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| | truck on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Smaller trucks are built as a single unit, but larger trucks are frequently combinations of a truck tractor, which contains an engine, transmission, and cab, and a semitrailer, which is a trailer that the tractor hauls. |
 | | In the United States most states place restrictions on the length of trucks, on the maximum weight that may be carried on a single axle, and on the addition of trailers, though some states still allow up to three trailers. |
 | | New trucks and technology: from new trucks to hand-held computers, vendors are providing wholesalers and brewers with the tools to do the job. |
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