One of the major concerns of industrialized nations is the transportation of raw material and manufactured goods from one point to another. Prior to the introduction of the truck, the primary means of transport were rail and water. These methods...

A wage payment in goods or in vouchers to obtain goods at the shops of the employer. In the UK, the Truck Acts of 1831, 1887 and 1896 made the truck system illegal, replacing it with wage payments in the current coin of the realm. See also: Wages Act...

A specialized vehicle that can be used for commercial purposes, such as semitractor trailers, straight trucks, tankers, and stake trucks, or can be owned privately, such as pickups, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), vans, and minivans. FIGURE T.9B A...

A truck is a vehicle usually used for transporting bulk goods, materials, or equipment. The word "truck" comes from the Greek "trochos", meaning "wheel". In America, the big wheels of wagons were called trucks. When the gasoline-engine driven trucks...

Truck, crane hit bridge, snarl I-94 traffic Tie-up lasts hours as crews remove vehicles; wall damaged By RICK BARRETT of the Journal Sentinel staff Wednesday, December 27, 2000 Waukesha -- Traffic in the westbound lanes of I-94 slowed to...

There are two sides to every story Input from agents, MGAs and carriers is invaluable when assessing the current conditions in any insurance line. We can gauge the attitude of markets and see what the major issues are affecting pricing, underwriting, and capacity...

Moonlighting holding down two or three jobs at one time-has become a lugubrious way of life for many Americans. But their second job doesn't usually involve truck-jacking, unlike the suspect that cops arrested on April 5.The perp's legitimate career was as a delivery man for...

More than a half-million overweight trucks are allowed onto the nation's roads and bridges _ an increasingly routine practice that some officials say is putting dangerous wear and tear on an already groaning infrastructure.In interviews with The Associated Press, some experts warned that the practice...