U.S. retail sales for medium-duty trucks hit their sixth consecutive month of year-over-year gains in April, according to data from Wards Intelligence.

North American Class 8 truck orders increased year-over-year but fell from the previous month during April, according to ACT Research.

According to ACT Research, U.S. trailer orders for March declined 19% to 13,600 units from 16,800 in the prior-year period, and fell 33.7% from the preliminary total of 20,500 units ordered in February. 

U.S. retail sales for medium-duty trucks hit their fifth consecutive month of year-over-year gains in March but at a lower rate of 0.7%, according to data from Wards Intelligence.

U.S. trailer orders in February declined from the prior year but rose sequentially, according to ACT Research.

North American Class 8 truck orders increased year-over-year for the second month in a row during February, according to ACT Research.

Used Class 8 truck sales in January increased 17.3% compared with the same period the prior year, ACT Research reported.

U.S. trailer orders in January declined sequentially and from the prior year, according to ACT Research. The sequential fall-off was the first since November.

Class 8 retail sales kicked off the new year with their sixth consecutive month of year-over-year declines in January, Wards Intelligence data shows.

U.S. trailer orders continued to improve sequentially despite falling well below their year-ago numbers in December, according to ACT Research.