What happens between truck built and shipping?

[Streetmuziq]

So just curious if anyone knows exactly what happens during the time between your truck being built and actually being shipped?

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[jwgreene]

So just curious if anyone knows exactly what happens during the time between your truck being built and actually being shipped?

From what I gather it sits at a ramp until it gets loaded onto a train. It’s sent to a rail yard and unloaded before being loaded onto a car transport (semi) to be delivered to the dealership. Sometimes the shipping part can take a few weeks.

 

[Plat_2021]

Well depending on what is order there might be a few more steps...

If you ordered a spray in bed liner, the truck is sent out to get the bed liner sprayed in.

if you ordered wheel well liners, a tonneau cover and some other accessories the truck is put in line at a on premise mod shop to get these installed.

it also possible that the truck could be held to correct some Quality Issue, Recall and due to chip shortage may sit waiting for the modules with the missing chips to arrive and be installed by a "modification" team.... With respect to the missing chip module the factory will typically get priority on the module so that addition trucks are not built without the module (requiring rework) and only the "excess chips will be installed in the truck waiting in a parking lot to have these modules installed.

Once all of the above is complete and the final QA check is signed off it is placed in a ok to ship mode....

Depending on your location a couple of things could happen.

1) if you are local to the plant, the truck could wait in a secured lot to be loaded on a truck and delivered. (typically there will try to fill a truck for a given dealer or area at a minimum.
2) if you are not close to a plant the truck will be prepped for Rail shipment.
a) this could mean that the truck is loaded on a rail car via a Ramp immediately
b) This could mean that the truck is parked until they are loading train cars for a given rail distribution hub.
c) Once it is loaded on a rail car the rail car needs to be loaded on a train destined for a rail hub or distribution (Chicago) is one of these
d) Once the train arrives at a distribution hub the train is "broken" apart and rebuilt based on it next destination / hub.
e) Once it arrived at the final rail yard it is unloaded into a holding yard (parking lot) wait for a convoy truck to deliver it to your dealer.
3) Sometime something will happen along the way, One example of this is that the truck arrived at the rail yard with a dead battery... In this case a service crew is dispatch by Ford to replace the battery etc. (in some cases this might take days or even weeks) - The trucking firm is not allowed to jump the truck to load it on a convoy truck...

 

[mattchops]

Well depending on what is order there might be a few more steps...

If you ordered a spray in bed liner, the truck is sent out to get the bed liner sprayed in.

if you ordered wheel well liners, a tonneau cover and some other accessories the truck is put in line at a on premise mod shop to get these installed.

it also possible that the truck could be held to correct some Quality Issue, Recall and due to chip shortage may sit waiting for the modules with the missing chips to arrive and be installed by a "modification" team.... With respect to the missing chip module the factory will typically get priority on the module so that addition trucks are not built without the module (requiring rework) and only the "excess chips will be installed in the truck waiting in a parking lot to have these modules installed.

Once all of the above is complete and the final QA check is signed off it is placed in a ok to ship mode....

Depending on your location a couple of things could happen.

1) if you are local to the plant, the truck could wait in a secured lot to be loaded on a truck and delivered. (typically there will try to fill a truck for a given dealer or area at a minimum.
2) if you are not close to a plant the truck will be prepped for Rail shipment.
a) this could mean that the truck is loaded on a rail car via a Ramp immediately
b) This could mean that the truck is parked until they are loading train cars for a given rail distribution hub.
c) Once it is loaded on a rail car the rail car needs to be loaded on a train destined for a rail hub or distribution (Chicago) is one of these
d) Once the train arrives at a distribution hub the train is "broken" apart and rebuilt based on it next destination / hub.
e) Once it arrived at the final rail yard it is unloaded into a holding yard (parking lot) wait for a convoy truck to deliver it to your dealer.
3) Sometime something will happen along the way, One example of this is that the truck arrived at the rail yard with a dead battery... In this case a service crew is dispatch by Ford to replace the battery etc. (in some cases this might take days or even weeks) - The trucking firm is not allowed to jump the truck to load it on a convoy truck...

Is that really the case for the trucks built without certain chips? Seems crazy to me the ones that are mostly built and sitting aren't prioritized more. I bet that's going to add quite a lot of time for those folks.

 

[Streetmuziq]

Well depending on what is order there might be a few more steps...

