Engines, transmissions and axle ratios define a truck.(STREET SMARTS)

Diesel Progress North American Edition | January 1, 2008| | Copyright

A truck is a truck is a truck--or is it?. In the case of Class 7 and 8 trucks, what a truck is depends more than anything on the configuration of the engine, transmission and axles. Class 7 trucks are, for the most part, heavy two-axle straight vehicles, usually powered by midrange diesels in the 8 to 10 L range. Typical applications are conventional chassis school buses, and many two-axle straight jobs such as beverage trucks, public utility line trucks, farm vehicles and common carder pickup and delivery vehicles. They typically have hydraulic brakes except for tractors, ...

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