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From Auckland NZ I can vaguely remember petrol tankers with solid tyres, no inflatable tyres, a round tank instead of elipitical. The solid wheels were narrow and could get caught in railway tracks laid on Quay Street that allowed refrigerated wagons stacked full of ice and meat to be shunted to ship sides. The tankers I believe would have been Leyland and the petrol brand "Big Tree', now extinct.
Also a brewery had a steam driven monster for delivering kegs. It was crewed by one huge man who could lift a full keg and deliver to hole in footpath and into the hotel cellar. The boiler chimney appeared to be in centre of windscreen and an unguared chain drive delivered power to rear axle.
I am 90 now so these memories must go back to about 1933, certainly before WW2
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