🛠 3/14/22 Build Week Group

[mpmcgaughey]

“Has been placed at customer location April 8th 4:49am”

Does that mean it was unloaded from the railcar then?

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[theyeofra]

“Has been placed at customer location April 8th 4:49am”

Does that mean it was unloaded from the railcar then?

Yea. Now you are just waiting for it to say "empty released to customer". Its currently sitting in the rail cargo box waiting to be taken out and put in the holding lot for shipping.

 

[First BaseMan]

...and thus begins another day of refreshing the tracker, hoping for status to change to shipped, and seeing nothing...

Called the hotline today because I was told to follow up with them when my ETA of April 1-7 came and went. I received another variation of huh./that's weird/I've never seen that before from the rep on the phone. They said there isn't a new ETA in the system, but there is an "Update Pending" note. Nobody knows exactly what is going on and every time somebody at Ford they tell me nothing about it makes sense.

 

[First BaseMan]

“Has been placed at customer location April 8th 4:49am”

Does that mean it was unloaded from the railcar then?

If you want to kill some time while you wait and learn even more about the fascinating world of rail transport here you go:
https://www.shipcarsnow.com/newsroom/news-items/10142015-what-happens-at-a-rail-ramp.html

 

[Lain26]

same for me. My bronco has been there since saturday and the worst part is the dealer texted me Monday morning and said she thought it would be there Monday or Tuesday! My truck iS about 1.5 hours away which is making the wait UNBEARABLE.

Nice surprise this morning waking up to “delivered” ..why Ford would change my delivery ETA yesterday if it was currently on its way to the dealer I have no idea. But I’m so excited to go pick her up. I hope yours gets delivered today too!

 

[j_4260]

So no luck yet finding a rail car number from Ford Chat or Dealer. I did find out from the dealer that as of April 5, it was in Indiana Harbor Belt RR Co. which appears to be in Chicago and is a switching company. And thanks to the instructional video or how rail companies work (wish I had eaten a gummy) I know that it can take up to 8 days to finally get hooked on the train home to Northern Ca.

Anybody out there with a destination of Northern CA that may be on the same train but has a railcar number?

Not that it helps but mine arrived via rail to Richmond this past Monday, so it looks like yours isn't too far behind that delivery?

 

[MOBroncoSTL]

Mine has been in the rail yard for a while now too. Maybe two weeks. Dealer has no idea when it will be released. It says Pending and On Hold in back door link. So close yet so far. I did drop of some badland take off wheels, and 285/70/r17 Destination AT2's at the dealership and they were super. Too bad they are an hour away (Laura Ford) I'd like to use them for all my serviece. I have $150 nerf bars from TAC on the way too. I was going to wait to buy stuff until I actually had the truck in my possiession but it is so close!!! Oh, and the front license plate bracket is ready to go too. Good luck to all of us that are so close! I feel even worse for the dirt/mud/snow/spring/ mountain people now. I don't know how they hang in there.

 

[broncomama]

Anyone on the Houston Rail that just made it to Pearland been able to talk to dealer? Our rail now says “empty released to customer” but palsapp still isn’t able to find my VIN.

 

[First BaseMan]

Mine has been in the rail yard for a while now too. Maybe two weeks. Dealer has no idea when it will be released. It says Pending and On Hold in back door link. So close yet so far. I did drop of some badland take off wheels, and 285/70/r17 Destination AT2's at the dealership and they were super. Too bad they are an hour away (Laura Ford) I'd like to use them for all my serviece. I have $150 nerf bars from TAC on the way too. I was going to wait to buy stuff until I actually had the truck in my possiession but it is so close!!! Oh, and the front license plate bracket is ready to go too. Good luck to all of us that are so close! I feel even worse for the dirt/mud/snow/spring/ mountain people now. I don't know how they hang in there.

I had not seen those TAC nerf bars. Now I may end up buying some while I wait.

 

[JGL349]

Mine was sitting in the rail yard for a few days while the pizza tracker kept changing… pushing the delivery window back again and again, including this morning where it jumped to 4/11-4/18. Then I get notification from the dealer that this just rolled in ——>

Could be tomorrow or at the latest Monday. Have to work out the trade in on my 2021 mustang gt but damn it feels good to finally be able to see it live and in person! Can’t wait to start installing all the updates that have been sitting patiently in boxes in the garage!

 

[MOBroncoSTL]

I like the price for sure. Another member here was very impressed with them. Easy install and not even sure I'll want steps so I didn't want to invest $1000. Plus they look retro to me. White letter on tires will be facing out! lol.

 

[Wvwaiting]

 

[First BaseMan]

White letter on tires will be facing out!

YES

 

[Tilzbow]

Interesting how many of us have Broncos sitting in Richmond, CA waiting to be trucked to our dealers. Hopefully that rail yard is well staffed and on schedule!

 

[mpmcgaughey]

Yea. Now you are just waiting for it to say "empty released to customer". Its currently sitting in the rail cargo box waiting to be taken out and put in the holding lot for shipping.

Yea. Now you are just waiting for it to say "empty released to customer". Its currently sitting in the rail cargo box waiting to be taken out and put in the holding lot for shipping.

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