New Zealand - Chevrolet tow truck -1937 - Gordon Onslow Hilbury Burt photo A truck or lorry - A motor vehicle designed to transport cargo - Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration - Smaller varieties may be mechanically similar to some automobiles. - Commercial trucks can be very large and powerful and may be configured to be mounted with specialized equipment, such as in the case of refuse trucks, fire trucks, concrete mixers, and suction excavators. - In American English, a commercial vehicle without a trailer or other articulation is formally a "straight truck" while one designed specifically to pull a trailer is not a truck but a "tractor". - Modern trucks are largely powered by diesel engines, although small- to medium-size trucks with gasoline engines exist in the US, Canada, and Mexico. - In the European Union, vehicles with a gross combination mass of up to 3.5 t (7,700 lb) are known as light commercial vehicles, and those over as large goods vehicles. (Reference: Wikipedia) Transport in New Zealand - In 2015, 3.018 million were light passenger vehicles, 507,000 were light commercial vehicles, 137,000 were heavy trucks, 10,000 were buses and 160,000 were motorcycles and mopeds. - The mean age of a New Zealand car (as of end of 2015) was 14.2 years, with trucks at 17.6 years. - 38% of light vehicles in 2017 were 15 years +, 171,000 being deregistered, but 334,000 added. (Reference: Wikipedia) ------------------- Image source: Chevrolet tow truck. Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury, 1893-1968 :Negatives. Ref: 1/2-036746-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22326304 https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22326304