I ordered the new truck way back in August 2021, experiencing no progress for almost 7 months. A month ago, it took the first baby steps towards production and eventual shipping to the West Coast. Since my last post, it is now built and on a railcar car.

Schedule (for my records)

• 31st August – Order submitted and confirmed by Ford Canada
• October – added King Ranch Ultimate package, which includes the motion seats & moonroof. Deleted wheel well liners and spray-in bed liner
• November – was previewing, but couldn’t be scheduled due to shortage of wheels & Dually truck beds
• December – Ford improve the Priority Code to 2, to increase the potential of it being built.
• February – Chip shortages resulted in production slow-downs
• 17th March – VIN issued and scheduled to be built 1st April
• 26th March – rescheduled to 8th April
• 29th March – order sent to the truck plant, which is start of the production phase
• 30th March – Window sticker published, which is available to view on the Ford tracking page
• 6th April – Scheduled to start production today, but nothing
• 7th April – Actual start of production
• 9th April – Rolled off the production line
• 10th April – Across the street at Ground Effects for 5th Wheel install
• 11th April – Released by the factory, awaiting shipping
• 12th April – Shipped, departed factory on a railcar. ETA 26th April to 2nd May
• 15th April – Arrived Chicago, IL at 14:45. Spent Easter in Chicago. ETA updated to 7th May to 13th May

While the wait for scheduling was longer, without a VIN, there was really no resources available to check on progress. However, this past month, I may have been checking the Ford tracker multiple times a day for any changes in status. Now that it is shipped, the dealer provided me with the railcar number from Ford’s Vehicle Visibility Report (VVR), and from the forums, I have a number for CSX. They have an automated phone system that I can call, for daily updates, on the railcar’s progress towards the West Coast.

My last 2 trucks were also “Special Order”, but I gave the dealer the order and he phoned when they arrived. Never paid any attention to the process or progress of construction, or shipping. This one has been a little different as I enjoyed researching the build process and following along with the progress.

Hopefully, next month I can post photos of a delivered truck and get back to writing about World Cruise planning.