truck orders

FTR: Class 8 orders weak in July

| August 03, 2012

FTR Associates on Thursday, Aug. 2, released preliminary data showing July Class 8 truck net orders at 12,568 units, the lowest month for orders since August 2010 and 32 percent below the same month last ...

Class 8 orders continue to fall

| May 07, 2012

FTR Associates on Friday, May 4, released preliminary data showing April Class 8 truck total net orders at 16,877 units, the lowest number since September 2010 and 55 percent below the same month ...

Kenworth to lay off 10 percent of workers at Ohio plant

| April 13, 2012

Paccar Inc. on Wednesday, April 11, confirmed news reports that it plans to lay off 10 percent of the work force at its Kenworth plant in Chillicothe, Ohio, in response to weakening ...

Truck orders fall in July

Jeff Crissey | August 04, 2011

Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEM’s fell 12 percent in July from June to 18,532 units, the lowest monthly total since September 2010, according to preliminary data released by ...

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Overdrive Staff | May 01, 2011

Cross-border plan detailed The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed cross-border trucking project with Mexico will require fewer participants and will equip Mexican trucks with electronic on-board recorders, paid for by the United States. FMCSA will respond ...

FTR: Truck orders off in May

| June 04, 2010

FTR Associates on June 3 released preliminary data showing May Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs at 12,903 units, a 9.8 percent decline from April. Although May orders slowed from ...

January truck orders drop 18%

| February 19, 2010

January net orders for Class 5-8 trucks dropped 18 percent from January 2009, after a December buying flurry ahead of the 2010 EPA engine emissions mandate, according to ACT Research. As ACT had anticipated, January orders ...

FTR: Truck orders likely to fall

| December 08, 2009

Heavy truck demand for 2010 is likely to slow after 2007 engine inventory is exhausted, according to the latest issue of The North American Commercial Truck and Trailer Outlook published by FTR Associates. FTR recently increased ...

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