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

Fully81 said:
Clears back of fender well by about 1/2 inch on full turn. It might rub a little if suspension compresses while turning. I just picked it up today so not much time to figure it out.
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Gotcha! I think I'll go with a 295/70 and gain an additional inch of clearance. I think a 295 is 34.1" I don't want the rubbing since I will be off road quite a bit. Thanks for your help!
 
AFF said:
I'm a Limited order, 4 months and counting. Not even a VIN yet.
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Something isn't right here...you can usually get a VIN within a few days...maybe a few weeks or so for a Canadian order.
 
Hey guys, what are y’all seeing for MPGs on HO diesels. I am at about 500 miles now and my display is saying 11.5. Only 50 or so miles was pulling a stock trailer to and from the county fair. My ‘17 HO got 14 daily driving and 16 on the highway. Kinda worried that this one might be extra thirsty!
 
Scubaz66 said:
I think we are in agreement.... LOL With much research I found that average dealer invoice is about 9% below MSRP. I didn't have the ability to do EP or FFP pricing so I went with Tread Lightly at 1% below Dealer Invoice or (10% below MSRP), Plus I got the $500 Military Discount. Not as good as what Mark Dodge offers, but given I'm in OH the round trip cost to LA and back would have eaten up any savings. Given many dealers want MSRP Plus Market Adjustments given the current shortage I feel I did Ok on my purchase.
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You did good, I'm originally fro ohio , idiana now .. dealers around here won't budge. Some won't honor ep price.. my poc lists ffp ,ep and hold back.. I can look up the invoice at work..
 
Wolfcreek said:
Hey guys, what are y’all seeing for MPGs on HO diesels. I am at about 500 miles now and my display is saying 11.5. Only 50 or so miles was pulling a stock trailer to and from the county fair. My ‘17 HO got 14 daily driving and 16 on the highway. Kinda worried that this one might be extra thirsty!
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HO MPG

what is everyone getting for MPG unloaded/loaded with the HO? also stock, or bigger tires etc.. city/hwy or 70+etc...
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Are we looking at the question of build sequence in the wrong way - is it shortage or maybe excess parts or more likely BOTH that are driving which trucks get built when - I know this does not explain those lost in the black hole of May-August orders - BUT - At one point every Longhorn on our tracking sheet from August to early October had been built and there have been batches of other builds with unique pieces. As I recall there was a batch of Power Wagons that went thru close together. And there was a time when Limiteds were favored.

Suppose they had just received a large shipment of Longhorn Grills or maybe Limited Grills or Power Wagon Grilles which are unique, or maybe unique Interior parts or ???. Longhorns are not the most popular trucks (more here than overall build - but even in our list the Laramies here are dominant and Bighorns second). They probably order parts in bulk and hope to get some of what they order just like everyone else these days (Home Depot had about 200 generators arrive at one time here well after the storm - stacked everywhere in aisles).

Now Stellantis has a big stack of unique Longhorn (or ???) parts occupying space. So why not build out that stockpile to clear space and the Longhorns or Limiteds or whatever get put in line before their time while others get pushed back. And of course the ones that are short parts are already at the back of line until their parts become available. And it also supports moving more of the higher profit models in this scenario.

Current Spreadsheet population:
340 Laramies
153 Big Horns
141 Limited
97 Longhorn
65 Tradesman
38 Power Wagon

The reason I thought of this is I can account for 2 trucks (granted small sample) built approximately same time with same tires but different wheels. Assuming, they buy Tires/Wheels the old fashioned way, they receive pallets of mounted and balanced tire/wheel assemblies. My Longhorn made it to me in 10 weeks with 34 and 35 th week dated Firestone Transforce HT's on the Longhorn unique wheels while a Laramie built same week had 42 nd week dated tires.

Yes it could be purely random, but they appear to have had my tires on hand for at least 7 weeks longer than the Laramie built at same time. Do they really want to sit on parts for 7 weeks in the "Just-in-time" model still being pushed by the MBAs. And I realize the other Longhorns in that group of about a dozen + trucks may have been duallies or had 20 inch wheels, but there are a lot of other unique Longhorn parts (Grill, Interior, etc).

So --- Is the Build schedule built on multiple factors unrelated to order date - specifically, 1. Shortages, 2. Surpluses, 3. Profit Margin, 4. X Factor?
 
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IowaPW said:
Something isn't right here...you can usually get a VIN within a few days...maybe a few weeks or so for a Canadian order.
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First time poster and also from Canada. I put my order in for a 3500 Bighorn Night Edition on 22-01-13 and no VIN to date. I played Ram Chat and managed to have one of the agents advise that “Order Passed Edit” meaning one of two things. It will go to schedule or will not go to schedule from what I understand. Beyond frustrated with not having a VIN assigned to date so I at least know I will in the future have a truck coming.
 
