ACT Research
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Equipment
Falling trailer bookings track muted tractor orders
A slower year of trailer production is expected as the equipment backlog waiting to be built fell in 11 of 12 months in 2019.
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Equipment
Sliding sales prompt restructuring at Daimler Trucks
Daimler Trucks is executing structural changes around the world because of sliding sales.
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Insights
BR Williams’ Thomas Bardwell: Unexpected pressures will test carriers
A host of issues, from regulations to overcapacity, are coming together to place unanticipated stresses on carriers just as 2020 begins.
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Trucking
Class 8 truck orders tumble to decade low
New Class 8 truck orders dipped to their lowest level in a decade in 2019, payback for an ordering frenzy a year earlier.
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Equipment
Decade of trailer production growth only beginning to slow
Trailer orders move up and down but the overall industry is ending a decade of growth that is just beginning to slow.
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Equipment
It’s a buyers’ market as used truck glut stalls new orders
It is sort of a hostage situation. New truck orders are stalled until used truck prices go higher.
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Equipment
As truck engine displacements shrink, power and fuel efficiency grow
The power and fuel efficiency of truck engines continue to rise as their size and weight shrink.
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Business
Class 8 truck orders tumble in November
Preliminary orders for new Class 8 trucks tumbled again in November after one month of improved bookings, new evidence that a slowing manufacturing economy is…
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News
Volvo Trucks will lay off 700 workers in January (Update)
Volvo Trucks North America will lay off about 700 workers in January, extending an industry pullback in production to match slowing orders of new Class…
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Business
Glut of used trucks creates buyer’s market (Update)
The number of used Class 8 trucks for sale continues to grow as new equipment deliveries drain the backlog created during a 2018 order binge.
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