Originally published at: Parts and Labor Costs Dipped in Q4 2025 — But the Five-Year Trend Is Still Telling a Different Story - FreightWaves
If you are watching your shop bills, you may have noticed the fourth quarter of 2025 was slightly less brutal than the third. That is not an accident, and it is not because your trucks got more reliable. There is a real reason the numbers moved the way they did, and understanding that reason tells…