class 8 orders
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Chart of the Week
Carriers purchasing trailers over tractors during booming freight market
Carriers are investing in new trailers over tractors during the most recent freight boom. What does this mean for capacity in the future?
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News
Truckload tightness to continue, U.S. Xpress report says
U.S. Xpress’ industry forecast calls for the truckload market to experience high driver turnover, declining capacity and “overwhelming” volumes through 2021.
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Chart of the Week
Will capacity return to trucking?
The last time capacity tightened to this level, capacity flooded the trucking space. Will the same outcome occur in 2020?
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News
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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Chart of the Week
2018 was worse than 2020 for trucking
A lot of the recent struggles for carriers originated in what many consider to be the most profitable year.
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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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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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Equipment
Truck product enhancements flow amid order trough
Steering advances, integrated steps over DEF tank among enhancements truck makers are bringing to market amid a continuing slowdown in new equipment orders
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February Class 8 truck orders tank on coronavirus uncertainty
Already feeble orders of new tractors took another hit in February as uncertainty over the business impact of the coronavirus kept fleets out of the…
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OEM
Is it the OEMs’ turn for a winless season?
Market Expert Mike Baudendistel looks at the prospects for the truck original equipment manufacturers in 2020.
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