Woo Hoo

[68PowerWagon]

Got the news that my future Outdoorsman 2500 is currently in D1 Status. Est. build date 02/06 Est. ship date 02/08. Will finally be getting on the line in a few weeks. I have only ordered a vehicle once before in my twenties & I don't recall getting this excited.

 

[Jimmy68]

Build Feb 06 and Delivered Feb 08? 8 years ago?
Back to the future.

 

[Skrap]

Well, don't get your hopes up. The trucks are built in about a day. It's the 6-8 weeks of it sitting on trains, in rail yards and stored on parking lots that is the motivation killer. And then if car haulers are busy could take a week just to get it on a truck and delivered to your dealership. I know, I'm a buzz kill.

 

[THETANK]

Build Feb 06 and Delivered Feb 08? 8 years ago?
Back to the future.

I am not science but I am guessing the 8 number is Feb 8 2016

 

[Bigdaddy]

I was told about 8 weeks and I just got the confirmation statue a couple of days ago.

 

[Jvbronco]

nice!

 

[68PowerWagon]

It's on it's final train ride. Hopefully it doesn't wait for a truck for too long. If everything goes well might have her in a couple of weeks. Watch I will get it here in good time & the dealer will take over a week to detail & add my hood decal.

 

[Steel Curtain]

Congrats, I'm sure the next few weeks are gonna go by sooooooo slow....lol

 

[Skrap]

It's on it's final train ride. Hopefully it doesn't wait for a truck for too long. If everything goes well might have her in a couple of weeks. Watch I will get it here in good time & the dealer will take over a week to detail & add my hood decal.

Possibly. It took about two weeks for the dealer to get a truck under it in Salt Lake City area and make the 6 hour drive to Caldwell, ID. Told me car haulers were exceptionally busy last May.

 

[theviking]

Congrats, I'm sure the next few weeks are gonna go by sooooooo slow....lol

Yep, this part is especially painful

 

[68PowerWagon]

Woo Hoo again! It just arrived today! I have been pretty lucky, it has made it through the shipping process rather fast. I was expecting it to sit at the final rail yard for a week or two. Probably will finish the paperwork & bring it home Saturday. Now I will be spending any extra money after payment on mods.

 

[reloaderguy]

Congratulations...good luck getting anything done between now and this weekend.

 

[theviking]

Congrats again! Good luck with the mod bug, waaaay to many temptations out there

 

[bryan28]

I'd give it a good once over and get anything that may not be perfect fixed before i took possession. Heard of paint imperfections and other small defects in not so obvious places that were found after driving off the lot and hard to get fixed later.

 

[Bigdaddy]

Congrats again, mines is at the rail waiting to go to the dealer.

 

[68PowerWagon]

I'd give it a good once over and get anything that may not be perfect fixed before i took possession. Heard of paint imperfections and other small defects in not so obvious places that were found after driving off the lot and hard to get fixed later.

Yeah that is just one more reason why I am waiting until Saturday to pick it up. We are having crappy weather now & Saturday is to be warmer & sunny. Should be able to inspect it much better in that weather. I gave it a quick look over yesterday & didn't find anything but it was cloudy & rainy. Today it is dark & will snow all day high 34. Saturday nearly 60 & sunny. This has been another yoyo ride winter.

 

[theviking]

I'd give it a good once over and get anything that may not be perfect fixed before i took possession. Heard of paint imperfections and other small defects in not so obvious places that were found after driving off the lot and hard to get fixed later.

Those issues have mostly been reported out of the (outdated) Warren plant and not Sotillo Mexico where the HD's are built. At least from everything I've ever read in recent times.

 

[68PowerWagon]

Those issues have mostly been reported out of the (outdated) Warren plant and not Sotillo Mexico where the HD's are built. At least from everything I've ever read in recent times.

Yeah that's what I thought too just the 1500's. I haven't seen too much as far as poor quality paint out of the Mexico plant.

 

[Will Ram 2500]

Yeah that's what I thought too just the 1500's. I haven't seen too much as far as poor quality paint out of the Mexico plant.

What color you get?

 

[Joshwaa]

Personally I would not let the dealership detail the truck. I always do it myself. They usually run them thru a swirl-o-matic or wash with buckets and towels that have washed many other trucks/cars. All they did was take the plastic protection film off mine and remove the adhesive. Looked like they removed the adhesive with sandpaper.

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