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The trucking industry is a lucrative business and it does not really hurt if you expose your children to trucking and to trucks at an early age because trucks are fun. Apart from that, Lego trucks are also very educational.

A truck or a lorry is the king of the road. Trucks transport cargo on land and are very important elements for different businesses. Varying in size, trucks range from mid-sized to mammoth-like vehicles. The smallest of them are like your regular automobiles while the commercial ones are large and powerful.

Although Lego trucks do not need gasoline, real trucks are powered by gas and consume a lot of it just to make a delivery.

According to experts, the word truck was derived from the Greek term “Trochos”. When directly translated, the word means wheels. The word has evolved has evolved through the years though because in the US, the word truck is usually used for vehicles a bit larger than cars and for pickup trucks or other vehicles that have load beds. In the UK and in Ireland, the term lorry is more accepted when talking about a cargo truck.

There are many kinds of trucks and some of them are not used for business purposes. This includes the fire truck used by fire departments all over the world. Tanker trucks on the other hand are only used for the transport for chemicals, gasoline and other materials that may be toxic. These chemicals can either be in liquid or gas form. Some trucks such as the tanker are also called HGVs or Heavy Goods Vehicles. HGVs also carry large equipment from one point to another.

Trucks are also used to carry different kinds of goods. It could be perishable goods or soft drinks (soda) like the truck on the picture below: