Lack of dealer inventory of 2500 Silverados

Rob38jr · September 27, 2020

I am amazed at the low inventory of Silverado 2500’s, especially the LTZ and High Country. Im in the Northeast and there is just no trucks within hundreds of miles.

Anyone know when the ‘21’s will hit the lots? Did Covid really hit manufacturing that hard?

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gSwift · September 27, 2020

5 minutes ago, Rob38jr said:

I am amazed at the low inventory of Silverado 2500’s, especially the LTZ and High Country. Im in the Northeast and there is just no trucks within hundreds of miles.

Anyone know when the ‘21’s will hit the lots? Did Covid really hit manufacturing that hard?

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I agree, it crazy. I live in north Alabama and bought my new AT4 Duramax in North Carolina. Luckily 1-way flights were cheap and it was a nice scenic 500 mile drive home. I had to expanded my Autotrader search to a 500 mile radius before I found mine

Colossus · September 27, 2020

Not much better out west. Things were shut down for over 3 months though and they were not going to do mass production by any means being more than halfway thru the year and with 2021 production starting in just a few short months. This of course has caused the used truck prices to go up. I had my eyes on a beautiful 2018 Silverado 2500 LTZ with only 14,000 miles, maroon with all the bells and whistles. But when I saw the price of $63,000 well.. Had to wave bye bye to that beauty.

JimBuck · September 27, 2020

Part is fueled by the camper craze. Everyone buying bogger campers and needing bigger trucks. We lucked out and got a LT with the all-american package. Dealer her has a few left but told me if I wanted a 21 then it would be November.

MTU Alum · September 27, 2020

I believe Flint is changing over to 2021 this week. High demand and that 7 week covid shutdown has inventory very low. Flint is running OT and can't keep up.

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TrailBoss1 · September 27, 2020

I ordered a 2021 3500HD LTZ A few weeks ago and my dealer has a production date of October 12. Assuming the fire at American Axle doesn’t result in delays. The dealer did receive several 2020 HD’s in the past few weeks; all but a few of which were sold before they hit the lot.

Londart2020 · September 28, 2020

10 hours ago, JimBuck said:

Part is fueled by the camper craze. Everyone buying bogger campers and needing bigger trucks. We lucked out and got a LT with the all-american package. Dealer her has a few left but told me if I wanted a 21 then it would be November.

That’s exactly what happened to us. Had a 2020 1500 Sierra that bought because wife said we would never buy a trailer...traded in my F150 3.5 EcoBoost with HD tow, long story short COVID hit and we had to postpone our Hawaii trip, twice, wife said we had to get a trailer to get out. About 400lbs over the 1500’s payload and not worth the risk..

Dunn · September 28, 2020

even back in April when i got the one i have now inventory was super slim

shadow gray 2020 hd · September 29, 2020

On 9/26/2020 at 9:10 PM, Rob38jr said:

Did Covid really hit manufacturing that hard?

According to the sales manager at the first dealership we were trying to get to find us a truck, production was shut down for a couple months due to coronavirus.

LT's were/are in short supply too.

MTU Alum · September 29, 2020

Flint was shutdown for 7 weeks. They make around 1600 trucks a day. Assuming no overtime, that is around 56,000 trucks.

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TrailBoss1 · September 30, 2020

Wow, that’s amazing (1600 trucks per day). Curious, how long does it take to produce one truck from start to finish (I have a production date of October 12).

Colossus · September 30, 2020

Not sure about GM but for ford to produce an F150 it takes about 20 hours.

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-assemble-a-pickup-truck/

i82much · September 30, 2020

5 hours ago, MTU Alum said:

Flint was shutdown for 7 weeks. They make around 1600 trucks a day. Assuming no overtime, that is around 56,000 trucks.

#iworkforGM

how many shifts and separate lines is that, how many trucks per hour does each worker see? i worked at baltimore assembly on astro/safari years ago, i think we did like 52 vans per hour at each station with a single line running 16-20 hours per day. so 800-1000 per day.

flyingfool · September 30, 2020

including the covid shutdown, i think its part of the new enviroment rules coming down the pipeline. GM's probably scrapping the trucks. it doesnt make sense, i dont see many trucks on the roads , not more than usual. GM is getting ready to switch completly to full electric trucks soon, maybe they want gassers off the lots to meet emmissions requirements

govenor in California has signed a bill banning the sale of gas powered vehicles withing several years... big changes coming . end of an era

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MTU Alum · September 30, 2020

5 hours ago, i82much said:

how many shifts and separate lines is that, how many trucks per hour does each worker see? i worked at baltimore assembly on astro/safari years ago, i think we did like 52 vans per hour at each station with a single line running 16-20 hours per day. so 800-1000 per day.

I made a typo. Should be around 1200 per day. I don't know flint exact numbers but most truck plants were running at one truck minute pre covid. They probably are running a little slower now. Flint runs three shifts so about 21 hours a day pre covid. They maybe running a little slower now to increase time between shifts to reduce covid exposure.

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