Author: Josh Fisher

Six of the top 12 order months on record have happened in 2018.

Every region in the U.S. reported an increase in diesel prices this week; middle-America saw most of the gasoline pump price increases.

While diesel and gasoline prices continue to fall from 2018’s Memorial Day highs, the cost of fuel is still much higher than it was 52 weeks ago.

ACT and FTR both tracking record-breaking trailer sales as builders try to keep up with carriers, who are also ordering new trucks at a record pace.

Some 1,600 Jeeps and Toledo-built vehicles took over the northwest Ohio town this past weekend for the 2nd Jeep Fest, which celebrates the utility vehicle and the city where it’s been built for generations.

CEO: “We do one general thing very, very well… You won’t see Horton getting distracted by technologies and other areas and try to be a shop that does so many different things we’re not great at one thing. We want to be great at one thing.”

After a June full of diesel and gasoline price dips, July has started with two straight weeks increasing prices at the pump across the nation, according to EIA.

For the fourth week in a row, the average U.S. price for on-highway diesel and retail gasoline fell, retreating from their Memorial Day week highs of 2018.

National average retail prices for diesel and gasoline fall for a second straight week after peaking in May.

Diesel prices are up by an average of 72 cents per gallon compared to 2017; gasoline is up 56 cents year-over-year, according to Energy Information Administration.