Trucking
Truckers
are the backbone of Transport Tycoon. We’ve developed a complex web of cargo materials that allow you to simply sell one at a time, or collect and combine cargoes in multi-point routes for maximum profit!
Be sure to ask around for helpful guides developed by the community. Oh, and we also have a custom radio station! We offer TruckersFM,Simulator Radio and UpBeat Radio available in the left-bottom-center area of the radio wheel.
Contents
Getting started
- Head to the Job Center
and select the Trucker job. - Visit the Car Dealership
to purchase the Speedo Express or a combination of a semi-cab (truck) and trailer.
- The Speedo Express is free and has a trunk capacity equal to your own inventory capacity from 30kg to 300kg.
Vehicles
Trucking requires a semi-cab (truck) and trailer to store cargo in. Semi-cabs can be bought from a car dealership or alternatively can be spawned at a few locations around the map. Examples include LSIA, Sandy Shores, and LS Docks. Players that are short on cash can begin with the free Speedo Express. The trunk capacity of the Speedo scales with the players' Strength level.
| Level requirements | Name | Price | Capacity | Fuel | Top Speed in mph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LVL 1 | $0 | 30kg to 300kg | 70L (Petrol) | 115 |
| Name | Price | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| $400,000 | 400kg | |
| $600,000 | 475kg | |
| $1,250,000 | 600kg | |
| $5,000,000 | 775kg | |
| $10,000,000 | 1000kg | |
| $18,000,000 | 1500kg | |
| $30,000,000 | 2200kg | |
| $45,000,000 | 2500kg | |
| $75,000,000 | 2750kg | |
| $100,000,000 | 3000kg | |
| $160,000,000 | 3500kg | |
| $250,000,000 | 5000kg | |
| $450,000,000 | 8500kg | |
| $500,000,000 | 9000kg |
| Name | Price | Fuel | Top Speed in mph |
|---|---|---|---|
| $150,000 | 280L (Diesel) | 81 | |
| $750,000 | 280L (Diesel) | 89 | |
| $1,000,000 | 280L (Diesel) | 86 | |
| $1,500,000 | 280L (Diesel) | 100 | |
| $1,500,000 | 280L (Diesel) | 100 | |
| $1,500,000 | 280L (Diesel) | 76 | |
| $900,000 | 280L (Diesel) | 101 | |
| $1,500,000 | 280L (Diesel) | 98 | |
| $1,500,000 | 280L (Diesel) | 99 | |
| $1,500,000 | 280L (Diesel) | 98 | |
| $1,500,000 | 280L (Diesel) | 98 | |
| $1,500,000 | 280L (Diesel) | 102 | |
| $1,500,000 | 280L (Diesel) | 95 | |
| $50,000 | 280L (Diesel) | 59 | |
| $1,500,000 | 280L (Diesel) | Unknown | |
| $1,500,000 | 280L (Diesel) | Unknown | |
| $10,000,000,000 | 280L (Diesel) | 69 (60 with mk14 Trailer) | |
| $50,000,000,000 | 280L (Diesel) | 109 (w/o Trailer) 103 (with mk13 Trailer) 95 (with mk14 Trailer) |
Milestones
| Unlock | Trucking Level requirement |
|---|---|
| Unlocked the Courier side-job | 1 |
| You can now transport Erasers | 2 |
| You can now buy 10 Tools at a time | 5 |
| You can now do Courier routes in Rockford Hills | 5 |
| You can now do Courier routes in Vinewood Hills | 5 |
| You can now transport and process Logs | 6 |
| You can now do Courier routes in East Los Santos | 10 |
| You can now buy 100 tools at a time | 10 |
You can now access Military routes in the Trucking HQ 
|
10 |
| You can now access Refrigerated routes in the Trucking HQ
|
10 |
| You can now access Petrochemical routes in the Trucking HQ
|
10 |
| You can now do Courier routes in the Port of Los Santos | 15 |
| Production of illegal pill components is now available | 17 |
| You can now do Chain Restaurant Courier routes | 20 |
| New locations to pick up Logs from | 21 |
| You can now do San Andreas Storage Facilities Courier routes with Courier | 35 |
| New locations to pick up Logs from | 51 |
| New locations to pick up logs from | 91 |
| You can now transport and manufacture Car Parts | 100 |
| Unlocked the ability to obtain and use the Phantom Wedge (Removed Temporarily) + Master Trucker through Trucker's PDA | 631.96 (1 million experience) |
Basic Commercial Routes
You start a trucking route by picking up cargo from one of the following cargo sellers. Go to the cargo seller to obtain your cargo, load as much as you can in your vehicle and then head to a Cargo Buyer that accepts the cargo to sell it. Logs, Recycled Trash, Toxic Waste, Recycled Electronics and Quarry Rubble are all part of more in-depth commercial trucking routes. Make sure to have a look at the Advanced Cargo Routes section.
