From a dispatch bike to a lowbed trailer.

Carries: Documents, parcels, small packages and food. Anything light and urgent.

Best for: Short, last-mile runs where speed beats size. Straight through the traffic, door to door.

Carries: Shop stock, spare parts, appliances and small-business deliveries.

Best for: Everyday business loads in town and between nearby cities. Known locally as Sienna, Hiace, J5 and Sprinter.

Carries: Bagged goods, tools, small machines and loads that are easier to lift onto an open tray.

Best for: Light open loads on rough roads and site access. The trade knows it as the Hilux.

Carries: Electronics, packaged goods and anything that must stay dry and secure.

Best for: Closed, weatherproof haulage for medium loads, in two sizes: 5 tonnes and 10 tonnes.

Carries: Building materials, farm produce, furniture and loose general cargo.

Best for: State-to-state hauls for bulky goods that don't need an enclosed body. Easy to load from the side.

Carries: Sand, gravel, granite, laterite and other loose bulk material.

Best for: Construction and quarry runs where the load is tipped at the site instead of offloaded by hand.

Carries: 20 ft and 40 ft containers, machinery, steel, long rods and oversized industrial loads.

Best for: Port to warehouse container moves and long-haul freight across the country. A 20 ft trailer takes one 20 ft container; a 40 ft takes one 40 ft or two 20 ft.

Carries: Excavators, plant equipment, generators and abnormal loads.

Best for: Heavy and over-height movement. The low deck clears bridges that stop a standard trailer.