Truck Types & Accident Lawyers
Every class of commercial vehicle carries its own risk profile — a rollover-prone tanker is a different case than a backing garbage truck. Find your truck type below.
18-Wheeler
The classic tractor-trailer combination, with 18 wheels across the tractor and semi-trailer, hauling the vast majority of America's freight.
Semi-Truck
A tractor unit pulling a semi-trailer that rests part of its weight on the tractor's fifth wheel — the most common heavy-truck configuration on US highways.
Big Rig
A general term for large tractor-trailer combinations, often used interchangeably with semi-truck or 18-wheeler in everyday speech and crash reports.
Delivery Truck
Box trucks and step vans used for local and regional package delivery, often operated on tight schedules with frequent stops in residential and urban areas.
Commercial Vehicle
Any vehicle used for business purposes above certain weight thresholds, subject to FMCSA regulation regardless of specific body style.
Dump Truck
Heavy vehicles hauling loose materials like gravel, sand, or demolition debris, common near construction sites and often operating on tight local routes.
Garbage Truck
Waste collection vehicles that make frequent stops and reverse maneuvers on residential streets, creating unique pedestrian and cyclist hazards.
Tow Truck
Vehicles used to recover and transport disabled vehicles, frequently operating on highway shoulders in hazardous roadside conditions.
Moving Truck
Rental and commercial moving trucks, often operated by less-experienced drivers unfamiliar with the vehicle's size and handling characteristics.
Tanker Truck
Trucks hauling liquid or gas cargo — fuel, chemicals, or food-grade liquids — where cargo surge dramatically affects handling and rollover risk.
Flatbed Truck
Open trailers hauling lumber, steel, machinery, and construction materials secured with chains, straps, and tarps rather than an enclosed box.
Logging Truck
Trucks hauling raw timber, often on rural and mountain roads with steep grades and sharp curves that magnify load-securement and braking risks.
Cement Mixer
Trucks carrying rotating drums of wet concrete, whose high, shifting center of gravity creates elevated rollover risk, especially on turns.
Amazon Delivery Van
Last-mile delivery vans operated by Amazon's DSP contractor network, often under intense delivery-quota pressure in residential neighborhoods.
FedEx Truck
FedEx Ground and Express delivery and line-haul trucks, ranging from small vans to full tractor-trailers on interstate routes.
UPS Truck
UPS package cars and tractor-trailers, operating one of the largest commercial fleets in the country across both local delivery and long-haul routes.
Box Truck
Enclosed cargo trucks used for freight and delivery, frequently rented by inexperienced drivers who may be unfamiliar with the vehicle's blind spots and braking.
Car Hauler
Multi-level trailers transporting several vehicles at once, with securement failures posing a risk of cars sliding or falling during transit.
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