Improving truck trailer orders mean increased production, but according to ACT Research Co. (ACT) backlogs are rising, as well. ACT’s latest State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers noted that backlogs jumped 10 percent in May. The good news for the industry and for the economy is that May’s trailer orders are up 59 percent from the same month last year. Even better, there are few order cancellations, according to ACT, because Continue Reading

Class 8 orders are getting a boost from a stronger economy and improving freight levels, even to the point that some industry analysts are revising their forecasts. ACT Research Co. (ACT) has boosted its 2010 production numbers by 4,500–a 23 percent year-over-year growth. Even 2011′s numbers were already projected to be a Continue Reading