Fleets to increase spending

Nov. 12, 2004
Q4 Fleet Sentiment responses indicate that fleets are in a strong buying mood, with 81% of fleets say they are planning to purchase power units in the next six months -- up from 71% in the third quarter.

Q4 Fleet Sentiment responses indicate that fleets are in a strong buying mood, with 81% of fleets say they are planning to purchase power units in the next six months -- up from 71% in the third quarter.

These purchases represent an average 16% of the fleets’ current inventories.

The Fleet Sentiment questionnaire is distributed quarterly by CK Marketing & Communications (www.ckkemmercomm.com) to approximately 100 fleets operating a total of 117,000 medium- and heavy-duty power units and over 140,000 trailers. Forty-three for-hire, private and government fleets participated in the 3Q statistics.