Market Trends Blog for Construction Fleets

Our senior editor and fleet expert, Mike Antich, offers opinions and ideas on the Fleet Market Trends. Mike’s highly-read Blog, focuses on the overall fleet industry and draws interesting comments from construction fleet managers and other industry professionals from across the country.
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Top 6 Fleet Trends in the Medium-Duty Truck Market

July 14, 2009

Six key trends will determine Class 3-7 medium-duty truck lifecycle costs in the 2010 calendar-year. They are diesel prices, acquisition costs, resale, maintenance costs, replacement tire expense, and environmental regulatory requirements. Here is a forecast of what to expect.

Tags: Acquisition, diesel, medium-duty trucks, regulations, Remarketing, replacement tires, resale value

Author: Mike Antich | Posted @ Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:43 AM | » Comments(1)

Sluggish Economy Continues to Dampen Resale Values for Medium-Duty Trucks

June 9, 2009

Resale values have significantly declined across the board on all medium-duty trucks, with five-year old medium-duty trucks decreasing, on average, between 18-23 percent in the past 12 months. Trucks older than 10 years have been more difficult to sell due to higher fuel and maintenance costs. The ongoing sluggish business environment is the key reason for the soft resale market. Here's a forecast of what's to come.

Tags: medium-duty trucks, resale value

Author: Mike Antich | Posted @ Tuesday, June 9, 2009 11:05 AM | » Comments(0)

Medium-Duty Operating Costs Increase in 2008-CY

April 13, 2009

Key factors that influenced medium-duty truck operating costs in 2008 were the price of diesel, increased repair costs related to new truck technologies, higher labor rates, and decreased utilization. However, fuel was the primary driver behind higher operating costs in the 2008 calendar-year.

Tags: fuel, maintenance, medium-duty trucks, operating costs

Author: Mike Antich | Posted @ Monday, April 13, 2009 2:35 PM | » Comments(0)

Medium-Duty Truck Operating Costs Increase (Again)

April 7, 2008

The key reason for the increase was the cost of fuel, in particular, diesel fuel. This has also led to price increases for other oil-based products such as tires, which increased 4-7 percent in the past year. Other PM costs remained flat.

Tags: medium-duty trucks, operating costs

Author: Mike Antich | Posted @ Monday, April 7, 2008 11:07 AM | » Comments(0)

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Mike Antich

Editor & Associate Publisher

Mike Antich has been covering the fleet management and vehicle remarketing markets for more than 20 years. During this period, Mike has written or edited more than 4,600 articles on the subjects of fleet management, manufacturer fleet activities, the fleet leasing industry, and vehicle remarketing. He was inducted in the Fleet Hall of Fame in 2010.

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