Makeup production of tractors and trailers is creating a mini-boom for equipment manufacturers. It is even leading to rehiring of some laid-off workers. But how long will the good times roll? “June through August, which are usually slow months, will all be good months,” Dave Giesen, vice president of sales at Stoughton Trailers in Stoughton, Wisconsin, told FreightWaves. “The first five months of the year were really slow. We need months like this to get some backlog. We’re all crossing our fingers.” Net U.S. trailer orders of 18,851 in July were 40% above June and 80% above July 2019, according to ACT Research. Before cancellations, new orders of 20,000 units were up 26% versus June and 44% better year over year...
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