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A truck (United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, also called a lorry in the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, and Indian Subcontinent) is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, with the smallest being mechanically similar to an automobile. Commercial trucks can be very large and powerful, and may be configured to mount specialized equipment, such as in the case of fire trucks and concrete mixers and suction excavators.
Modern trucks are largely powered by diesel engines, although small to medium size trucks with gasoline engines exist in the US. In the European Union, vehicles with a gross combination mass of up to 3,500 kilograms (7,716 lb) are known as light commercial vehicles, and those over as large goods vehicles.
Trucks and cars have a common ancestor: the steam-powered fardier Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built in 1769. However, steam trucks were not common until the mid-1800s. The roads of the time, built for horse and carriages, limited these vehicles to very short hauls, usually from a factory to the nearest railway station. The first semi-trailer appeared in 1881, towed by a steam tractor manufactured by De Dion-Bouton. Steam-powered trucks were sold in France and the United States until the eve of World War I, and the beginning of World War II in the United Kingdom, where they were known as steam wagons.
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Genres: ,Who can tell what's there to find
under deep waters
thousands of meters
under the waves
i've been thinking lately
i could be there
at last find peace
with the fish all around me
they took the plates from my truck
last thursday night
i can travel the roads
with a temporary permit
i sleep on abandoned truckstops
in the middle of the forests
i have no permission to stop
they are still negotiating
well, someone has to do this
they made me a promise
the final containment area
will be certain this summer
the cargo behind me
no one knows what it contains
the men with geiger-counters
put on their masks
i wish i could get home at last
after thirteen years meet my children
and my wife's new husband
but there are no white spots
on the map anymore
you can't watch the earth from far enough
you can't escape your cargo