The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.

Frankie, an eighteen-wheel, semi-truck invites the reader to join him on a job, introducing the work, mechanics, and terminology of trucking along the way.

Upset that the other trucks don't let her help at the construction site, Bobbi notices a rock slide and rushes in to save the day.

A little boy eagerly waits for his father to pick him up from school in his big tanker truck.

Hal the forklift does all sorts of jobs in the warehouse but when he discovers a crate for a robot forklift that never needs a break and can lift more than he can, he starts to worry.