Heavy Duty Trucking, June 2017

Hotline TRUCKINGS MOST RESPECTED BUSINESS REPORT HDT JUNE 2017 22 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM Mack Trucks Slagle bullish on Class 8 market The head of Mack Trucks regards the state of the heavy duty truck market as solid Everyone in the industry has succeeded in bringing inventory down to safe levels Dennis Slagle president of Mack Trucks and Volvo Group executive vice president told trucking reporters last month at an event in Charleston South Carolina Class 8 inventory industry wide is now at a level that we can look forward to factories building for demand he continued Slagle said this year Mack is forecasting North American truck sales of 215000 units While he allowed that would be down from last years total of 243000 he said it reflects the industry looking to adjust to true market conditions Whats more he said the underlying demand is healthier now than what we saw last year so we see the market leaving 2017 in a stronger way Along with the inventory correction Slagle said hes pinning hope on President Trump holding true to his promise to foster policies favored by business interests We think like everyone else that the business friendly environment of the Trump administration if he will get through the mismanagement hes done of the bureaucracy could be helpful to trucking such as with infrastructure spending and reducing regulations Strong tail winds are driving the market and Mack said Jonathan Randall senior vice president of sales He reported that in 2016 Mack grew share in each of its on highway and vocational market segments Those boosts amounted to a total gain on about one percentage point which Randall said by all accounts has Mack on a roll And he said the OEM sees the same trends we experienced last year occurring this year which will help drive growth Randall gave a slight sneak preview saying later this year Mack will reveal something that will help us in the on highway market He added that the company remains committed to maintaining its strong position in vocational sales as well as growing its business with regional fleets David Cullen U S RETAIL TRUCK SALES REPORT APRIL 2017 MANUFACTURER CLASS 8 33001 LBS OVER CLASS 7 26001 33000 LBS CLASS 6 19501 26000 LBS CLASS 3 4 5 10001 19500 LBS APR SALES YDT SALES YTD SHARE APR SALES YDT SALES YTD SHARE APR SALES YDT SALES YTD SHARE APR SALES YDT SALES YTD SHARE Chevrolet 3666 14414 1123 Dodge Ram 15254 56947 4435 Ford 189 599 344 1886 7897 3318 12328 43900 3419 Freightliner 4965 18674 3678 2376 9115 5227 1599 7341 3084 110 747 058 GMC 1405 5356 417 Hino 97 548 314 485 2188 919 285 936 073 International 1535 5554 1094 1050 4234 2428 1262 5605 2355 43 93 007 Isuzu 1751 5789 451 Kenworth 2323 6954 1370 384 1276 732 225 673 283 5 9 001 Mack 1061 4894 964 Mitsubishi Fuso 91 198 015 Peterbilt 2285 8155 1606 373 1666 955 49 96 040 1 4 000 Volvo 1226 5092 1003 Western Star 432 1432 282 Other 9 18 004 Totals 13836 50773 100 4469 17438 100 5506 23800 100 34939 128393 100 COMPLIED BY HEAVY DUTY TRUCKING MAGAZINE SOURCE WARDS COMMUNICATIONS Mack Trucks President Denny Slagle right gets some pointers about hauling heavy out of Port Charleston from a driver with locally based Superior Transportation Looking on is Pat Barber founder and president CEO of the Customs bonded specialized carrier PHOTO DAVID CULLEN