Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator Instructions) Your first question comes from Henry Kirn - UBS.
Henry Kirn - UBS
Wondering if you are seeing the sequential improvement in earth moving as anytime an early indicator of demand or was that more of just the seasonal improvement?
John Engquist
I think earth moving is a early cycle product and when things start to improve and that’s an area that we will probably see some improvement in first. I think it’s stabilized, I don’t think we’re seeing decline, but I don’t think we’re seeing a whole lot of improvement there either.
Henry Kirn - UBS
Okay. And pricing sequentially, could you talk about the pricing across the rental fleet sequentially, and then maybe also what you’re seeing in cranes?
John Engquist
We’re seeing cranes are holding up better in other areas Leslie’s, do you have some specifics by product line Leslie?
Leslie Magee
Yes. Sequentially, in the quarter obviously we are most impacted at the AWP product line on average our sequential rate decline was 7.5% and cranes were down about 4% and AWPs were down almost 90% on a sequential basis.
Henry Kirn - UBS
Okay. Are there any targets or goals for the second half of the year that you want to share at this point?
John Engquist
Henry our focuses going to continue to be our balance sheet, it’s a tough environment, these rate pressures are going to continue to for a while I don’t think there is any question about that, we are starting to see some sequential stabilization, year-over-year comparisons are going to continue to look bad for a while. So, our focus is very much on our balance sheet, our liquidity and being ready to take advantage of the upturn when it comes us that will remain our focus.
Operator
(Operator Instructions) Your next question comes from Philip Volpicelli - Cantor Fitzgerald.
Philip Volpicelli - Cantor Fitzgerald
I was just wondering with the floor plan financing was at the end of the quarter, and then the second question because that’s an easy one, with regard to crane backlog in terms of new sales, are you seeing cancellations, give us a little color on that?
Leslie Magee
Sure, the floor plan table balance was a $105 million at the end of the quarter.
John Engquist
As far as cancellations, I think that we have received the cancellations that we expect to, we think the order backlog that we have now is firm. Now, that could change the bulk of what we have on backlog now of the larger product cranes above 300 tons, the big German all terrain cranes and we believe those orders are firm right now.
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