North American Class 8 truck orders erupted in March to surpass 46,000, or more than double the volume of a year earlier, ACT Research Co. reported.
Preliminary net orders totaled 46,900, according to ACT, which said truck makers’ final numbers would be available in mid-April.
A year earlier, there were 23,215 net orders.
It was the third month in a row that Class 8 orders rose above 40,000.
“And, all this before the [electronic logging device] mandate was fully implemented,” ACT President Kenny Vieth said in a company release.