If you ordered a spray in bed liner, the truck is sent out to get the bed liner sprayed in.

if you ordered wheel well liners, a tonneau cover and some other accessories the truck is put in line at a on premise mod shop to get these installed.

it also possible that the truck could be held to correct some Quality Issue, Recall and due to chip shortage may sit waiting for the modules with the missing chips to arrive and be installed by a "modification" team.... With respect to the missing chip module the factory will typically get priority on the module so that addition trucks are not built without the module (requiring rework) and only the "excess chips will be installed in the truck waiting in a parking lot to have these modules installed.

Once all of the above is complete and the final QA check is signed off it is placed in a ok to ship mode....

Depending on your location a couple of things could happen.

1) if you are local to the plant, the truck could wait in a secured lot to be loaded on a truck and delivered. (typically there will try to fill a truck for a given dealer or area at a minimum.
2) if you are not close to a plant the truck will be prepped for Rail shipment.
a) this could mean that the truck is loaded on a rail car via a Ramp immediately
b) This could mean that the truck is parked until they are loading train cars for a given rail distribution hub.
c) Once it is loaded on a rail car the rail car needs to be loaded on a train destined for a rail hub or distribution (Chicago) is one of these
d) Once the train arrives at a distribution hub the train is "broken" apart and rebuilt based on it next destination / hub.
e) Once it arrived at the final rail yard it is unloaded into a holding yard (parking lot) wait for a convoy truck to deliver it to your dealer.
3) Sometime something will happen along the way, One example of this is that the truck arrived at the rail yard with a dead battery... In this case a service crew is dispatch by Ford to replace the battery etc. (in some cases this might take days or even weeks) - The trucking firm is not allowed to jump the truck to load it on a convoy truck...

Thanks for that detailed answer. Do priority codes have an effect on any of that?

 

[bobstar]

Thanks for that detailed answer. Do priority codes have an effect on any of that?

Like for the explanation, but don’t like because I am one who’s truck is sitting idle

 

[M88265]

Well depending on what is order there might be a few more steps...

If you ordered a spray in bed liner, the truck is sent out to get the bed liner sprayed in.

if you ordered wheel well liners, a tonneau cover and some other accessories the truck is put in line at a on premise mod shop to get these installed.

it also possible that the truck could be held to correct some Quality Issue, Recall and due to chip shortage may sit waiting for the modules with the missing chips to arrive and be installed by a "modification" team.... With respect to the missing chip module the factory will typically get priority on the module so that addition trucks are not built without the module (requiring rework) and only the "excess chips will be installed in the truck waiting in a parking lot to have these modules installed.

Once all of the above is complete and the final QA check is signed off it is placed in a ok to ship mode....

Depending on your location a couple of things could happen.

1) if you are local to the plant, the truck could wait in a secured lot to be loaded on a truck and delivered. (typically there will try to fill a truck for a given dealer or area at a minimum.
2) if you are not close to a plant the truck will be prepped for Rail shipment.
a) this could mean that the truck is loaded on a rail car via a Ramp immediately
b) This could mean that the truck is parked until they are loading train cars for a given rail distribution hub.
c) Once it is loaded on a rail car the rail car needs to be loaded on a train destined for a rail hub or distribution (Chicago) is one of these
d) Once the train arrives at a distribution hub the train is "broken" apart and rebuilt based on it next destination / hub.
e) Once it arrived at the final rail yard it is unloaded into a holding yard (parking lot) wait for a convoy truck to deliver it to your dealer.
3) Sometime something will happen along the way, One example of this is that the truck arrived at the rail yard with a dead battery... In this case a service crew is dispatch by Ford to replace the battery etc. (in some cases this might take days or even weeks) - The trucking firm is not allowed to jump the truck to load it on a convoy truck...

My truck was unloaded off the train on the 16th and after sitting there for over a week I called the trucking company to find out when it would be delivered and they said they went to load it and it had a flat tire so now more waiting and it’s only 45 minutes from the dealer.

 

[Bowhunter]

This is depressing... My XLT, 5.0, FX4 w/ max tow was ordered 2/23 and I still do not have a build date. Sure hope I see it before hunting season.. I read in an earlier thread, Ford prioritizes the more profitable higher end units and options. I sure hope that's not the case..

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