Heavy Truck Sales * USA - To Rise 26 Percent

ACT says: 2010 Class 8 sales will surge as truckers replace older vehicles

Columbus, IN,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Jul 12, 2010: -- Heavy truck production will rise 26 percent this year as motor carriers begin to replace aging trucks, ACT Research said... Higher freight volume, truckload rates and used truck prices are encouraging carriers to replace older vehicles, the firm said... Net orders for heavy trucks rose 84 percent in May, ACT said last month, as carriers anticipated a stronger shipping peak... J.B. Hunt Transport, Con-way Freight, Heartland Express and Stevens Transport all have hundreds of trucks on order... In many cases, those orders represent replacement units rather than expanded fleet capacity... (Photo from i37.tinypic: Class 8 trucks)


* Canada - A Special Delivery

Port Colborne,ONT,Canada -Truck News/Hooked Up, by James Menzies -13 July 2010: -- Claire's Delivery, has landed a major contract with Pinty's Delicious Foods which will see it haul live chickens to the company's plant and then fresh and frozen chicken to stores in southern Ontario, the Montreal area and Great Lakes states... The new contract also necessitated the purchase of a new fleet of 12 Mack Pinnacle day cabs all powered by Mack MP8 engines with SCR. The company previously ran 26 trucks, so the order was no small thing. It also marked one of the first significant orders for SCR-equipped Mack trucks in southern Ontario. The company chose Mack's SCR solution because of the promised fuel savings (5%), the support offered by local dealer B&C Truck Centre and the environmental benefits of running SCR... (Photo: The Mack Bulldog oversees Claire's new fleet of trucks)