The "TACO WAGON" has arrived

[oosik]

I got a call at 9:30pm from the dealership. My Power Wagon has arrived. I'll be going to get it in the morning ( 1/24/2019 ). Couldn't be under worse conditions. The snow that has melted all day is now a continuous sheet of ice over everything. Hopefully, by morning it will warm and revert back to just water. Otherwise, it's going to be a slow trip.

Pictures will follow. If I was more familiar with my new Smart Phone - I could post from the phone. That's not yet the case.

FINALLY!!!

 

[Alien]

Excitement building! (For all of us too) Drive careful mate. I don't want to hear a sob story....

Not sure the 24th is a good omen.. that is my xwifes birthday. :laughing:

 

[oosik]

The real chore - avoid all the idiots that think driving conditions haven't changed. I'll do OK. Eighteen years of experience in Anchorage, AK. That city has truly treacherous black ice conditions. Some of our very best Olympic free style ice skaters got their start driving in Anchorage.

Doesn't appear that it's going to melt either. Temps are now at -6.5C or 20F.

 

[Alien]

Trade you for a day or two to get some relief from this heat here oosik. Only 36 deg C today but it was 38 deg yesterday. Port Augusta was suffering 49 deg C.
We had 2 air-cons running the last few days. Too hot to polish a new truck.

 

[oosik]

I found you on Google Earth. Though you might have been in the mountains but its still pretty low there. Continues to rise as you go West towards Toowoomba. At about 70 miles ( ~ 114 km ) from the ocean do you get high humidity also.

We are dry as popcorn here in the summer. I might see as high as 42C or 110F in the summer but its only once and for a really short spell - couple two or three days. Otherwise - 90F to 95F is a HOT summer day for us.

Well - the Taco Wagon is going to have to live with getting hosed off every now and then. I don't waste my time with polish. Our prevailing SW winds bring just enough dust & volcanic ash every day to keep everything lightly coated.

I've found it's best to just hose a vehicle off and not fool with rubbing that ash around on the paint job.

 

[Streetcar]

Woohoo

 

[Turbys_1700]

Happy for you oosik...
Waiting on pictures...

 

[Thomas]

Now that's the way to start a new year :thumbsup: congrats.

 

[oosik]

I guess, all things considered, a 24 day wait isn't so bad. The BAD part - nobody knew where it was nor when it might arrive. There could have been a bit of expediting here also. I contacted Corporate so often - they greeted me and knew exactly what I was calling about. Just give them my name. They really do need to get some form of tracking system.

Was I patient - heavens yes. I only called every two or three days.

 

[LouNY]

Congratulations enjoy the new rig,
I wonder if a lot of the tracking problems where because of the rail service,
if the truck was shipped by rail.
I know up here the few outfits that ship and receive by rail have no idea when or where their things are till they arrive.

 

[tjkubota93]

Enjoy it

 

[HillStreet]

Have fun and enJoy the Taco Wagon.

 

[kf4uda]

Awesome! I have been following your thread and am very happy for you. Looking forward to pictures.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

We may have to go to GOOGLE EARTH just to see a pict. of this Taco Wagon! lol

SR

 

[oosik]

LouNY - the salesman DID say it was put on the train, on Monday - 21st. The maddening thing - he was able to find out that it was put on the train, on Monday. But where was it, when put on the train??? No answer for that. My guess - it went on the train, right there at the Chrysler Facility on Gral Cepeda Bvd, Saltillo, MX. There are two RR spur lines feeding the facility.Ha, ha - much time spent searching with Google Earth Pro.

 

[MossRoad]

LouNY - the salesman DID say it was put on the train, on Monday - 21st. The maddening thing - he was able to find out that it was put on the train, on Monday. But where was it, when put on the train??? No answer for that. My guess - it went on the train, right there at the Chrysler Facility on Gral Cepeda Bvd, Saltillo, MX. There are two RR spur lines feeding the facility.Ha, ha - much time spent searching with Google Earth Pro.

Funny thing about trains.... they are hard to track.


But in all seriousness, you can go online and see every commercial airplane in the sky at any given time. Where it came from, where it's at, where it's going, what type of plane it is, who owns it, the route it's taking, etc....

Can't do that with trains. May be for security reasons since 9/11. Who knows. But it's really hard to find out anything about where something being shipped by train exactly is at any given time. I'm sure the RR knows where it is, but they don't share that info with the public.

We used to get shipments of paper via rail from all over the place. The seller would tell us it shipped on X date. Expected to arrive by Y date. But it rarely showed up by Y date, especially if it had to go around Chicago. Several days later we'd get a call from the RR that they dropped a car at our warehouse last night.

Leonor F. Loree would be turning in his grave....

 

[Diggin It]

No idea what 'it' is, but I'm guessing fancy manure spreader?

 

[EddieWalker]

Looking forward to the pictures

 

[BigBlue1]

LouNY - the salesman DID say it was put on the train, on Monday - 21st. The maddening thing - he was able to find out that it was put on the train, on Monday. But where was it, when put on the train??? No answer for that. My guess - it went on the train, right there at the Chrysler Facility on Gral Cepeda Bvd, Saltillo, MX. There are two RR spur lines feeding the facility.Ha, ha - much time spent searching with Google Earth Pro.

Hard to believe that. Usually the train is early in the shipping process and takes it to a major city with a huge storage lot. Then it sits for a while before a car carrier semi picks it up and brings it to your dealer. For it to have been put on the train 1/21 and get to your dealer by 1/23 is crazy fast. Even if it had been unloaded from a train on 1/21 getting it to the dealer 2 days later is fast.

But whatever. It's there so enjoy! If you have Ram 2500 questions ask away... I have a '17.

Rob

 

[k0ua]

Let me at that thing and I will put you in a dual band vhf/uhf rig in there in no time... Professional install too.! I used to do that for a living! But can we see some pictures pretty soon?