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It was a tough month for for-hire truck tonnage in March, with tonnage sliding 2%. However, industry watchers continue to see signs of improvement on the

Sales of new Class 8 trucks fell further behind last year’s pace in March, according to data received from Wards Intelligence, just as analysts expected.

The spot market continues to reflect improving rates, even though volumes pulled back in the most recent week on record. Truck buyers took to the

Despite decline in orders, ACT and FTR analysts noted it was expected.

Orders for Class 8 trucks were down in March, according to the two key agencies that supply that data, but the decline is not being described as significant. According to ACT Research, preliminary data shows that North America Class 8 net orders were 17,300 units in March, which was down 10,400 units from February and 8.7% from a year ago.

Class 8 new truck orders were down in March, but the research firms that track them did not see it as significant. The post Drop in Class 8 truck orders in March looks big but analysts aren’t worried appeared first on FreightWaves.

Despite the soft freight market, new truck orders are seeing gains in February, notably beating last year’s numbers, according to FTR and ACT Research.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- As expected, sales of new, Class 8 trucks on the U.S. market declined sharply in January, according to data received from Wards

A recovery in the freight markets may have experienced a hiccup according to the latest data to come across our Inboxes. U.S. for-hire truck tonnage fell

Truckers continue to order new iron at a healthy pace to begin the year, with preliminary orders up 35-45% year over year and marginally compared to