After a surge in orders in December, trailer OEMs follow truck manufacturers in reporting slower bookings with large backlogs.
Trailer manufacturers took in 57,300 orders in December, the second-highest monthly total since tracking began in 1996.
La recuperación de los pedidos suprimidos sesga las reservas en el último mes de 2022
Even as the economy shows signs of slowing, trailer manufacturers see strong demand and few cancellations.
Uncertainty in the supply chain and commodity price vagaries are stretching out trailer orders beyond traditional cycles.
Trailers relegated to storage units are being cleaned up and hooked up to return to service as fleets wait out the supply chain crisis.
Nine North American trailer manufacturers including the eight largest, have earned IIHS’ TOUGHGUARD AWARD for good rear underride protection on some or all of their trailers.
Supply chain disruptions are far from over for trailer manufacturers, meaning November’s order rebound is probably not sustainable.
Trailer makers have connectivity advancements in the pipeline as they navigate supply shortages hampering production.
New trailer orders slid dramatically in April as manufacturers had more dry and refrigerated van bookings than they could build.
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2020 was supposed to be a year when trailer orders dropped after racing ahead of Class 8 tractor reservations. Even with practically no orders in April, annual trailer bookings blew away early-year predictions.
Concern over the supply chain for wood and aluminum components to build new trailers adds to consumer goods-driven demand that pushed equipment orders over 50,000 for a second straight month in October.
The continuing rebound in trailer orders is in line with three-year high in spot freight rates as consumers buy more goods than services.
South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor shipped the first 10 of its mass-produced Xcient fuel cell heavy-duty trucks to Switzerland, where travel in mountainous regions is expected to prove the mettle of hydrogen power.
After an April in which practically no net trailer orders were added to build schedules, a big improvement in May was welcome, but it’s still the second-weakest month on record.
Preliminary orders for new trailers met expectations in October reached their highest level in 11 months, upholding expectations for a good, but not great 2020.
Hyundai Translead, the largest producer of truck trailers in North America, is recalling 34,960 dry vans because the beam clip of the air hose spring assembly may detach from the trailer, allowing the air hoses to drag on the ground. An air leak and the increased possibility of a crash could result.
The news this week that Hyundai Motor Company is planning a hydrogen-powered tractor for global markets, including the U.S., could be the beginning of a larger presence for the company into North America.
While Hyundai’s HDC-6 Neptune hydrogen truck concept garnered most of the attention on Monday at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show in Atlanta, it was not the only innovative product […]
Hyundai Motor Co. is expanding its fuel cell ambitions to heavy-duty trucks and trailers with a pair of concepts for next week’s North American Commercial Vehicle show in Atlanta.
Class 8 truck manufacturers are beginning to pare production as the backlog of record orders from 2018 shrinks and new orders continue to be slow.
Payback for a record run of new trailer orders last summer continued in July with fewer than 10,000 new orders placed, a dramatic drop from the same month in 2018. Typical during summer months, low orders suggest a possible return to normal order patterns after an overheated second half in 2018.
