Daimler Trucks North America’s Vocational Truck Sales Rise

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Transport Topics / July 30, 2014

Daimler Trucks North America is reaping returns in sales of heavy- and medium-duty vocational trucks based on the investments and planning that started during the depths of the recession.

Sales of Freightliner SD and M2 vocational vehicles have grown more rapidly from 2009 through 2013 than U.S. and Canadian vocational sales industrywide. DTNA also said they have seen the pattern continue during the first half of this year.

Truck registration data from the Polk division of IHS Automotive and sales figures from WardsAuto.com indicate annual vocational Class 8 registrations leapt by 151% for Freightliner Trucks from 2009 to 2013, whereas industrywide, heavy-duty vocational growth was 63% over the same time.

David Hames, a DTNA general manager, said characterizing vocational vehicles as dump trucks and concrete mixers is an oversimplification. The company slices vocational into six segments: specialized hauling, vehicles for utility companies, food-and-beverage distribution, government fleets (mainly states and municipalities), construction and refuse.

Vocational sales suffered disproportionately during the recession because of the collapse in buying in the construction and government segments.

In its vocational business, Freightliner does not sell directly to end users but rather to TEMs, or truck equipment manufacturers, that include a truck cab, engine and chassis as part of a larger machine.

Freightliner also announced it will add the 11.9-liter Cummins Westport ISX12 G natural-gas engine as an option for its 114SD truck starting next year for fleets needing increased horsepower and torque ratings. The 114SD has been available with natural gas with the 8.9-liter Cummins Westport ISL G engine since 2011.

Capable of operating on either compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquid natural gas (LNG), the ISX12 G will be available in ratings up to 400 hp with peak torques of 1450 lbs.-ft. In CNG configurations, the 114SD can be fitted with either 60- or 75-diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) tanks mounted behind the cab,

In addition, Watson & Chalin Lift Axle Suspensions are now available on all Freightliner severe duty (SD) truck models.

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[Red Horse]

Transport Topics / July 30, 2014

Daimler Trucks North America is reaping returns in sales of heavy- and medium-duty vocational trucks based on the investments and planning that started during the depths of the recession.

Sales of Freightliner SD and M2 vocational vehicles have grown more rapidly from 2009 through 2013 than U.S. and Canadian vocational sales industrywide. DTNA also said they have seen the pattern continue during the first half of this year.

Truck registration data from the Polk division of IHS Automotive and sales figures from WardsAuto.com indicate annual vocational Class 8 registrations leapt by 151% for Freightliner Trucks from 2009 to 2013, whereas industrywide, heavy-duty vocational growth was 63% over the same time.

David Hames, a DTNA general manager, said characterizing vocational vehicles as dump trucks and concrete mixers is an oversimplification. The company slices vocational into six segments: specialized hauling, vehicles for utility companies, food-and-beverage distribution, government fleets (mainly states and municipalities), construction and refuse.

Vocational sales suffered disproportionately during the recession because of the collapse in buying in the construction and government segments.

In its vocational business, Freightliner does not sell directly to end users but rather to TEMs, or truck equipment manufacturers, that include a truck cab, engine and chassis as part of a larger machine.

Freightliner also announced it will add the 11.9-liter Cummins Westport ISX12 G natural-gas engine as an option for its 114SD truck starting next year for fleets needing increased horsepower and torque ratings. The 114SD has been available with natural gas with the 8.9-liter Cummins Westport ISL G engine since 2011.

Capable of operating on either compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquid natural gas (LNG), the ISX12 G will be available in ratings up to 400 hp with peak torques of 1450 lbs.-ft. In CNG configurations, the 114SD can be fitted with either 60- or 75-diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) tanks mounted behind the cab,

In addition, Watson & Chalin Lift Axle Suspensions are now available on all Freightliner severe duty (SD) truck models.

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So much for accurate reporting......In its vocational business, Freightliner does not sell directly to end users but rather to TEMs, or truck equipment manufacturers, that include a truck cab, engine and chassis as part of a larger machine.