Business Management Trailer orders rise as backlog-to-build ratio improves September 20, 2022 Trailer orders rose 6% in August to 17,700 units, according to preliminary data from ACT Research, but were up a more significant 39% year over year. “With 2023 order boards…
Equipment What’s going on with the trailer market? September 13, 2022 These are the best of times for trailer manufacturers. They’re also the most difficult of times. Demand has never been greater, but an inability to meet that demand has strained…
Business Management Why you can’t get all the trailers you want September 13, 2022 Allocation. It’s become the most dreaded word of 2022. Well, maybe not when you’re divvying up space in your trailers or warehouses for customers. But if you’re a fleet manager…
Equipment Trailcon turns 30, plans more growth September 4, 2022 Trailcon Leasing is celebrating 30 years in business. The trailer leasing company, founded in 1992, has grown to include six locations across Canada offering more than 10,000 trailers. “I am…
Equipment Walmart deploys 60-ft. multi-temp trailer in Ontario July 29, 2022 Walmart is running a custom-designed 60-ft. multi-temperature trailer – the first of its kind in North America – on a route between Mississauga and Windsor, Ont. The company initiated a…
Equipment Trailer orders fell 21% in June July 15, 2022 North American fleets ordered 15,300 trailers in June, according to preliminary data from ACT Research, down about 21% from May but up 33% year over year. “With 2023 order boards…
Equipment Trailer orders flat in May: FTR June 14, 2022 The trucking industry booked 18,300 trailer orders in May, essentially on par with April orders, according to preliminary data from FTR. Orders were down 3% from April but up 80%…
Equipment Tristan Fleet Management becomes Vanguard Trailers dealer June 9, 2022 Tristan Fleet Management has become an official dealer for Vanguard Trailers in Quebec. Vanguard, a spin-off of CIMC Vehicle Group, makes van and flatbed trailers, as well as shipping containers,…
Equipment Versatility, efficiency key when choosing aggregate trailers June 6, 2022 During the Covid-19 pandemic, the trucking industry enjoyed a rare moment in the sun, lauded for keeping the economy moving and supplying vital goods such as food and medicine. But…
Equipment April trailer orders plunge as OEMs manage backlogs May 13, 2022 April trailer orders dove 58% when compared to March volumes, plunging to 16,100 units. But that was up slightly year over year, reports ACT Research, citing its preliminary data. “While…
Equipment Trailer orders steady in February March 14, 2022 Trailer orders were steady in February at 26,500 units, according to preliminary data from ACT Research. That marks three consecutive months of steady orders and was down 0.7% from January,…
Software, Trailers Clarience Technologies partners with Wabash, Meritor March 10, 2022 Clarience Technologies announced at the Technology & Maintenance Council’s spring meetings, new alliances between its Road Ready trailer telematics platform with both Wabash and Meritor. The Wabash deal covers dealer…
Business Management Trailer orders soft in January as OEMs manage backlogs February 11, 2022 Trailer orders totaled 26,100 units in January, according to preliminary data from ACT Research, representing a soft start to the year and coming in just shy of December’s orders of…
Equipment Ocean Trailer adds MAC, Beall product lines January 20, 2022 Ocean Trailer has added MAC Trailers and its Beall Manufacturing tanker subsidiary to its product line. The dealer will carry MAC’s flatdeck, end dump, transfer, and pneumatic trailer lines but…
Equipment Trucker invents trailer cleaning system January 18, 2022 A longtime trucker has invented what he feels is a better mousetrap, or at least a better way to keep the insides of trailers clean enough to satisfy discriminating food…
