Hold after production
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Mine probably spent a week on the truck. It made a 3 day stopover (for whatever reason, doesn't matter) in West Virginia en route to Maryland. I do not believe a 2 week hold is "standard". As said above, I think they wait till they have a truck filled with vehicles that are going in the same direction. When mine came in and was ready, I was traveling, so mine spend a few days at the dealer as well. That just how this goes. Don't plan on perfect timing.
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From: Johnson City NY
Curiosity here...
Nothing to do with QC, but I always wanted to know who loads the trailers at the plant?
Are they loaded by the driver who delivers the cars or does the plant have someone load trailers
and then the driver just hooks up and goes on his way?
To me it would be interesting how the cars are sorted out and lined up in the lot after assembly.
Maybe a question for the BASH !
Nothing to do with QC, but I always wanted to know who loads the trailers at the plant?
Are they loaded by the driver who delivers the cars or does the plant have someone load trailers
and then the driver just hooks up and goes on his way?
To me it would be interesting how the cars are sorted out and lined up in the lot after assembly.
Maybe a question for the BASH !
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 11,445
Likes: 8,609
Curiosity here...
Nothing to do with QC, but I always wanted to know who loads the trailers at the plant?
Are they loaded by the driver who delivers the cars or does the plant have someone load trailers
and then the driver just hooks up and goes on his way?
To me it would be interesting how the cars are sorted out and lined up in the lot after assembly.
Maybe a question for the BASH !
Nothing to do with QC, but I always wanted to know who loads the trailers at the plant?
Are they loaded by the driver who delivers the cars or does the plant have someone load trailers
and then the driver just hooks up and goes on his way?
To me it would be interesting how the cars are sorted out and lined up in the lot after assembly.
Maybe a question for the BASH !
Last edited by Andybump; Dec 23, 2023 at 01:45 PM.
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Jack Cooper transports all of GM’s vehicles.
Once the car is built a Cooper employee takes possession and they load their own trailers. Once a trailer is full going one way it leaves BG and they only care that it’s full, they can get to their final destination to empty it on the way, and then go somewhere close to the final destination to load the trailer to bring it back. Drivers are domiciled in locations near where they pick up loads.
If you see one stopped at a certain location for days it could be so the driver does not violate DOT Hours of Service regulations or to fulfill their contractual obligation. Once the driver leaves a location Cooper monitors them to keep them on schedule. Cooper is a huge transport business and moves Ford, Toyota, and other smaller customers.
Once the car is built a Cooper employee takes possession and they load their own trailers. Once a trailer is full going one way it leaves BG and they only care that it’s full, they can get to their final destination to empty it on the way, and then go somewhere close to the final destination to load the trailer to bring it back. Drivers are domiciled in locations near where they pick up loads.
If you see one stopped at a certain location for days it could be so the driver does not violate DOT Hours of Service regulations or to fulfill their contractual obligation. Once the driver leaves a location Cooper monitors them to keep them on schedule. Cooper is a huge transport business and moves Ford, Toyota, and other smaller customers.
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From: Hagaman New York
That's funny I just ran across this. My 23 Anniversary Edition was built on August 25 my birthday, and our anniversary is Sept 11. However I didn't tale delivery of mine on Sept 11.
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