tank truck or road tanker is a motor vehicle designed to carry liquefied loads, dry bulk cargo or gases on roads.

Swap body chassis is a truck which can transport a standard freight container. A swap body is a type of intermodal container that can be swapped from a truck chassis to a railcar.

Truck-mounted crane is a truck, that is mounted with a crane type equipment. Cranes have played an important part in constructing houses, buildings, cities, and nations throughout history.

Roll-off tipper (dumpster) is an open top dumpster characterized by a rectangular footprint, utilizing wheels to facilitate rolling the dumpster in place. The open top container is designed to be transported by special roll-off trucks.

Three-sided Tipper is a truck with three-sided unloading. 3-sided truck is ideal for bulky and heavy transport of materials, waste, supplies or parts.

Concrete mixing transport trucks Special concrete transport trucks are made to transport and mix concrete up to the construction site. They can be charged with dry materials and water, with the mixing occurring during transport.

Box-type delivery van is a kind of vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people.