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What replaced steam trucks?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Steam Trucks were noisy, dirty, and unreliable. Gas powered trucks first appeared in 1896, and were much more popular. These days, most trucks run from diesel fuel.

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