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2022 Ram HD Builds and orders - Post and discuss your TRUCK order here! ** NEW USERS READ POST #1 **

Akcumminsaddict said:
Just quickly reviewing original order sheet and signed contract vs latest poc from Sandi, there’s a 1400$ Increase on base price. I’m assuming everyone is seeing this? who’s paying for that? waiting for response from MD
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I had noticed the same approximate increase in my latest POC and reached out for clarification as well. That’s when I was told my original deal stands.
 
From my union's latest news letter dated 9/28/2021

PORT BACKUPS PERSIST IN FACE OF SURGING DEMAND

In the waters outside the ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach, the floating queue of ships has nearly doubled in size over the course of the past six weeks.

Despite the efforts of port authorities and the administration, there is little hope that it will diminish anytime soon.

To reduce the backlog, the Port of Long Beach has adopted 24-hour gate operations four days a week.

The Port of Los Angeles—which through August reported that it had processed 30 percent more containers than during the same period last year—has focused its efforts in part on increasing the outflow of containers on trucks, which mostly depends on efforts by supply chain participants to better coordinate their operations.

The trucking companies observe, for example, that there is no point in moving a container at night if the warehouse isn’t open to receive it. Similarly, the railroads simply do not have the capacity to transport the volume of containers.

Another factor adding to the problem is that cargo ships are piled higher than ever before with containers.

According to London-based IHS Markit, the average ship now arrives at the Port of Long Beach carrying 7,000 containers—up 70 percent from the pre-pandemic average of roughly 4,000.

The nation’s ports simply aren’t built to handle ships carrying so many, both because of the limited number of cranes available to each berth, and because of the limited space available overall for stacking and moving containers.

As the US heads into its pre-Christmas retail boom and inventories remain low, the backlogs are expected to get worse before they get better, despite efforts by the Biden Administration to ease the situation.

Experts say the congestion will only diminish when demand slows and consumers resume their pre-pandemic buying patterns.
 
Rammanla said:
All Ram HD are not beings completed due to Chip Shortage. Saltillo plant is parking vehicles until the can get the chips. Vehicles are ready and being built but chip shortages have put them in No Shipping status. Read Detroit auto news. This is being kept hush hush.
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Per the general manager it’s the controller for the chips is what is shutting down the plants because of the lock down in South Asia. That’s is the major problem for all manufacturers right now.
 
J-J said:
They can build mine and yours together...I have the same item on order

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Mine is SO ordered 6/15. Do you know what status your is in? I have been in D1 since 9/7, however, it has not moved back to D...phew. Although I'd really had liked to have had it yesterday, as everyone else, I am in no hurry to get it and just happy that it has movement and not staying stagnant :)
 
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pnwram3500 said:
Mine is SO ordered 6/15. Do you know what status your is in? I have been in D1 since 9/7, however, it has not moved back to D...phew. Although I'd really had liked to have had it yesterday, as everyone else, I am in no hurry to get it and just happy that it has movement and not staying stagnant :)
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Sadly mine is not doing well at all.

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Your all correct, shutdown has nothing to do with shipping. Dealer just confirmed with RAM that once it ships its out of their hands. Still doesn't change the fact that it has been sitting in Lordstown for 3+ weeks now. Dealer still doesn't know (or isn't telling me) why it isn't shipping to dealer. Only thing I know at this point is that it shipped out of Mexico on 8/16 with an expected delivery of 9/4 and arrived in Lordstown 9/2.
 
jasmith348 said:
I posted below, but I got a build sheet today.


Ship date of 10/6. IIRC, they pushed back my build/ship dates 3X from 8/19 or so to this October date. Ordered 6/3/21.
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It looks like you are about 10k VINs ahead of me. My VIN is 115304 and the order date was 6/17/21. I just checked for a buildsheet on mine, but still nothing. Hopefully mine will show some movement in the next week or so. This plant shutdown really sucks.
 
khagan said:
Your all correct, shutdown has nothing to do with shipping. Dealer just confirmed with RAM that once it ships its out of their hands. Still doesn't change the fact that it has been sitting in Lordstown for 3+ weeks now. Dealer still doesn't know (or isn't telling me) why it isn't shipping to dealer. Only thing I know at this point is that it shipped out of Mexico on 8/16 with an expected delivery of 9/4 and arrived in Lordstown 9/2.
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Massive railcar and over-the-road trucking shortage currently. Our broker at work has told me that his guys are getting massive premiums for hauls and refusing to take low profit jobs like car and equipment hauling for OEMs.
 
lovmoney69 said:
Ughh. Same exact order as mine on 7/7 and I'm only in D1
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Maybe they are still building trucks that have all parts in so maybe your is next. I did not think I would get a build sheet this week due to the plant being shutdown, maybe is only a slowdown on truck waiting on parts and building the ones that have all parts in.
 
FWIW...Got this from Sandi this morning. She does seem to have more accurate info than most dealers. Most already know this. Just sharing.

I emailed her concerning options being removed from certain trims and double checking to make sure mine won't be affected. Her reply....
"Due to the chip shortage, NEW orders and STOCK orders in the pipeline are being impacted by these changes. Sold orders have option and price protection."
 
I bet most people in here are thinking this. If such a high demand for trucks, then why not put a hold on other lines and send all the chips so our trucks will be built first!
 
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