tractor trailers

Simple text and color photographs provide early readers with an introduction to semi trucks.

Sam drives a mighty tractor trailer with a bulldozer on top to a busy construction site where workers will build a new home.

Simple text and color photographs introduce the basic facts about semitrucks. Includes information on the parts of a semitruck, what they are used for, and what they might haul.

A big eighteen-wheeler truck describes the kind of work it does.

Describes the evolution of the big rig since its beginning in 1804, the various kinds of trucks, their key parts, driver preparation, and work rules.

Describes different kinds of tractor trailers, or big rigs, and the loads they haul.

Describes a tractor trailer and explains how it works and is used; includes a brief history and facts about this form of transportation.

A young boy describes what it would be like if he drove a car hauler.

"I cruise down the highway--the most powerful truck on the road! I have a giant trailer full of supplies to deliver, so nobody better get in my way!".

Maggie and her grandfather enjoy a special trip by following Route 30 from Pittsburgh all of the way to the Pacific Ocean.