wow those numbers are actually pretty bad
We have 26 new daycab Peterbilts arriving in 2 weeks.
The jackasses braying are sitting pretty, so far, in their ivory towers. Unfortunately for them, this time the people may not just put head down and weather the storms like good little peasants. Visions of 1789 ought to haunt their dreams, every single moment of every single night.
What are those kits called where they rebuild a truck?
Not only the truck mfgs, but their suppliers might need to lay off workers. And, the trickle-down effects do not stop there.
The "multiplier" effects can become "divisor" effects in rapid order, and yes, a lowering tide sinks all boats.
Sad to be so negative, I would rather be celebrating a healthy economy.
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“...fundamental change....”
WTF
IMHO
Is any of this related to the fact that self driving trucks, at least ones that can train behind human driven trucks , are on the horizon? Why buy an obsolete model of a long term asset?
About 6 years ago they accelerated purchases in order to avoid the initial pain of SCR engines, these cycles work both ways.
Like almost everything, trucks are getting more and more expensive. People will try to make what they have last longer. We need a cash for clunkers program for big rigs.
I’m just not lucky enough to buy a new heavy tandem truck.
It's odd only if you are a moron who does not understand the economy and how goods are actually shipped. (Obviously not directed at you, FRiend fella.)
Another big indicator is the rail industry. In that regard, see here.
So many people posting about trucks. This thread is not about truck sales. It is about our economic health and what plummeting truck sales indicate. As an indicator, it means shipping has been way down and fleets are lasting longer because they are handling a reduced number of goods. It shows a gradual decline in overall economic activity.
There is no recovery. We have been in one very long but well masked recession deceptively hidden with creative accounting and government money printing.
I didn’t think this went through because when I posted it I got a blank screen.
Everyone is hold out for the new Tesla rig coming soon. The hybrid version just like the diesel electric train engines made by GE. Made in partnership with Snecma S.A. is a French multinational aircraft and rocket engine manufacturer headquartered in Courcouronnes, France.
Significant.
My contact lens company is going again through the same trouble it had in 2008. Disposable Contact lenses are a good indicator of Middle Class ease in wealth. They are like canaries in the coal mine type products.
We have been told to scale back our production because our sales force has not been able to keep up, and this is not just because of lost market share. In 2008 they fired brutally a bunch of people that were valuable knowledge and they vowed not to do that. again, so we only are being reassigned.
This is not good, this came as a surpirsed after weeks of being admonished to maximize production and time efficiency on machines. There might be something else coming.
Obama’s 7.5 year recession comes home to roost. Poor Hillary.