It took a delicate dance by truck manufacturers and fleets in January to keep Class 8 orders from adding to the industry’s huge backlog.
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Worker outages and parts shortages becoming status quo for beleaguered trailer manufacturers.
Like the doorman at a posh nightclub who decides who gets in, truck manufacturers are choosy about what Class 8 orders they’ll accept.
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Supply chain disruptions are far from over for trailer manufacturers, meaning November’s order rebound is probably not sustainable.
With order backlogs exceeding 14 months, manufacturers are accepting few new orders, frustrating fleet demand.
Volatile prices for steel and components lead trailer makers to make pricing a last-minute decision.
October was another month of “why bother” as fleets desperate for new Class 8 trucks held off adding bookings to a morass of back orders.
Elevated steel prices are driving railcar owners to scrap outdated equipment, according to a Greenbrier manager.
2022 could be a busy year for the Surface Transportation Board if it decides to tackle a number of long-standing, hot-button issues.
Trailer makers have connectivity advancements in the pipeline as they navigate supply shortages hampering production.
Order books are open, but demand planning for 2022 and 2023 began months ago and bookings are filling fast.
Look behind soft June trailer orders for the real story of what’s happening in a constrained equipment market.
Fleets still want and need trucks but move to sidelines until manufacturers open their order books.
The refrain for fleets remained the same for trailer orders in May: Why book what you can’t get?
Declining Class 8 truck orders in May are deceptive. Fleets would order more but they are holding off because it might take a year to get them.
Consulting firm FTR expects railcar orders and deliveries to grow as North American railcar utilization increases amid growing volumes and owners seek to scrap less-utilized cars.
Microchip shortages and skyrocketing commodity prices make it unlikely that any of the 33,500 new Class 8 trucks ordered in April will be built this year.
Trailer orders edged back toward trend in March, but the crush of orders in recent months leaves manufacturers addled by supply chain issues struggling.
