Running tally of VIN #, order date and build date by Ranger5G member (2019 MY)

[Pjt1021]

My window sticker at bottom says ramp 1 (CB5R)

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[rangerdanger]

My window sticker at bottom says ramp 1 (CB5R)

My ramp 1 says CH76.

 

[Pflip]

Nice!

You didn’t get a spray-in bedliner did you?

I just wanted to possibly shed some light on the pace that the spray-in liners are moving . The area around the plant rec'd between
7" and 10" of snow in the last week or so, now that's not really troublesome for this area of Michigan, however because of covered parking constraints most of the rangers needing spray-in were outside, which means all that snow had to be cleaned out and the beds thoroughly dried out prior to spraying. it's time-consuming and tedious. One of those uncontrollable events that often ruin the best laid plans of mice and men. Just one more example of Mother Nature reminding us of who's really in charge!

 

[RedlandRanger]

I just wanted to possibly shed some light on the pace that the spray-in liners are moving . The area around the plant rec'd between
7" and 10" of snow in the last week or so, now that's not really troublesome for this area of Michigan, however because of covered parking constraints most of the rangers needing spray-in were outside, which means all that snow had to be cleaned out and the beds thoroughly dried out prior to spraying. it's time-consuming and tedious. One of those uncontrollable events that often ruin the best laid plans of mice and men. Just one more example of Mother Nature reminding us of who's really in charge!

It seems kind of odd to me that they can't/don't do the spray in liner before the bed is attached to the truck. Seems like that would be WAY easier (less labor) to do rather than do what they do at bed liner shops. You'd have a lot less masking, etc to do. But I'm armchair quarterbacking them..... There must be a reason they do it this way. I just can't possibly imagine what benefit doing it this way would have.

 

[rangerdanger]

I just wanted to possibly shed some light on the pace that the spray-in liners are moving . The area around the plant rec'd between
7" and 10" of snow in the last week or so, now that's not really troublesome for this area of Michigan, however because of covered parking constraints most of the rangers needing spray-in were outside, which means all that snow had to be cleaned out and the beds thoroughly dried out prior to spraying. it's time-consuming and tedious. One of those uncontrollable events that often ruin the best laid plans of mice and men. Just one more example of Mother Nature reminding us of who's really in charge!

My truck is RWD so that must mean they're driving slow in the snow.

It’s been low 60s and sunny in California, what is this “snow” you’re talking about LOL

 

[Pioneer74]

It seems kind of odd to me that they can't/don't do the spray in liner before the bed is attached to the truck. Seems like that would be WAY easier (less labor) to do rather than do what they do at bed liner shops. You'd have a lot less masking, etc to do. But I'm armchair quarterbacking them..... There must be a reason they do it this way. I just can't possibly imagine what benefit doing it this way would have.

Can't speak for Michigan Assembly, but if we were to try to do what you suggest at Dearborn, it would be a logistical nightmare. Trying to remove the box and tailgate from the pallet coming out of paint would be difficult enough, but then to try to safely transport the bed to and from the upfitter without affecting dimensions and not scratching the paint would be next to impossible.

And I don't know if Michigan Assembly has the paint line feeding directly into Final. If so, what do you do with the cab until you can mate it back up with the box?

 

[Geoff]

Can't speak for Michigan Assembly, but if we were to try to do what you suggest at Dearborn, it would be a logistical nightmare. Trying to remove the box and tailgate from the pallet coming out of paint would be difficult enough, but then to try to safely transport the bed to and from the upfitter without affecting dimensions and not scratching the paint would be next to impossible.

And I don't know if Michigan Assembly has the paint line feeding directly into Final. If so, what do you do with the cab until you can mate it back up with the box?

That's a reasonable answer to a question many of us didn't understand. There are always reasons for things happening as they do and your explanation was quite helpful in my understanding of the situation.

 

[RedlandRanger]

Can't speak for Michigan Assembly, but if we were to try to do what you suggest at Dearborn, it would be a logistical nightmare. Trying to remove the box and tailgate from the pallet coming out of paint would be difficult enough, but then to try to safely transport the bed to and from the upfitter without affecting dimensions and not scratching the paint would be next to impossible.

