I just ordered my Truck. It only took an hour and they didn't play any games.

 

Way to pull the trigger Stans, congrats!

 

If that was the case why wouldn't Ford just come clean and say that was the hold up. The lack of any communication raises more issues than anything else.

Article in the WSJ today didn't look good for Ford and their agreement with the UAW. Looks like the contract is not going to pass the vote of the workers, which isn't good for anyone but really bad for the buyers. Nothing like knowing your $60k truck was built by disgruntled employees.

 

Not wanting to take us too far off topic, but I'm not sure that is a fair assessment of the men and women who work on the line at the DB plant.

I think they are professionals just like I am and regardless of how my company treats me (and I've worked for great companies and sh*tty ones), I would never let that translate through to the products I deliver to my customers or the relationships I have with them.

I take pride in the work I do and the quality of said work is very important to me. These aren't a bunch of kids working a part time job would could care less about how well or how poorly they perform their job or how they treat their customers. These are adults just like you or I. I assume that most people feel the same way about their job as I do about mine, as such, I assume the workers in DB are no different.

I don't believe that because there's yet another union beef between management and the workers that they'd do any less of a good job in building our trucks. That kind of stuff is the run of the mill crap with the UAW and other unions.

Perhaps I'm naive in my beliefs, but that's just how I see it.

 

I largely agree with you, but this does not appear to be just another beef with management. This is the agreement that nearly caused a strike a few months ago. Now the union negotiated an agreement and the workers are voting it down, leaving a strike or walk off far more likely. Workers don't seem happy with the what the UAW negotiated.

 

I finally got a positive update from Chad. My truck was just released for transport yesterday, so now it will go to the carrier for transport. I was always thought that it was funny that my sticker said convoy on it, and he confirmed that. Since I am way down in Texas, I always thought it would be sent rail due to the long distance but guess not. I know this method is usually quite a bit faster than rail too. Hopefully it won't be long. I was one of the 10/26 builds so hopefully we will all be getting trucks soon.

 

YEAH!!! Great to hear Texas!! You may be the first 10/26 to move!! Hoping your truck was blocking my truck on its way out! WHOO HOOOO!! Maybe Thanksgiving?!??!?!

 

Glad to see it's moving Texasboy.

 

Ordered mine 11/6 just got a build date of monday with a delivery of 12/11. Hopefully its on time because I cannot wait!

 

Odered 10/01
Build 11/07
Delivered 11/18

Got 500.00 cash instead of 1,000, also 500.00 for police assoc rebate and 746.48 friends and neighbor invoice match.

My order went through as a dealer order so I believe it came through faster as they want the dealers to have trucks on the lot.