Lockhart2020 said:
First time poster and also from Canada. I put my order in for a 3500 Bighorn Night Edition on 22-01-13 and no VIN to date. I played Ram Chat and managed to have one of the agents advise that “Order Passed Edit” meaning one of two things. It will go to schedule or will not go to schedule from what I understand. Beyond frustrated with not having a VIN assigned to date so I at least know I will in the future have a truck coming.
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I ordered in Canada at the same date as you. At that time the Night Edition wasn’t an option for the 3500. How did you go about getting that option?
 
RIDEaCANYON said:
Build sheet and window sticker both available today, along with being able to add it to my Mopar Garage! Nice. Now to clean the salt off the current truck from hauling the sleds up to camp last week and get it listed for sale. We're fortunate to have a Wrangler as a 3rd vehicle I can drive if there is a gap between sale and pick up. Not a bad morning so far.

Window Sticker shows about a little under $2k increased to base MSRP. We'll see what dealer says as I've known from beginning I will pay more if they pay more but still get it 5% below their invoice and I am more than happy with that.
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Welp. Sold my 2015 in literally 12 hours for $11k more than was quoted for trade in estimate. :) Was offered above asking price by a few people over auto trader but seemed a little shady and happy it's going to a couple that really appreciate how well cared for the truck is. Actually asked me to call them in 7 years when I am ready to sell my new truck.

Now of course since I am without a truck for a few weeks we have more snow coming and I can do nothing but look at my sleds sitting in a trailer out back vs dragging them up to camp to ride. Oh well, gonna need that time to cook my wife dinner, clean the house, and try to gain her forgiveness for lying about "if I get a Power Wagon I don't need to do all the upgrades I did to the last one"... Wish me luck.
 
ElkRam said:
Not completely true. Ordered Longhorn 10/20 and still in D. Been a LOT of trucks with less options ordered, built, and delivered already.


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In order to sell a high end truck, which they make the most money on, they have to set aside parts that are standard on them that would be optional on the lower trim models. At times both models are probably slowed down on the line because of a temporary part(s) shortage but I would have to say the higher trim packages are slowed down less..

On 9-11-21 I ordered a Laramie with all the options that I could get for that trim level except the sunroof. After seeing on this forum what was happening with delays on that trim level and lower trim levels with the options that I ordered, I tried to cancel it on 9-14-21 and order a Limited with a Level 1 optional package that came with everything and more that the highly optioned Laramie came with. It was too late to cancel the Laramie but I declined that order anyways and ordered the Limited. Out of curiosity I watched the development of both orders.

On 1-17-22 my Limited was delivered to me and the Laramie that I canceled is still today as I write this in "D" status without any progress. In the mean time I have put a thousand miles on my Limited and the Laramie is still waiting to be built. No hurry on the Laramie now because it will be on the dealer lot as stock to be sold after it sits on the lot for thirty days. Since it was a order for someone, they can't sell it for thirty days without penalty which from what I was told is meant to be a deterrent from ordering vehicles under false names to be used as dealer stock.
Anyways my original comment has been based on my experience with my order and what I have witnessed on other orders on this forum.

No it's not always consistent but neither is a particular part that there is a shortage of on a particular day of the week either. It's all a gamble but the pattern of what was I saw taking place at the time that I ordered is what I was going by and my change of order to a Limited payed off for me since I'm driving a truck of my dreams instead of waiting on a truck to be built.
 
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Btoms3 said:
Ordered a limited in October. Still no VIN.
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That's highly unusual. I had my VIN within two days on my Limited that I ordered. If that was my order I would cancel it and re-order if I could do it without a big penalty. The way prices are going up it could cost you more though.. Tough decision but at that rate it could be converted to a 23 model before anything happens.
 
Wolfcreek said:
Hey guys, what are y’all seeing for MPGs on HO diesels. I am at about 500 miles now and my display is saying 11.5. Only 50 or so miles was pulling a stock trailer to and from the county fair. My ‘17 HO got 14 daily driving and 16 on the highway. Kinda worried that this one might be extra thirsty!
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I would think and have always been told that true MPG's aren't reached for several thousand miles until the truck is broken in. I would assume there is probably an algorithm built in to programing to adjust fueling within the first xxx miles for break-in. I know the Cummins does not have a break-in period but I would bet there is something in the programing. Just my thoughts.
 
Rampingup said:
I just realized a sad reality. Last night I made an offer on 5 acres to build a house on. I offered 30% less than my truck sticker price:oops::eek::cool:
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The way land prices are going up I'm surprised. In my neighborhood lot prices have doubled in asking price in the last eighteen months.
 
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