According to the numbers from ACT Research Co., new and net trailer orders surged in November, climbing 71% month-over-month—a growth driven mostly by dry van sales.
“Dry vans were nearly equivalent to year-ago levels,” said Frank Maly, ACT’s director of commercial vehicle transportation analysis and research at ACT. “Even with that surge, total trailer orders for the month still trailed last November by seven percentage points, and year-to-date net orders are down one-third from 2015 volume.”
For more from ACT’s State of the Industry report for November, visit the company’s website.
