A C172 STUDENT AND CFI RPTED THAT THEIR WINGTIP STRUCK A TRUCK OF A WORK CREW WHILE TAXIING FOR TKOF.

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GND HAD INSTRUCTED US TO TAXI FROM OUR LOCATION ON THE RAMP TO RWY 22 INTXN B. WHILE TAXIING ALONG TXWY N; WE ENCOUNTERED A LARGE TRUCK PARKED ON THE ACTIVE TXWY (TO OUR L). I MOVED AS FAR R ON THE TXWY AS I COULD; AND ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE SLOWLY PAST THE TRUCK. WHILE PASSING THE TRUCK; THE L WINGTIP CONTACTED THE TRUCK'S OUTSIDE MIRROR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE (FACING US) WHICH WAS EXTENDED OUTWARD FROM THE TRUCK'S CABIN. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK; AS THE MIRROR WAS THE TYPE THAT FOLDS IN CLOSER TO THE TRUCK. THE ACFT'S WINGTIP WAS DENTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. NO WARNING HAD BEEN ISSUED AS A PART OF THE TAXI INSTRUCTIONS; AND THERE WERE MEN WORKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TXWY. THAT IS; THE TRUCK WAS ON MY L AND THE MEN WERE ON MY R. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS; THE TRUCK WAS MOVED OFF OF THE ACTIVE TXWY. RAIN ON THE WINDOW MAY HAVE IMPACTED THE JUDGEMENT OF DISTANCE. LARGE TRUCKS SHOULD NOT BE PARKED ON ACTIVE TXWYS; AND ACFT SHOULD NOT BE TAXIED BTWN TRUCKS ON THE TXWY AND MEN WORKING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE TXWY. RWY 27 WAS CLOSED AND BLOCKED OFF; BUT PERHAPS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR TAXI PURPOSES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE TXWY.