Spoiler alert: Good News. New and net trailer orders surged in November, strongly indicating that the trailer buying season has begun. Driven mostly by Dry Vans, November net orders climbed 71% month-over-month, according to ACT Research Co. A drop in cancellations also helped boost last month’s sales. “Dry vans were also nearly equivalent to year-ago […]
New and net trailer orders climbed in October, driven both by Dry Vans and Reefers. Even with October’s rebound though, orders are still behind from last year by a wide margin, according ACT Research. A significant bias of fleet investment towards trailers lingered into October, with the ratio of net orders of trailers-to-tractors hitting its […]
Preliminary estimates for U.S. net trailer orders for October 2016 stand at 21,050 units, a solid sequential gain but not a banner performance as compared to one year ago. “Net trailer orders rebounded strongly in October, following a disappointing September. This preliminary report points to a sequential gain of over 60% for the month,” said […]
New and net trailer orders significantly disappointed in September, conflicting with a seasonally-anticipated double-digit gain. Net orders posted were 12,993, marking the lowest volume since August 2010, according to ACT Research. “September’s weakness is further indication of fleet reticence toward equipment investment,” said Frank Maly, Director–CV Transportation Analysis and Research at ACT. Maly continued, “The […]
A preliminary estimate for U.S. net trailer orders for September 2016 is 12,950 units — quite a slide downwards. “Season patterns, which are based upon historical trends, indicated industry net order volume could push to a double-digit sequential gain in September. Our preliminary estimate shows a much weaker order pace, with net orders down approximately […]
The latest news on trailer sales looks good at first glance, but still disappoints. How? Trailer net orders rose 52% month over month in August, but contracted a disappointing 37% year over year, according ACT Research. “Much of August’s improvement came from large fleet volume, and the gains were not evenly spread across the competitive […]
