Articles by Chris Sleight

Trendlines: Compact revolution
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Published on: 22 September 2026
Two-thirds of construction machines sold in North America are compacts
Trendlines: Power cut
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Published on: 10 August 2026
When you look at the details, the amount of electric construction equipment sold last year is almost too small to measure
Trendlines: Global equipment markets turn the corner
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Published on: 06 April 2026
Worldwide construction equipment sales grew 2% last year following three years of declining sales
Trendlines: Big wheels keep on turning
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Published on: 30 March 2026
The biggest growth may be in tracked construction machines, but wheeled equipment has its opportunities, too.
Trendlines: Farm woes impact equipment sales
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Published on: 27 February 2026
U.S. tractor and combine sales have fallen to the lowest levels for more than a decade
Trendlines: Construction equipment shifts from wheels to tracks
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Published on: 03 February 2026
Markets around the world are seeing a long-term shift towards crawler machines.
Trendlines: Global construction equipment market review 2026
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Published on: 22 December 2025
Global construction equipment sales should start to come back next year, but there is uncertainty around the forecast
Trendlines: Tractor traumas
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Published on: 25 September 2025
The U.S. agricultural equipment market will get worse before it gets better
Trendlines: Cranes at their peak
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Published on: 19 August 2025
Off-Highway Research’s Chris Sleight takes a look at the global market for mobile cranes
Trendlines: Unexpected revolution
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Published on: 24 July 2025
Global electric construction equipment sales grew 110% last year, but it might not have been in the markets and product groups you expected.
Trendlines: Twisted tariff impacts
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Published on: 04 June 2025
Global nature of supply chains means tariffs also present challenges for U.S.-based producers
Trendlines: Global equipment market to bottom out this year
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Published on: 19 May 2025
Further drop expected before growth returns from 2026 onward.
Trendlines: North America’s contradictory construction equipment sales
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Published on: 06 March 2025
The North American construction industry is in a pretty good place, so why are construction equipment sales falling?
Trendlines: India bucks the trend
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Published on: 06 February 2025
Almost every construction equipment market in the world fell last year, but India was a notable exception.
2025 forecast: machine markets rebalance as headwinds bite
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Published on: 22 December 2024
While underlying reasons vary, global regions are facing a readjustment in machine sale volumes.
Trendlines: rental dominance in North America
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Published on: 14 November 2024
The size and level of consolidation in the North American rental industry is unrivaled elsewhere in the world.
Trendlines: Get on with it!
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Published on: 16 October 2024
Equipment sales suffer as central banks around the world are too slow in cutting interest rates.
Trendlines: Dump truck developments
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Published on: 04 September 2024
Dump trucks are proving to be a fluid sector, with several key changes in buying patterns and machine choices.
Trendlines: China bright for electrics but not North America
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Published on: 01 July 2024
Global sales of electric machines remain very low
Trendlines: Prolonged trough for China may be felt far and wide
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Published on: 23 June 2024
Chinese equipment industry is in midst of another painful, prolonged trough but implications could be felt much further
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