Class 8 truck orders
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Equipment
Cash and confidence drive higher Class 8 September orders
Cash from higher spot rates and replacement orders led September Class 8 truck orders to their highest monthly total since October 2019
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News
August Class 8 truck orders reflect spot freight demand
Record freight rates led to another solid month of Class 8 truck orders despite a pandemic, a presidential campaign and social unrest.
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Equipment
Makeup orders boost tractor and trailer production — for now
Makeup orders for tractors and trailers lead to rehiring of some laid-off workers and rebuilding shrunken backlogs from March and April coronavirus shutdowns. But how…
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News
Freight demand takes Class 8 truck orders for a ride in July
Despite economic uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, freight demand drove July Class 8 orders to their highest levels in six months.
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News
DTNA, PACCAR Q2 market share grows as sales plummet
Market share grew at Daimler Trucks North America and PACCAR even as Q2 sales sank under the weight of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Company earnings
What does Navistar loss portend for other truck manufacturers?
Navistar included only one full month of impact from the COVID-19 pandemic in its loss-making second quarter. How bad will it be for manufacturers who…
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Equipment
Class 8 backlog drop implies negative orders in April
One manufacturer’s decision to erase 10,000 Class 8 trucks from its build plan threw the industry into negative territory in April; experts expect scant improvement…
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Company earnings
Cummins counts on century-long survival skills to weather pandemic
Cummins saw a tough environment for most of its segments in 2020 before the word pandemic became common. Now it is depending on its collective…
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News
Dealership group awaits business carnage to come
Rush Enterprises barely felt the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in its new and used truck business in the first quarter, but it is bracing…
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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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