Rail Yard Quality Check?

[JBnorthTX]

Today a Toyota employee told me when their vehicles are held up at rail yards before final delivery to dealers, it means they're doing "quality checks." Anyone know if Ford does the same thing?

Within one day of arriving at the rail yard in my local area, I received an email from Ford pushing back the delivery window by 11 days. It makes more sense that they would be checking things as opposed to just sitting there waiting for transportation.

Edit: After this was originally posted my Toyota employee friend talked to a Ford corporate employee, who indicated Ford is not holding vehicles at railyards for quality checks (although Ford has done so in the past). The Ford employee did say, however, that some Mavericks are being held at this railyard waiting on modules ("chips").

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[RR - All the way]

What is it that you think requires 11 days to check??? They may be checking the effect of prolonged sunlight and heat on various components of the truck!! I am afraid you may be mistaken. Waiting on transportation sounds more reasonable.

 

[JBnorthTX]

What is it that you think requires 11 days to check??? They may be checking the effect of prolonged sunlight and heat on various components of the truck!! I am afraid you may be mistaken. Waiting on transportation sounds more reasonable.

The time wouldn't be just for my truck. There is likely a bunch of them on that train. Toyota does it. The guy I know has no reason to lie about that. He said it could be due to major or minor issues, so the length of delay varies. Maybe Ford doesn't do it but it seems logical they would.

 

[Rockingchair]

On the dark side, sitting in the rail yard can cause pieces to disappear, especially on the left coast.

 

[WV_XLT]

The time wouldn't be just for my truck. There is likely a bunch of them on that train. Toyota does it. The guy I know has no reason to lie about that. He said it could be due to major or minor issues, so the length of delay varies. Maybe Ford doesn't do it but it seems logical they would.

How does it seem logical? Why would Ford ship a truck from the factory, where there is trained QC personal and all the lifts and computers to check everything, to a rail yard where they would be outside with no tools to inspect them? Makes no sense at all.

Your truck is waiting on transportation. Or as stated earlier, sometimes things disappear at the rail yard. Hope it's waiting on transportation, and not someone stealing parts off it.

 

[Scupking]

Most likely not maintenance. Mine has been at the rail yard for 3 weeks now. Only 2 hours away from my dealer.. Sales manager says they have been having lots of back ups across the board trying to get car carriers…

 

[NormalPerson]

Its just waiting for delivery. Mine has been sitting for about 25 days. I even called cust. service and they said they are having a hard time finding drivers. If its been more than 30 days to call back and they will see what they can do. These past few days of waiting have been the hardest of the last 10 months!

 

[Garyoj91]

Same boat. Mine’s been there over a month and counting (Sitting since June 5th) with an ETA of July 18th now. After the amount of time it’s been there, I’m not even optimistic that this ETA is accurate. Last leg is definitely more stressful than the others, but thankful it’s actually built and sorry that others that ordered before me don’t have theirs.

 

[JBnorthTX]

How does it seem logical? Why would Ford ship a truck from the factory, where there is trained QC personal and all the lifts and computers to check everything, to a rail yard where they would be outside with no tools to inspect them? Makes no sense at all.

Your truck is waiting on transportation. Or as stated earlier, sometimes things disappear at the rail yard. Hope it's waiting on transportation, and not someone stealing parts off it.

It seemed logical only after hearing that Toyota does it. I agree with your reasons why it doesn't seem to make sense but I have no interest in arguing. I simply asked if anyone had heard of Ford doing quality checks there.

 

[Trucklet]

I doubt Ford is doing quality checks at the railyards, but you could always check yourself



...before you wreck yourself.




The sh*tposting shall continue until I take delivery!

 

[brdl04]

I am 5 miles from a railyard in Michigan. No way they are doing " Quality Checks". They are taking the Bronco Sports and Mavericks off the train, picking up Rangers and Broncos and the Sports and Mavericks are sitting in a parking lot waiting... for pickup.

Anyone who thinks Ford is sending technicians out to these massive parking lots and driving them into diagnostic shops to do "quality checks" is at best misguided.

Most likely they don't have drivers for car carriers.

Remember when it was cool to shut down an entire economy "30 days to stop the spread" and we'd pick up where we left off? LOLOLOLOL

 

[ClemsonU88]

How does it seem logical? Why would Ford ship a truck from the factory, where there is trained QC personal and all the lifts and computers to check everything, to a rail yard where they would be outside with no tools to inspect them? Makes no sense at all.

Your truck is waiting on transportation. Or as stated earlier, sometimes things disappear at the rail yard. Hope it's waiting on transportation, and not someone stealing parts off it.

This is what I got from the Area Ford Rep last Friday via my salesman.

"A possibility for the reason for this delay despite it being in Virginia is sometimes they are still waiting for a few remaining parts/activations/services on the vehicles, and they have shops at some of the railyards where they complete these finishing touches. That is currently our best information for why it is going to be there for so long."

So it actually might make sense to have some QC or finishing touches done at the railyards rather than at the factory. Doing it at the factory creates a bottleneck (you can only do 1 at a time...maybe a few at a time). Doing it at 50 railyards with shops around the country would allow you to do 50 at once. And it would be American workers. Win-win.

Could it be adding sensors? Maybe. Could it be replacing a wiring harness? Sure. The Ford rep at least acknowledged the truck could be getting serviced and not just waiting for transportation.

 

[ClemsonU88]

How does it seem logical? Why would Ford ship a truck from the factory, where there is trained QC personal and all the lifts and computers to check everything, to a rail yard where they would be outside with no tools to inspect them? Makes no sense at all.

Also, don't you remember when Ford said they'd be shipping trucks without all the sensors (for things like heated seats and heated steering wheels) and add the sensors later?

They did that, so they could get them out of the factory. Otherwise production would have come to a halt while they waited for more sensors. This way they get the truck out of the factory, make room to make more, and finish the job at railyards with shops or at the dealership.

In short, it increases throughput. Makes perfect sense and is actually a good idea.

 

[JBnorthTX]

This is what I got from the Area Ford Rep last Friday via my salesman.

"A possibility for the reason for this delay despite it being in Virginia is sometimes they are still waiting for a few remaining parts/activations/services on the vehicles, and they have shops at some of the railyards where they complete these finishing touches. That is currently our best information for why it is going to be there for so long."

So it actually might make sense to have some QC or finishing touches done at the railyards rather than at the factory. Doing it at the factory creates a bottleneck (you can only do 1 at a time...maybe a few at a time). Doing it at 50 railyards with shops around the country would allow you to do 50 at once. And it would be American workers. Win-win.

Could it be adding sensors? Maybe. Could it be replacing a wiring harness? Sure. The Ford rep at least acknowledged the truck could be getting serviced and not just waiting for transportation.

I found another thread where someone said a railyard in DE actually has a body shop on site.
https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/f...uxury-sitting-in-a-rail-yard.4985/post-106235

 

[RR - All the way]

Also, don't you remember when Ford said they'd be shipping trucks without all the sensors (for things like heated seats and heated steering wheels) and add the sensors later?

They did that, so they could get them out of the factory. Otherwise production would have come to a halt while they waited for more sensors. This way they get the truck out of the factory, make room to make more, and finish the job at railyards with shops or at the dealership.

In short, it increases throughput. Makes perfect sense and is actually a good idea.

Article to which you refer does not include Maverick for install of chips for seats, etc

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