Creative Towing

RobertRyan wrote:

Shiner Brock wrote:
That is false. Europeans do not own 80% of the US heavy duty industry. Kenworth, Peterbilt,Navistar, and Ford class 8 market share is well over 20%. And yes, the Ford F750 is a heavy duty class 7-8 truck with a GVWR over 33k. 

They own Freightliner, Volvo and Mack.
Peterbuilt / Kenworth are Paccar, Navistar is Internatuonal Ford 750 is a MDT they Ford sold their HDT business to Chrysler who turned it into Stirling.
Paccar and Navistar have a much smaller market share then the three European owned companies. 80% is about right

The medium-duty version of the Ford F-Series is a range of commercial trucks manufactured by Ford since 1948. ... Since 1999, the medium-duty F-Series has been included within the Ford Super Duty range, consisting of the Class 6-7 Ford F-650 and F-750; Class 8 versions of the F-750 have been produced since 2011.

F750 is a heavy duty class 7-8 truck with a GVWR over 33k.

Not here in Europe or Japan, it is a MDT

I am not talking about laws and truck classes elsewhere. I am talking about our own truck classifications. In the US, class 7 and 8 trucks are considered heavy duty. Any truck with a GVWR between 26,001 and 33,000 lbs is a class 7 and any vehicles over 33,001 GVWR is a class 8. The F750 has a GVWR between 32,000 lbs(14,500 kg) and 37,000lbs (16,700 kg) depending on the configuration. So here, it is a heavy duty truck regardless of your opinion.

So 80% is false even if you are only counting class 8 vehicles without Ford. Peterbilt, Kenworth, and Navistar make up 43.4% of the class 8 market not counting class 7 which is also heavy duty.