The EquipmentWatch INDEX is the only heavy equipment report that covers Construction, Commercial Truck, Agriculture and Lift Trucks.
The September EquipmentWatch INDEX includes a quick snapshot of price, volume and age trends observed during July 2015. The INDEX is a free monthly resource for critical thinkers in the construction equipment industry to make better informed heavy equipment decisions around price, market share and equipment age metrics. The INDEX is compiled by our analysts and fueled by more than 500,000 data points from EquipmentWatch Values.
Over the past month, here are a few highlights of what we've observed:
September 2015 in Review
- Construction Equipment: For the first time since 2012, the average level of market activity in the month of September nationwide fell slightly in comparison to August levels.
- Lift Trucks: Lift Truck prices decreased across much of the Southern, Central, and Western regions of the United States, but were buoyed in September by price growth in the Mountain and Northeast regions.
- Agriculture: Prices in the agricultural equipment industry for September showed an overall increase across the nation as overall volume decreased.
- Commercial Trucks: Increases in age across the commercial truck industry during September impacted the entire country with decreases throughout the majority of the US.
