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With backlog-to-build ratios above the seven-month mark, fleets needing trailers are getting in queue and staying there, said ACT Research's Jennifer McNealy.
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An ACT Research study indicates that trucking will be hit with a major prebuy before the next round of EPA emission regulations hit in 2027. HDT sits down with ACT Research’s senior analyst to get the scoop.
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OEMs are working to increase Class 8 truck build rates, however key components remain in short supply and continue to limit production.
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"The prevailing theme in trucks is largely unchanged: Long backlogs and supply-chain constrained production continue to keep new orders trending within a narrow range.”
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High fuel prices and inflation are among the factors prompting analysts to say the freight pendulum is starting to swing back the other way.
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With backlogs largely full for the year, OEM’s have yet to open their order boards for 2023.
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A major jump in trailer orders during March will extend OEM commitments through most of the rest of the year, unless manufacturing capacity increases.
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To keep Class 8 truck order backlogs in check, OEMs are booking orders a month at a time, just under current production rates.
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OEMs are not confident that the supply chain will improve in the short term, so they are controlling the number of official Class 8 truck orders very carefully, keeping backlogs at a manageable level.
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Battery-electric Class 4-8 vehicles already show positive total cost of ownership compared to conventional vehicles in three-quarters of the applications examined by ACT Research in an extensive analysis.
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