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June Class 8 truck orders rebound to four-month high
Preliminary orders for Class 8 trucks in June rebounded to a four-month high, following a rapid improvement in freight rates.
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Used truck prices firm but demand still slack
It’s a bargain hunter’s market for used trucks, especially sleeper cabs, as prices come off the floor but demand for one-owner equipment remained slack in…
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Trucking
May trailer orders improve — to second-weakest month on record
After an April in which practically no net trailer orders were added to build schedules, a big improvement in May was welcome, but it’s still…
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Equipment
Class 8 truck orders stagnate in May (Update)
Near-shutdown of Class 8 truck production in May resulted in stagnant orders as COVID-19 lockdowns took hold.
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Equipment
Break-even values dictate used truck trade-ins
The numbers game is intensifying as falling used truck prices and swelling inventories persuade fleets to hang on to younger equipment until they can break…
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Equipment
Depressed used truck prices fall lower in April
April’s coronavirus impact intensified pricing pressure in an already depressed used truck market where most cash-conserving buyers held back on purchases.
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News
April Class 8 truck orders hit 25-year low
Class 8 orders in April plummeted to their lowest level since September 1995 as the COVID-19 pandemic froze new bookings and led to postponing near-term…
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Daimler Trucks cautiously resumes US production (Update 2)
The largest manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks puts worker protections in place as it tries to make up for production lost to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Equipment
March used truck sales: A tale of two extremes
With benchmark prices down 26% year over year, analysts pin hopes for a used truck sales recovery to the restart of the economy. March was…
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News
Class 8 truck orders crash in March to worst in decade
The coronavirus pandemic resulted in half as many year-over-year orders in a month when comparisons were expected to be easy. With truck makers suspending production,…
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