| Cargo | Weight | Location | Requirements2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tools1 | 1kg | Cargo Buyer: Tools | Level 1 |
| Erasers1 | 3kg | Cargo Buyer: Erasers | Level 2 |
| Logs | 60kg | Logging Camp | Level 6 |
| Recycled Trash | 90kg | Recycling Center | Level 9 |
| Toxic Waste | 110kg | Elysian Island Waste Deposit | Level 11 |
| Recycled Electronics | 130kg | Electronics Store | Level 13 |
| Quarry Rubble | 150kg | Quarry | Level 15 |
Logging
Logging is unlocked at level 6, this is the first type of trucking where there are multiple steps in the process. You want to:
- Pick up Logs from the Logging Camp.
- Take the Logs to the Sawmill to turn them into Sawdust or Planks.
- Both the Sawdust and the Planks can be sold at the LS Port Export or stored in Self Storages to be combined with other items.
Recycled Materials Base Process
At level 9 you will unlock Recycled Trash, this can be picked up from the Recycling Center. You want to:
- Take the Recycled Trash to the Sorting Facility to obtain three materials from it:
- Scrap Plastic can be exported from the McKenzie Export.
- Scrap Aluminum and Scrap Tin can be refined at the LS Foundry.
- Refined Aluminum and Refined Tin are exported from the LS Port Export.
From here, the process will evolve allowing more materials and new combinations of materials. The more steps the process has, the more you will earn from it. Item descriptions and exploration of the different locations should lead you on to new processes.
This is a flowchart showing one of the Level 13 Electronics processes:
Advanced Cargo Routes
Logs, Recycled Trash, Toxic Waste, Recycled Electronics, Quarry Rubble, and Methamphetamine are part of more in-depth trucking routes that allow you to create advanced items such as houses.
Cargo Sellers:
| Cargo | Weight | Location | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logs | 60kg | Logging Camp | Level 6 |
| Recycled Trash | 90kg | Recycling Center | Level 9 |
| Toxic Waste | 110kg | Elysian Island Waste Deposit | Level 11 |
| Recycled Electronics | 130kg | Electronics Store | Level 13 |
| Quarry Rubble | 150kg | Quarry | Level 15 |
The advanced trucking routes can be complex and overwhelming. There are several video guides for some of the trucking routes such as Batteries and Concrete that can be found on the Youtube Tutorials page. There are also calculators available for advanced trucking to help you such as a Trucking Calculator and Trucking Cargo Mastersheet. You can also find sheets in #tycoon-spreadsheets on Discord.
You can refer to this flowchart to get a general concept of how advanced trucking routes works.
Jewelry
Trucking Level +15 is required to do this process.
Jewelry is created from Quarry Rubble of the Quarry and Recycled Electronics of the Electronics Store, and sold at the Jewelry Store.
Batteries
Trucking Level +15 is required to do this process.
Batteries are created from Quarry Rubble of the Quarry, Recycled Trash of the Recycling Center and Toxic Waste of the Elysian Island Waste Deposit.
Premium Trucking Routes
There are Currently 3 Tycoon Premium Trucking Routes.
Concrete
Concrete is created from Quarry Rubble from the Quarry, Logs from a Logging Camp, Unfiltered Water from the Land Act Reservoir and Toxic Waste from the Elysian Island Waste Deposit. It can be sold at the Alta Construction Site.
Rebar
And then there is also the Rebar Route.
House
The House route uses every Advanced Trucking Route and all other Premium Trucking Routes and makes them to one ultimate Route. It requires Tycoon Premium and Lvl 100 Trucking to complete. Houses can be made at the House Construction Site.
Trucking Sub-types
Some trucking sub-routes require a trucking sub-job as well. These jobs can be acquired at the Trucking HQ . There are several trucking sub-jobs available:
- Commercial
- Refrigerated
- Military
- Petrochemical
- Illegal
- Master
It is also possible to change sub-job by using a Trucker's PDA. They can be obtained by buying it on the Marketplace, buying from a player and is also a possible reward from a Treasure Chest (Daily).
The master sub-job is obtained at 1,000,000 (1M) trucking experience, and allows you to see all (sub-)trucking transformers at once.
Trucking (Refrigerated)
Airline Meals redirects here, for the dedicated Airline Meal page, visit Airline Meal.
