Author: Josh Fisher

More OEMs are taking orders for the second half of 2019, which customers responded by reserving those future build slots.

FTR’s Trucking Condition Index falls to its lowest level in 10 months; ACT’s NA Commercial Vehicle Outlook slows for a second straight month.

The OEM is also looking to attract small businesses and larger fleets that are already customers of International’s MV and LT Series trucks.

For the eighth straight month, Class 8 orders surpassed 40,000 units in North America.

The national average for U.S. on-highway diesel fell 1.4 cents this week to $3.380 per gallon, which marks the first price drop in a month.

Private fleets seeking more safety technologies are on the rise over the past year, according to the NPTC, such as in-cab cameras, adaptive cruise control, collision warning, and lane departure technologies.

Better pay, better safety scores and more technologically advanced equipment — thanks to more leasing than in the past — help private fleets keep drivers longer.

Other than having to deal with the driver shortage, private trucking fleets are positioned for another solid year.

For a third straight week, on-highway diesel prices set a new high for 2018; while gasoline prices take a slight dip across most of the U.S.

September 2018 orders exceed the previous record from October 2014 by over 10,000 trailers.