And I don't know if Michigan Assembly has the paint line feeding directly into Final. If so, what do you do with the cab until you can mate it back up with the box?

Like I said, I have no idea how all this stuff comes together - from an outsiders point of view, it just seems like it would be WAY easier to apply bedliner to a bed before it gets mated to the truck. And do it as part of the paint process - it is kind of a replacement for a painted bed - makes sense to me to do it where it gets painted. The way it is now, the trucks have to be driven to a different facility, then prepped just like Line-X or Rhino would do, then drive them back to the plant to get shipped out. It just seems awfully inefficient and labor intensive to me.

I'm guessing if you did the liner as part of paint, then you'd need to track individual beds which is probably not done today I'm guessing - they just get sorted by color or something.

I'm amazed at how all these thousands of parts and pieces come together into a finished product - and how we can custom order them - it is a pretty complicated process, I understand.

 

[rangerdanger]

I added @O.p.99 to the spreadsheet.

I also updated @Felipe Riccio, @skibuff and @Jason L.

I also marked as "delivered" countless members.

 

[rangerdanger]

Someone kind and anonymous person was able to check my VIN for updates. There has been no updates since 2/6 when my Ford Pass app went live. I was expecting to see it in the body shop for the spray-in bedliner like @Geoff, but no luck.

I'm going to follow up with my dealer and formally ask this to be escalated to the regional Ford representative.

 

[Pioneer74]

Like I said, I have no idea how all this stuff comes together - from an outsiders point of view, it just seems like it would be WAY easier to apply bedliner to a bed before it gets mated to the truck. And do it as part of the paint process - it is kind of a replacement for a painted bed - makes sense to me to do it where it gets painted. The way it is now, the trucks have to be driven to a different facility, then prepped just like Line-X or Rhino would do, then drive them back to the plant to get shipped out. It just seems awfully inefficient and labor intensive to me.

I'm guessing if you did the liner as part of paint, then you'd need to track individual beds which is probably not done today I'm guessing - they just get sorted by color or something.

I'm amazed at how all these thousands of parts and pieces come together into a finished product - and how we can custom order them - it is a pretty complicated process, I understand.

The only thing I can surmise as to why it's not done during the paint process is maybe the bed liner wouldn't react nicely to the heat applied to the box during the process to cure the paint.

I do know one thing. If Ford could find a way to do it they would. It would generate more income for the company instead of outsourcing it to somebody else.

 

[Geoff]

Someone kind and anonymous person was able to check my VIN for updates. There has been no updates since 2/6 when my Ford Pass app went live. I was expecting to see it in the body shop for the spray-in bedliner like @Geoff, but no luck.

I'm going to follow up with my dealer and formally ask this to be escalated to the regional Ford representative.

Can't blame you there...you've been waiting long enough. Fingers crossed!

 

[RedlandRanger]

The only thing I can surmise as to why it's not done during the paint process is maybe the bed liner wouldn't react nicely to the heat applied to the box during the process to cure the paint.

I do know one thing. If Ford could find a way to do it they would. It would generate more income for the company instead of outsourcing it to somebody else.

I know the factory spray in bed liners are a relatively new thing - maybe over time the process will get more streamlined.

I'd love to take a factory tour some day. I remember a LONG time ago we toured a plant during the summer, but they were retooling for the next year and so all we saw was a plant where they were turning huge steel ingots into big rolls of steel. It was interesting, but I'd love to see an actual assembly line in operation some day. The YouTube videos are interesting, but there is nothing like seeing it in person.

 

[Pjt1021]

I know the factory spray in bed liners are a relatively new thing - maybe over time the process will get more streamlined.

I'd love to take a factory tour some day. I remember a LONG time ago we toured a plant during the summer, but they were retooling for the next year and so all we saw was a plant where they were turning huge steel ingots into big rolls of steel. It was interesting, but I'd love to see an actual assembly line in operation some day. The YouTube videos are interesting, but there is nothing like seeing it in person.

I have been to the dearborn plant to see the f150 being built really amazing process.

 

[O.p.99]

Thank you, This is all I have. The Dealer said I would get an email from Ford once they assigned a VIN number.

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