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For the year, sales of Class 8 used trucks are down 7.4 percent from the same time period last year.

Despite the decline, orders were still 85 percent higher than prior-year levels, FTR Associates and ACT Research reported.

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Class 8 truck net orders for North American markets totaled 24,300 units in February, down 3,000 from January, ACT said.

November net orders of Class 8 commercial vehicles for North American markets increased 38 percent over October.

Class 8 sales declined 16 percent month-over-month in October, according to ACT Research Co.