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During a February Big Truck TV interview FTR President Eric Starks answered questions about the current state of the equipment market.
Starks addressed the following issues:
What is the current state of the nation’s ...
Diesel prices made an about face this week, falling for the first time in seven weeks.
This week's price fell 2.9 cents to $4.13 a gallon, the Department of Energy said.
Diesel’s first drop ...
North American Class 8 preliminary net orders for February rose both month-over-month and year-over-year, narrowly topping October 2012 to reach its highest point since January 2012, according to ACT Research.
The final numbers, ...
The February 2013 edition of the Northwood University monthly economic outlook newsletter is now available online here.
Northwood says its newsletter is published on a monthly basis and is intended to provide a ...
NADA reports that data provided to the organization this month by dealers and OEMs show average retail price of used sleeper tractors was down 2.2 percent in January.
According to NADA, the average ...
Frost & Sullivan forecasts the combined GDP of key commercial vehicle markets to grow at 3 to 3.5 percent in 2013, stoking a growth of more than 4 percent in medium-heavy truck ...
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $725 billion equipment finance sector, showed ...
Used Class 8 truck sales dipped 6 percent in January, falling 6 percent from December and 3 percent compared to January 2012, according to ACT Research.
“While one data point does not make ...
After two straight weeks of soaring jumps, the price of diesel leaked up 0.2 cents to $4.159 a gallon the Department of Energy said Monday. The price of fuel has climbed for sixth ...
FTR will host a 90 minute webinar next month featuring insights from Noel Perry and Larry Gross. The event will be moderated by FTR President Eric Starks and there will be time ...
"Soft" market conditions have forced many owner-operators to turn in leased vehicles prematurely, Commercial Motor Vehicle Consulting (CMVC) CV Parts Aftermarket Leading Indicator (PLI) suggests.
The PLI decreased slightly in January 2013 to 97.71 ...
At a press conference in Los Cabos, Mexico, Daimler Trucks North America and Daimler Trucks Mexico executives announced truck sales projections for 2013 while reviewing 2012 performance.
In the Class 6-8 NAFTA marketplace, ...
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation announces the February 2013 Monthly Confidence Index in the equipment finance market is up for the third consecutive month at 58.7, an increase from the January ...
Despite orders strong enough to generate a small gain in January backlog, orders for new trailers crashed more than 30 percent from December.
"A total of 20,357 net orders were booked in January, ...
