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Shipping from Dearborn to Chicago by rail ! Why is it taking so long ?

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I see individuals waiting 60 90 120 days for f150s to ship out of Dearborn whats the hold up ?
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Labor shortages.. Mine sat in Chicago for about a month.
 

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Mine was built on June 26th and shipped June 27th. Its currently in riverdale, Illinois from the last update I got.

Not sure why built trucks would be sitting at the plant so dang long. There is a lack of people working these days, but dang 120 days just sitting at the plant?!?!?!

Maybe Ford should scrap the delivery fees and allow Give a person to pick it up directly from the plant haha. You know, take that $1700 delivery fee and get a plane ticket instead lol. 120 days is insane sitting around.
 

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Mine was built on June 26th and shipped June 27th. Its currently in riverdale, Illinois from the last update I got.

Not sure why built trucks would be sitting at the plant so dang long. There is a lack of people working these days, but dang 120 days just sitting at the plant?!?!?!

Maybe Ford should scrap the delivery fees and allow Give a person to pick it up directly from the plant haha. You know, take that $1700 delivery fee and get a plane ticket instead lol. 120 days is insane sitting around.
I asked that question and they said "NO".. I'm only ~ 2.5 hours from the rail yard in Markham, IL where mine sat..
 

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Mine was built on June 26th and shipped June 27th. Its currently in riverdale, Illinois from the last update I got.

Not sure why built trucks would be sitting at the plant so dang long. There is a lack of people working these days, but dang 120 days just sitting at the plant?!?!?!

Maybe Ford should scrap the delivery fees and allow Give a person to pick it up directly from the plant haha. You know, take that $1700 delivery fee and get a plane ticket instead lol. 120 days is insane sitting around.
Never gonna happen because majority of the $1,700 charge is a pure profit for Ford 😡
 

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I think im gonna start looking around and if something close to what i ordered pops up ill jump on it , not really keen on a truck thats been sitting 60 days plus ...........
 

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Never gonna happen because majority of the $1,700 charge is a pure profit for Ford 😡
I shipped a car from Florida to MN and had to pay nearly $4000. They're getting a deal at $1700.
 

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I don't know how I got so lucky

According to Oasis, my truck was officially built April 11 2022

On April 14th I received :

Ford F-150 Shipping from Dearborn to Chicago by rail ! Why is it taking so long ? Screenshot_20220705-195815_Gmail


The next day I received:

Ford F-150 Shipping from Dearborn to Chicago by rail ! Why is it taking so long ? Screenshot_20220705-195742_Gmail


The truck arrived at the dealership in Texas 2 days earlier than the best estimate.

Of course that was almost exactly 6 months from my order date of Nov 12 2021.
But I have no complaints. The truck has been flawless so far. It's strange that some are shipped immediately and others can have all kinds of snags.

My dealership said that they were amazed that it arrived at the dealership 1 day after arriving at the railway yard. They said that they were getting used to having them sit just miles down the road for weeks sometimes.
 

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Lol. Have you ever shipped a vehicle across the country?
I have. Once from MI to AZ and another time from TX to MI. Both times paid nowhere near 1700. I’ve also shipped from MI to Germany and paid just shy of $1,700 that included ground transportation from MI to NJ and the container ship from NJ to Bremen, Germany. I’m pretty sure Ford gets a frequent costumer discount I did not get.
 

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Ford is hardly the only manufacturer charging destination fees well North of what it probably co$t to ship. TFL trucks were discussing the 14 best buys for trucks and they covered the subject pretty well.

It's just another industry norm that's tougher to swallow these days when we are feeeeeling squeeeeeezed at every transaction.
 

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I have. Once from MI to AZ and another time from TX to MI. Both times paid nowhere near 1700. I’ve also shipped from MI to Germany and paid just shy of $1,700 that included ground transportation from MI to NJ and the container ship from NJ to Bremen, Germany. I’m pretty sure Ford gets a frequent costumer discount I did not get.
I will need to see the recent NJ to Germany receipt. You aint doing that for under 2k today. Hell, not under 3k. 20 years ago doesnt count.
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