I saw something somewhere about a shortage of trucks or drivers.
Another day, another ship date passes by...
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I saw something somewhere about a shortage of trucks or drivers.
This is what I have heard locals talking about as well. Major shortage of transportation.
If its a trucking shortages could be logistics of a full load in that area also. How many sleds is your dealership waiting on? With price of fuel hard to ship half load.
Roughly 300 units a day...give or take.
We have received all our Pro RMK 850 155/163. Still waiting on many 144 Assaults though.
Was told that it was a shortage of drivers. They have trucks but nobody to drive them. When one of the drivers dropped a load here, he said he had never seen so many crates sleds sitting at Polaris waiting.
My bud's sled went through at least three ship dates, when it came it had one of the missed dates written on the wrapper, and it had a date on the VIN label on the wrapper that indicated that the sled was built at least a month before it shipped.
I am still waiting on a Freeride, was supposed to ship in November. Not really happy about it, we have been riding here for a bit already.
A load of Freerides showed up two months or so ago, but they were all 165 sleds.
My bud's sled went through at least three ship dates, when it came it had one of the missed dates written on the wrapper, and it had a date on the VIN label on the wrapper that indicated that the sled was built at least a month before it shipped.
I am still waiting on a Freeride, was supposed to ship in November. Not really happy about it, we have been riding here for a bit already.
A load of Freerides showed up two months or so ago, but they were all 165 sleds.
If that's the case I'd haul a load north for free if they give me a truck!
All of ours shipped on, or even slightly ahead of schedule. Client's who wanted them ASAP have had them in their hands for 2 weeks +
BUT...it seems this year the dealer needs to stay on it a bit. We had a load get jammed up at along the way in shipping. Must have been a spot where they switch carriers or whatever. Took some phone calls and follow up to get it rolling again. So that would be something they should watch for.
BUT...it seems this year the dealer needs to stay on it a bit. We had a load get jammed up at along the way in shipping. Must have been a spot where they switch carriers or whatever. Took some phone calls and follow up to get it rolling again. So that would be something they should watch for.
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Dealer has been in contact with his rep everyday but it makes no difference. He has about 24 snowchecks and probably another 25 or so stock units. He said he will end up getting all of his stock units in January and will not be able to sell them. The prime sled buying season is almost over. He was saying that he took a sled on trade for a guy who snowchecked a 19. He sold the traded in sled and now the guy is sitting with his thumb up his arse because no one can tell him when the new one will be in.
That is messed up. I have no idea why it would be so "normal" for most dealers, but go so bad for that guy.....he must be losing his mind.
He needs to bypass the rep and go higher up the chain....they have to be able to get him an answer.
He needs to bypass the rep and go higher up the chain....they have to be able to get him an answer.
If it is a transportation problem, Polaris should release a statement saying so. Letting speculation go on like this helps no one. My ship date got changed 7 times from mid September through early November, and now is December 14. I am pretty sure that it will change again. Dealer and Rep have been around and around with this since October, still no answers. My sled will not be delivered until the New Year, maybe even February. A large portion of the riding season will be behind us. Way later than any of the many snow check sleds I have ordered. Pretty frustrated to say the least.
My buddy called Polaris several times and hassled them to find out where it was. Not sure if it helped, but maybe?
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Tried that. None of them has a clue whats going on and it seems like they dont want to make an effort to find out.
Not sure if you guys missing sleds have tried this, but get the dealer to get you the rep's contact....get the rep to get you his boss's contact....and keep going up the chain. Skip the customer service line and try that route. It's not an impossible question to answer by any stretch. It sounds like lazy rep syndrome where he/she keeps assuming it's just going to ship and everything will work itself out....and not wanting to spend much time getting a real answer.
All of that should be completely unnecessary...but if no one has given you a straight answer when most of the clients have the units in-hand already, I'd want to know what's up
All of that should be completely unnecessary...but if no one has given you a straight answer when most of the clients have the units in-hand already, I'd want to know what's up
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At least he can sit in a chair holding the handguards like he is sledding. He could even make the sled noise for a more realistic affect.
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I wonder if Polaris is considering the ramifications of all these shipping delays when customers consider which manufacture to snowcheck with this Spring?? Or for that matter if anyone wants to snowcheck at all. Maybe best to just go with what you can put your hands on in the flesh and forget the snowcheck route all together.... Snowchecks showing up in late December is unacceptable!
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I was gonna tie a rope to my cfr bars and sit on my skinz hood and get my buddy to tow me around lol.
Or get the rep's contact info and post it here.
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Man I got lucky. Mine was the the dealership first week of November ready to be picked up.
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