Refrigerated trucking unlocks at level 10 Trucking and allows food to be shipped or used as airline meals. Meat can be either Meat, the end-product of Hunting, or Fish Meat from Fishing. Airline Meals can also be used as a bonus item for the Airline Pilot job. Refrigerated trucking adds the following cargo sellers:
| Cargo | Weight | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Vegetables | 15kg | Great Chaparral Farm |
| Dairy Products | 15kg | Grapeseed Farms |
Refrigerated trucking has the following trucking routes:
Trucking (Petrochemical) / (Military)
Petrochemical and Military trucking are unlocked at level 10 trucking and are separate sub-jobs, where petrochemical cargo is required to create cargo in the military sub-job. These sub-jobs add the following cargo sellers:
| Cargo | Weight | Location | Sub-Job |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crude Oil | 150kg | LS Oil Pumping Station | Petrochemical Trucking |
| Raw Gas | 150kg | GSD Gas Pumping Station | Petrochemical Trucking |
Petrochemical and Military trucking has the following trucking routes. You need to do both routes to make Explosives which can be used to get other Trucking Cargo as shown below.
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Trucking (Illegal)
Illegal trucking requires level 17 trucking and Premium License. There are three routes: Box of Full Pill Capsules, Defibkit Route and Pills Route. Illegal trucking adds the following cargo seller to purchase Methamphetamine and fill pills:
| Cargo | Weight | Location | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methamphetamine | 10kg | Liquor Ace | Level 17 and Premium |
Full Pill Capsules & Defibkit Routes
Pills Route
Vehicle Shipments
Trucking level 100 and Tycoon Premium are required to do this process.
You can create different Vehicle Shipment Cards.
You can either use these and the vehicle will go to your garage permanently,
or you can sell them on the marketplace.
Available Vehicle Shipments
- Annis ZR-350
- Coil Rocket Voltic (OUTDATED: You can make a Upgrade Kit instead a Vehicle Shipment now)
- Coil Savanna ("Cybertruck")
- Hijak Vertice
HVY Nightshark(Currently unavailable due to removal of Liberty City and its required LC Tokens)- Karin Futo
- Karin Futo GT Hatch (OUTDATED: Can only be obtained with a Upgrade Kit now)
- Landstalker XL (REQUIREMENT: Unlocked Secret from "SD Card: Landstalker XL Blueprint")
- 10F (REQUIREMENT: Unlocked Secret from "SD Card: 10F Blueprint")
Needed Materials
| VEHICLE | Car Battery | Chassis | Vehicle Framework | Wheels | Circuit Boards | Fiberglass Spools | Glass | Refined Amalgam | Traction Batteries | Titanium | Military Goods | Treated Water | Kerosene |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annis ZR-350 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hijak Vertice | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karin Futo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coil Rocket Voltic (Upgrade Kit) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Coil Savanna ("Cybertruck") | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Landstalker XL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 50 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- ↑ Currently unavailable due to removal of Liberty City and its required LC Tokens.
Crafting Locations
The new used Items
Can be crafted at the Vehicle Parts (Paleto Bay)
If you have all needed Materials you can craft
the Vehicle Shipment at the Vehicle Factory (Los Santos, Rancho)
SD-Cards
SD Cards were added in the November 10th update in 2021. SD Cards are mainly used to unlock new routes for the Trucking job.
Ways To Obtain SD Cards
1. Prospecting (Prospecting) - To prospect simply go in game and find a white circle on the map, and press E to start prospecting. (Make sure you own a prospecting scanner.)
2. Daily Chests - This is another way of getting a SD Card. (To get your daily chests you simply login everyday)
3. Player To Player (Marketplace) - This is the easiest way to obtain encrypted SD Cards & decrypted SD Card Recipes. (Can only be done via marketplace as SD Cards are untradeable! )
How do SD Cards work
1. When you got a Encrypted SD Card you need to keep them in your Inventory.
2. Then go to the FIB Building. In the entrance area you will see a green Marker next to the Desk where you can decrypt SD-Cards (Start Scan), see what Secrets you have unlocked already (View learned Secrets) and check your current scan (Check Scan).
3. Choose "Start Scan" and choose the decrypting method. You can choose between the following options:
- Instant Scan (0h) = $1,000,000,000 (ONE TIME USE)
- Slow Scan (48h) = FREE
- Regular Scan (12h) = $200,000,000
- Fast Scan (4h) = $1,000,0000,000
4. After the scanning Time you should have the Decrypted SD Card in your Inventory. IF NOT: Go to the FIB Building again and choose "Check Scan"
5. If you want to learn the secret recipe of the SD Card you got choose it in your Inventory and hit "Unlock secret". You have learned the secret recipe now and the SD Card will disappear.
