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North American Class 8 truck orders continued to trend below the previous year but did see a surprise sequential improvement during May, according to ACT Research.

Preliminary data showed orders decreased 52.1% year over year to 7,600 units from 15,850. They also fell 53.9% sequentially when compared to the 16,500 units in March.

North American Class 8 truck orders in February remained below year-ago comparisons for a second consecutive month after a short uptick in December, according to ACT Research.

The back half of last year mostly trended below prior-year comparisons but ended on a predictable uptick. That has since settled back to another year-over-year decline.

North American Class 8 truck orders jumped in December compared with the same month a year earlier, according to ACT Research, for the first such increase since May.

North American Class 8 truck orders ended three months of year-over-year gains in June, according to ACT Research. Preliminary data showed orders fell 12% to 14,800 units.

North American Class 8 truck orders continued the trend of year-over-year gains in May, according to ACT Research.

March is the only month that hasn't shown a year-over-year increase in Class 8 truck orders. 

North American Class 8 truck orders fell year-over-year and from the previous month during March, 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.