Transport Topics (December 4, 2020)
Fleets and dealers placed almost 52,000 Class 8 orders in November, the fourth-highest monthly volume in history. That’s according to Act Research, which cited truck makers’ preliminary data. North American orders reached 51,900, according to Act, about triple the volume of 17,512 last November. The record for Class 8 orders was 53,040, set in August of 2018. Orders were driven by a mix of pandemic-driven freight demand, soaring freight rates, aging equipment and many fewer available production slots.
