ACT Research and FTR will often vary their estimates for truck sales by a difference of a few hundred each month, with the correct answer presumably somewhere in the middle. With recent events in the trucking industry, their jobs have become significantly easier. This is evident by the numbers the two organizations have found for […]
If you have been following trucking industry news for the past year, you might be familiar with the term “global supply chain shortage.” Simply put, it has been plastered on articles across the internet, including our own. However, March 2022’s trailer sales have bucked this trend. FTR and ACT Research have the numbers. March 2022 […]
Last month was a somber one for trailer sales, as the numbers were lower than they were the same month in 2020. This month is a little more disheartening than that, as not only was July 2021 lower than July 2020, but June 2021 as well. July 2021 Trailer Sales Freight Transportation Research (FTR) estimates […]
Trailer orders might have ended their 2021 year-over-year increase streak in June, but truck orders are still going strong in July 2021. ACT and FTR have the estimates. Truck Orders for July 2021 ACT Research pins the number at 25,800 units sold in the month; FTR, 26,500. The order numbers are ever so slightly down […]
Frankly, we are running out of terms to describe how well the trucking industry is performing right now. Exploding? Volcanic? The Numbers The fine folks at ACT Research say that the new truck sales for the month totalled at 40,000 units. This is a decrease from February of around 10%, but there are two facts […]
Similar to the trailer sales in January, February trailer purchases decreased when compared to the month before, but are much higher than they were at the same time last year. ACT Research has the numbers.Trailer Sales NumbersFebruary 2021’s trailer sales totaled approximately 24,000 units. This is a 20% decrease from the 30,000 in January, but […]
For the month prior, truck sales were either great or bad depending on how you looked at it. With February, truck sales have increased no matter the angle.
It is probably a surprise to nobody that truck sales for any given month has a similar pattern as trailer sales, namely that as truck sales increase, trailer sales tend to increase as well. January 2021 Numbers ACT, one of the companies that also collects truck sales data, pins net U.S. trailer order sales for […]
ACT Research and Freight Transportation Research estimate sales numbers for Class 8 truck sales each month. While they differ on their numbers by a few hundred each month, their general messages are the same. This prior month’s message being that the trucking industry is cooling off from the holiday season, but still shows promise of […]