TRUCK SALES * USA & Canada - Class 8 orders make 'modest' gains in January

Nashville,IND,USA -Truck News -Feb 3, 2011:  --  FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing January Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEM's at 27,009 units, a modest 1% increase over the strong December activity... FTR officials say this is a marked improvement from the 6,400 units ordered one year earlier and is an increase of 324% from January 2010. Net order activity annualizes to 251,900 units over the last six months, and the prior three months alone at 319,500 Class 8 trucks. The figure includes US, Canada, Mexico and exports...