TRUCK & TRAILER SALES * USA
* Indiana - Class 8 truck orders start 2014 strong
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Bloomington,IND,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Feb 5, 2014: -- Class 8 truck orders started 2014 on a strong note, with orders received for 34,403 units, according to preliminary data from FTR... This marks the second straight month that orders totaled more than 30,000 units, marking the first time this has happened in consecutive months since 2006... FTR said the strong back-to-back months should allow OEMs to hit their Q1 targets and possibly increase production in the second quarter... January’s totals were 56% stronger than the same month last year...
* Indiana - Number of US trailers to grow
Bloomington,IND,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Feb 6, 2014: -- Freight transportation forecasting company FTR expects there to be more trailers in the US this year... FTR’s overall 2014 forecast is for 240,000 units—an increase of 2.2% over 2013 totals... Broken down by trailer type, FTR predicts the numbers of dry vans to be up 2% from last year, while reefer van numbers will remain flat... FTR also expects flatbeds, dumps and low beds numbers to increase as the construction and manufacturing industries grow...
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