Hi bb forks i have been looking into this in the Middle east where price is king. They don't like the new technology because of the higher cost associated with this. Again they prefer to purchase but rental is now taking a bit more customers.


there seems to be a strong connection between the North american way and the Middle east one point of this is there is a lot of students who have studied in the US. So they would have picked up North american Ideas.

I think on a hole it all comes down to the end price Some times customers don't look at the life time cost of the truck but i think with the lack of good quality second hand trucks coming onto the market this might change.


Also finance for rental fleets is becoming hard to obtain this will have a effect on the rental markets as companies won't be able to finance new trucks so will keep older trucks for short term rental that will see growth as the economies pick up