Author: TBB Staff

ACT sets its preliminary estimate at 6,200 units for June; FTR reports 343,000 trailer orders over the last 12 months

Try and try again. According to Linus Sweger, shop foreman for Carlisle, Pennsylvania-based Keen Transport, that’s what he did while finding tires for the company’s double-drop trailers.

“We’re a heavy-haul operation and run 175 power units and 450

L2L says its 2019 Manufacturing Index reveals younger generation’s interest in the industry, but companies must fight for their attention, participation

All new subscriptions to Mitchell 1’s truck repair software suite now include the advanced 1Search Plus interface introduced earlier this year.

1Search Plus streamlines search and navigation for diagnostic and repair information specific to the vehi

Company expanding heavy duty truck and trailer operations with latest addition

Commercial truck manufacturer Navistar says it plans to make capital investments of approximately $125 million in new and expanded manufacturing facilities in Alabama, leading to an additional 145 jobs at its Huntsville facility.

The compa

“The FET is an unfair method of taxing the trailer industry, and it limits the purchase of newer, safer and greener trailers and parts — all of which are boons to the economy,” says Gwendolyn Brown, NTDA president. “As increasing regulatory burdens are mandated by the EPA, CARB and other government agencies, the costs of heavy-duty trucks and trailers continue to increase making the FET that much more burdensome.”

May retail truck sales continued to post gains both from the month before and compared to 2018, according to figures compiled by Wards Intelligence.

Dealers sold 75,033 trucks with gross vehicle weight ratings above 10,000 pounds last mont

Average Fair Market Value (FMV) for used commercial vehicles continued to decline last month, dropping another 0.6% in April, according to the latest Price Digests Commercial Truck Report.

However, this decline is expected given the high demand (and

OSW Equipment & Repair of Snohomish, WA recently acquired Northend Truck Equipment, according to ACT Capital Advisors, the exclusive advisor to Northend.

The transaction was led by Michael Vanderslice, managing director of ACT’s Seattle office.