• Third quarter earnings indicate trucking company profitability continues to improve even as economic growth moderates.
  • The value of used trucks has firmed in recent months.
  • The average age of carrier fleets is as old as ever.
    • ,This combination of factors suggests a growing number of freight hauling fleets will have both the need and the ability to reinvest in equipment.,“Our forecast for 2010 has stayed in a narrow range for the past fifteen months as our model predicted a slow economic recovery and heavy-duty demand still well below normal replacement,” said Kenny Vieth, president and senior analyst with ACT Research. “While headwinds make a full-blown economic recovery unlikely before 2012, recent trends in the transportation and commercial vehicle markets point toward demand for new vehicles building throughout 2011 and 2012.”

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