* Indiana - Truckers order 30 percent fewer trailers in March
-- U.S. trailer orders plunged last month as a backlog builds and trucking companies adjust buying plans, ACT Research said Friday... The orders fell 30 percent to 15,000 in March compared to the previous month, and 36 percent from the same period last year... Changes in fleet order patterns are behind the decline, Frank Maly, director of CV Transportation Analysis and Research at ACT Research, told Trucks.com. ... Currently, trailer order backlogs can last almost seven months, which means that fleets with a long backlog may have to wait until the fall to receive their equipment...
(Photo Flickr - Ace Solid Waste Red Semi Truck) -- Columbus, IND, USA - Trucks, by Carina Ockedahl - April 22, 2016 Labels: trailer makers news
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