Roger W. Gilroy |
Trailer orders in June notched the seventh consecutive month of year-over-year gains, as they topped 20,000, ACT Research Co. said.
Orders reached 20,375, up 51% compared with 13,532 in the 2016 period, ACT said.
Dry van net orders were up nearly 125% compared with last year, according to ACT, which cited preliminary net order data that would be adjusted as needed later in the month.
“Flatbeds and reefers posted the best month-over-month improvement, while the sequential growth in dry van net orders was similar to overall total industry results. When compared to last June, preliminary information shows that dry vans were the major contributor to the solid industry results,” Frank Maly, ACT’s director of commercial vehicle transportation analysis and research, said in a statement.
May’s orders totaled 17,889, ACT said.
“We continue to be in an extended cycle for trailers,” Seacoast Global Securities analyst Rhem Wood wrote in a note to investors.
He is maintaining his 2017 forecast of 276,200 trailers, with “maybe some slight upside,” and suggested it’s too early to lift his 2018 forecast of 257,600.