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Used Class 8 Truck Sales Increased 12% Month to Month in January

According to ACT Research, used Class 8 retail volumes (same dealer sales) increased 12% month to month in January. Average mileage increased 8% month to month, with average price down 7% and age up 1%. read more

Trailer Makers Expect Demand to Exceed Capacity Through 2023

According to ACT Research, supply chain concerns still linger, with some manufacturers sharing that they see no short-term improvement in sight. Most trailer makers expect demand to continue exceeding capacity through the end of 2023. read more

Class 8 Truck Sales in January ‘Relatively Weak’

According to ACT Research’s latest State of the Industry: NA Classes 5-8 report, January heavy-duty orders were relatively weak, but it remains to be seen whether this represented a pause after robust year-end orders, or the beginning of a more broad-based pullback in demand. read more

US Trailer Industry Committed Through Most of 2023

According to the recent issue of ACT Research, January’s backlog-to-build ratio (BL/BU) increased to 9.9 months after averaging roughly eight months since August of 2021, reflecting a lower build rate. read more

January Used Truck Retail Volumes Jump 24% M/M

According to the latest preliminary release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks report published by ACT Research, January used Class 8 retail volumes (same dealer sales) increased 24% month over month and were 2% higher compared to January of 2022. read more

Net Trailer Orders Experience Dip in January as Demand Remains Strong

According to preliminary data from ACT Research, net trailer orders dipped in January to 24,200 units (22,000 when seasonally adjusted). Final January results will be available later this month, but the preliminary market estimate should be within 5% of the final order tally. read more

Healthy Sales and Build Trends for Class 8 CVs on the Rise in 2023

According to ACT Research’s latest release of the North American Commercial Vehicle Outlook report, pent-up vehicle demand and still elevated carrier profits in early 2023 are continuing to provide a supportive environment for new equipment. read more

Class 8 Natural Gas Truck Retail Sales Mixed, Infrastructure Continues to Decline

Sales of natural gas-powered vehicles were mixed in the September to November time period in 2022, according to ACT Research. September activity surpassed its prior-year level by 29%, but both October and November lagged the prior year’s comparisons by 9%. read more

US Trailer Orders End 2022 at Near-Record Levels

December 2022 net US trailer orders of 57,300 units were nearly 46% higher compared to November and 115% above December 2021, according to this month’s issue of ACT Research’s State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers report. read more

Used Class 8 Truck Sales Increased 16% M/M in December

According to ACT Research's latest State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks, used Class 8 retail volumes (same dealer sales) increased 16% month to month in December. read more

ACT Research: Freight Market Balance Loose with Signs of Bottoming

The latest release of ACT Research’s For-Hire Trucking Index showed volumes and the supply-demand balance increased in December, while freight trucking rates continued to decline. read more

More Than 300K Class 8 Units Were Sold in 2022

According to ACT Research, there were 309,615 Class 8 units sold in the United States in 2022, including what ACT described as “healthy” and record-setting net orders of 34,415 units in December and 159,000 orders from September to the end of the year. read more

Class 8 Net Orders ‘Robust’ in November

According to ACT Research’s State of the Industry: NA Classes 5-8 report, November Class 8 net orders of 32,600 were robust, bringing the most recent three-month total to 128,000. read more

November US Trailer Orders Drop M/M, Increase Y/Y

According to ACT Research’s recent issue of its State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers report, November net U.S. trailer orders of 39,590 units were 17% lower compared to October, 27% lower on a seasonally-adjusted basis and 22% above the year-ago November level. read more

November Used Class 8 Same Dealer Sales Down 19%

According to ACT Research's latest release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks report, used Class 8 retail volumes (same dealer sales) were down 19% month to month in November. read more

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