December Shows Decent Class 8 Order Levels

Published: January 7, 2011

Nashville-based FTR Associates’ latest polling data places December 2010 Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs at 25,247 units, a 3% drop from November activity.

With those results, net order activity for the final quarter of 2010 is annualized to 280,324 units, including North American sales and exports.

“Order activity for December came in on the high side of expectations and supports our view that production and sales will continue to accelerate during 2011,” said FTR president Eric Starks. “Freight demand will need to remain solid in early 2011 to maintain this strong order activity for Class 8 units. The current order activity is primarily for units to replace aging trucks.”

Gallery: Turbo Wholesale Tire open house

Highlights from this year’s annual Turbo Wholesale Tires open house event, which featured a trade show, dinner and buyers event.

By Christian Hinton

Published: May 15, 2024

Turbo Wholesale Tires recently held its annual open house event, where it introduced the new Lexani Volt-EC EV tire. However, as any of the hundreds of people in attendance will tell you, the event included much more than a tire launch. After registration, guests entered Turbo's new tire-filled warehouse, with half the space set aside for the tire companies and dealers, food and drinks, games and stage with a nearby pile of 89 prizes worth over $25,000.