Oil tank truck: Depending on the transported medium, configuration, and regional naming conventions, it has various designations such as oil tanker, tanker truck, fuel transport truck, fuel supply truck, fuel hauling truck, mobile refueling truck, tax-controlled refueling truck, computerized refueling truck, diesel transport truck, gasoline transport truck, coal tar transport truck, lubricating oil transport truck, edible oil transport truck, crude oil transport truck, heavy oil transport truck, and oil product transport truck.
Oil tank trucks can be categorized by appearance into: flat-nose oil tank truck, pointed-nose oil tank truck, and flush-nose oil tank truck.
By drive configuration: 4×2 (single axle) oil tank truck, 6×2 (small tri-axle/front four-rear four) oil tank truck, 6×4 (rear eight-wheeler/rear twin-axle) oil tank truck, 8×2 (front four-rear six) oil tank truck, and 8×4 (front four-rear eight) oil tank truck.
By load capacity: light-duty oil tank truck, small oil tank truck, medium-duty oil tank truck, medium-heavy-duty oil tank truck, and heavy-duty oil tank truck.