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The atmosphere among Class 8 truck producers remains cautious, but no further major production cutbacks are planned aside from the two already announced.

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While Volvo Trucks North America and Navistar International have layoffs scheduled at plants, four other competitors — Mack Trucks Inc., Freightliner Corp., Western Star Trucks and Paccar Inc. — do not plan such drastic action.

Paul Vikner, executive vice president at Mack, said his company has no plans to reduce production of Class 8 trucks. But he did say that the manufacturer in Allentown, Pa., was “watching the markets closely,” especially that for used trucks.

“There are no doubt a lot of used trucks out there, especially of the fleet spec type,” he said.

For the full story, see the Jan. 31 print edition of Transport Topics. .