Without getting myself in trouble, let’s just say August was a little better for orders (this article is a month old).
I work in a truck factory and orders didn’t get better. We’re geared to build 150 a day but orders are at about 72 a day and our backlog is almost gone from when we had good orders a year ago.
The big freight fleets are mere shadows of themselves on the roads now. Trucking relies much more on owner/operators like myself these days. Most of my contacts are holding on to their old rigs longer now due to the uncertainty in the business.
I bought a new International last year, and will hold on to it for at least 5 years.