Best Places to Find Free Semi Truck Pictures

by TJ on October 5, 2011

If you’re like many people enthusiastic about semi trucks, then you love having pictures around of your favorite trucks. However, with the economy still being pretty much in the tank, you may not be able to pay for the truck pictures you want. Well with a little ingenuity and outside-of-the-box thinking, you can get just about any semi truck picture you can imagine for free. The places listed below are just a few ideas of places to go to for pictures of your favorite semi trucks.

1. Trucking Company Websites

Many trucking companies will provide trucking enthusiasts with free pictures of their trucks in order to promote the company. By looking over their website to get their contact information and then shooting a quick e-mail, letter, or phone call off to your favorite trucking line, you can often get them to send you free pictures as part of a promotional package. Also, if you are a blog writer or if you publish a newsletter, many trucking companies will be all too happy to provide you with pictures of their vehicles if they know you are putting together a piece that makes their company look good.

2. Semi Truck Manufacturers

Just like the trucking companies, truck manufacturers are happy to provide free pictures of their latest models of semi trucks. Simply surf over the websites of major manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz, Kenworth, or Mack. Then call, write, or e-mail the company for information on the trucks that really interest you. The manufacturing companies will be pleased to provide you with a package of customer information that is guaranteed to include pictures of their latest models.

3. Wikipedia

Because a lot of people have written about different models of trucks on this encyclopedia website, there are a number of open-copyright photographs of semi trucks available for you to use. Simply go to the main Wikipedia site and then enter the type of truck or specific model of truck that you are looking for in the site’s search tool. In a matter of seconds, many articles on your favorite semi trucks will pop up and you can find out all kinds of great information on the trucks. Also because these articles are often illustrated with a couple of photos, you can look at the pictures and download them for your own purposes if they have an openly public copyright.

4. Free Media Image Sites

If you want professionally done photos that are free of copyrights, you may also want to check out some of the free media image sites that are on the internet. One of the most popular is Stock.XCHNG. This site has over 400,000 images available on a variety of topics and is sure to have a few great pictures of semi trucks. Just be sure to carefully read the licensing agreements on the photos you want before you download any pictures. Another great site to consider is Open Photo. This site has been around since 1998 and has a lot of open-copyright pictures of semi trucks.
By looking over all of these sites and using these ideas, you are sure to find the semi truck pictures you’re looking for. Then you can plaster your walls with pictures or find just the perfect picture for that blog post, article, or story you’re writing.

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