What kind of decrypted SD-Cards exist?
| Decrypted SD-Card Name | Unlockable Secret Recipe | Location to use |
|---|---|---|
| SD Card: Asphalt Concrete Refining | 1x Crude Oil + 20x Gravel = 20x Asphalt | Refinery (Petrochemical) |
| x5 sell Asphalt Concrete | Alta Construction Site (Commercial) | |
| x25 Sell Asphalt Concrete | ||
| SD Card: Cardboard Manufacturing | 1x Treated Water + 50x Sawdust = 5x Cardboard | LS Factory (Commercial) |
| x1 Sell Cardboard | McKenzie Export (Commercial) | |
| x5 Sell Cardboard | ||
| SD Card: Chipboard Planks | 5x Logs + 30x Sawdust = 15 Planks | Sawmill (Commercial) |
| SD Card: Copper Alloy | 10x Sulfur + 20x Raw Ore Mix = 20 Refined Copper | LS Foundry (Commercial) |
| SD Card: Crispy Fish | 1000x Fish Meat + 20x Sawdust = 10x Frozen Raw Meat | Clucking Bell Farms (Refrigerated) |
| SD Card: Crispy Meat | 200x Meat + 20x Sawdust = 10x Frozen Raw Meat | Clucking Bell Farms (Refrigerated) |
| SD Card: Diluted Fuel Refining | 2x Treated Water + 3x Crude Oil = 3x Diesel, 3x Petrol, 20x Kerosene | Refinery (Petrochemical) |
| SD Card: Gravel Pulverizing | 1x Explosives + 20x Gravel = 100x Sand | Deep Quarry (Military) |
| SD Card: Landstalker XL Blueprint | 1x Automotive: Chassis + 50x Truck Cargo: Glass + 2x Automotive: Car Battery + 1x Automotive : Vehicle Framework + 100x Trucking Cargo : Refined Amalgam + 10x Truck Cargo : Circuit Board + 30x Truck Cargo: Fiberglass + 4x Automotive: Wheels = Vehicle Shipment: Landstalker XL |
Vehicle Factory (Commercial) |
| SD Card: Sawdust Filler Exploit | 5x Logs + 10x Sand = 100x Sawdust | Sawmill (Commercial) |
| SD Card: Substitute Gold | 25x Bronze Alloy + 2x Petrol + 10x Sulfur = 40x Scrap Gold | LS Foundry (Commercial) |
| SD Card: Titanium Jewelry | 1x Titanium + 4x Refined Gold = 4x Jewelry | LS Factory (Commercial) |
| SD Card: Titanium Reinforcement | 6x Titanium = 2x Rebar | LS Factory (Commercial) |
| SD Card: Ore Mix Recycling | 1x Explosives + 15x Raw Ore Mix = 90x Sand | Deep Quarry (Military) |
| SD Card: Plastic Export Contact | x100 Sell Plastic | McKenzie Export (Commercial) |
| SD Card: Waste Water Cleaning | 2x Petrochem: Waste Water = 1x Treated Water | Water Treatment Plant |
| SD Card: Zinc Alloy | 2x Propane + 20x Raw Ore Mix = 20x Refined Zinc | LS Foundry (Commercial) |
| SD Card: Conveyor Rental | $30,000 + 1x Copper Ore Voucher + 1x Iron Ore Voucher = 1x Raw Emeralds, 10x Gravel, 3x Raw Ore Mix |
Filtering Plant (Commercial) |
| SD Card: 10F Blueprint | $22,500,000 + 50x Refined Amalgam + 5x Circuit Board + 1x Chassis + 1x Car Battery + 4x Wheels + 25x Fiberglass + 1x Vehicle Framework + 25x Glass = 1x Vehicle Shipment: 10F | Vehicle Factory (Commercial) |
Work In Progress
Trucking Alternative (LITE Transportation)
If you are looking for a trucking alternative/enrichment and want to earn some Trucking BXP, check out the partnered server: LITE Transportation
FAQs
How do I detach my trailer?
You can detach your Trailer by holding the H key. To re-attach your Trailer, press the H key when prompted, your Trailer will snap to the same orientation your Truck is facing.
How Can I customise my MK10-13
- Park your Trailer over LS Customs
- Detach your Trailer from your Truck
- Move your Truck away from LS Customs
- Head to the side over your trailer and press F to 'drive' the trailer
- Now use the Enter Key to enter LS Customs
How can I customise my MK14?
- Park your Trailer over LS Customs
- Detach your Trailer from your Truck
- Move your Truck away from LS Customs
- Go back to your Trailer and open your Trunk (see Getting Started Guide)
- The Trailer door will now be open, go into the back of your Trailer and press F to 'drive' the Trailer
- Now use the Enter key to enter LS Customs
