The company disclosed orders for 7, 000 more trucks and trailers on August 1, bringing the total number ordered to date to 26, 000.
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Meanwhile, top spot on Channel Five was shared by Christmas films Mrs Miracle 2 and The Santa Suit, and Eddie Stobart: Trucks and trailers.
As far as orders are concerned, its contract to deliver thousands of medium-sized trucks and trailers to the Army still has four years to run and may well be extended.
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Management hoped that the risky terms in its original proposal could be replaced with more profitable arrangements by proposing to reengineer some features of the trucks and trailers being delivered.
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That sounds like a positive for investors, but the first contract was a short-lived production run for the war in Afghanistan that is already winding down, and Oshkosh bid so aggressively for the more substantial second contract that now it looks unlikely the company will break even on the 23, 000 trucks and trailers it must deliver.
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In addition to the growth in light trucks and cars, sales for heavy trucks and truck trailers have risen, and there, too, fuel standards will mean more aluminum will be used to lessen the weight of the vehicles.
All trucks, trailers, and buses were advised to consider an alternate route.
In New York, the bank is preparing a fleet of commercial trucks and mobile-home trailers that can double as roving automated teller machines or bank branches on wheels.
Workers volunteered their own trucks and pricey gasoline, for example, to haul the trailers into place.
At any given time the company has 10, 000 trucks on the road, with another 33, 000 trailers available and waiting to be picked up.
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