Peterbilt adding surcharge after orders placed

I think i read a couple months back of one in the works in Texas. But there were no details on status and completion date. The story was kind of vague.

I'm thinking by the time it gets done. It really won't be needed unless we change our ways of where we get our supplies.

 

Government needs to give grants for it. We should be in a trade war with China, and I hope someone is elected in 2024 that will shut trade with them down completely. That being said we need a chip fab to do so.

 

Gm has started construction on one. About 2 years till completion I hear.

 

Ha
Cant wait to see the UAW try to make computer chips.

Chip manufacturing requires far more preciseness than GM could ever dream
Of being able to do

 

Agreed, but they are.

I guess JIT freight is making up for the last 30 years!

 

I’m thinking if you don’t pay the extra fee they don’t care. There’s so many people who want Peterbilt trucks right now it’s crazy. They’ll just find someone else to buy it.

 

Chillicothe Kenworth Parking Unfinished Trucks Waiting for Parts
Driving Pass Ross County Fairgrounds you will see over a thousand parked Kenworths, some with weeds growing through them because they have been sitting for some time, there’s even more parked over in the main plant at Kenworth waiting for important parts, semiconductors.

Instead of slowing down sales and laying off employees as some other manufactures have done, PACCAR is building what they can and then parking them, in a waiting game, for parts.

The company is banking on the global shortage of chips that hopefully will get better soon.

Another difficulty has been in the Cummings Engines that come out of India with a surge in virus those engines are starting to slow.

This move has been a little bit of a gamble for the company but it has also kept employees working instead of layoffs. The plan is to install the chips after reinserting them in assembly lines and get the trucks on the road.

 

I can see a few problems with that. Number one being this chip shortage stretching another year and they have 2021s or 2022s they're trying to sell in 2023. Don't know what sort of a difference there is in computers between different models and options but I see people ordering an X15 performance and getting the economy tuning. Hell of a gamble on their part really.

 

So I’m guessing the story line in 2023 will be how all the KW dealers will be backed up with customers complaining of wheel seals and oil seals that rotted because they sat in a field for over a year.

 

I can’t speak about KW, but Peterbilt is short things like ABS modules. They drive the truck off the line with a sign in the window with what it’s missing. Once parked they remove the part (like an ABS module) and return to the plant to drive another truck out.