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Depends on the vehicle. if you mean Heavy truck like a eighteen wheeler or dump truck then most of them use Diesel engines. If you mean light duty truck like a 1500 Chevy or Dodge or f150 its gasoline. If heavyer then that it could be either gas or diesel.

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