Thread: Dang back orders!

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Waiting on the front suspension pieces and rear end housing for my '57, it seems getting bulk materials from suppliers is a big problem. Anyone else having a similar problem? I have a friend with a repair shop, he says some parts that are normally on the shelf at parts stores are now taking days (or weeks) to get.

Yes, we've got so many things on back order with no new delivery dates scheduled.. it is getting ridiculous.
And everyone points the finger to some other part of a supply chain. Supposedly we have parts on the container ship that was trapped in the Suez canal. And now it is being held for ransom for the repairs to the canal! The crew is allowed off the ship once every few days and they cannot leave the country we are hearing.

I don't know if that is all true but it is having a world wide impact since it carries so many containers full of "stuff"!

at the big box hardware store i work at we`ve had trouble keeping things in stock all year ,, we have not had a chainsaw all this year .. we have not had a riding mower in over a month .. we`ve had to switch to several off brand items in tools and hardware just to have stuff to sell ..

just bought a kubota tractor after selling my big case . you take what is on the lot and you pay above the msrp . they have no idea when another load will arrive and getting things like a loader and such is worse . they had the tractor i wanted but without a loader . up to 3-4 months on a loader so i had to bump to the neck larger tractor . same frame just 10 more hp .thanks to the current admin paying folks not to work there is a shortage of everything . building a simple house ? add 35k to it and wait for materials. i have a friend with 4 sets pf prints but wont pour a slab until he has all dry in materials on hand . he has a 4k ft house to build and the estimate is an extra 100k to build .

Same here I'm currently not working on cars much but I do have a friend with a shop down the road. He told me last week that when a customer comes in to schedule normal service work (timing belts water pumps etc) that you normally just go get the parts for, they have check on parts availability before they put the car on the schedule.

I've been working on getting a standby whole house generator for the new house. Right now it looks like everybody is back ordered till the end of Oct/Nov.

I did some water line work a month or 2 ago, the stuff I usually just walked into the box stores to picked up ended up being sources thru the internet because the shelves were pretty bare in spots with no idea on when new stock would come in.



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On the Kubota tractor thing, I just had to replace my ancient B6100 Kubota sub-compact. Can't complain as it was at least 30 years old. I wanted another Kubota, but no place I went had anything less than 40 HP, large frame tractors on the yard. Kubota doesn't even have an estimate on delivery of new stock.

I lucked out and found a BX1880 with less than 100 hours that had been traded in a few days earlier on a bigger tractor. Looks new and still had some warranty. I have a bigger tractor with a finish mower, but when it's really wet and the ground is soft, I need a smaller lightweight machine to mow with.

i have a pto generator . cheaper since not buying a powerplant . still see gen on ebay .
i ended up with a l3301 compact tractor . 32 hp and not so big it destroys the yard . my case jx70 was just too big now that we sold most of the land . i wanted a 2501 but the wait would 90 days or more . people are going back to work here since the governor ended that welfare crap .

L2501 with loader is my "big" tractor, that I bought about 2 years ago. The loader comes in very handy for moving my junk around. I had the dealer install a quick disconnect on the loader and I have a set of forks. Works good. It's still just a little too heavy when the ground is soft. The BX weighs about half what the 2501 does.

Another twist, if you get notice that your order "arrived US, but not yet received by USPS" it's still in a container, now traveling by rail to one of the Intermodal facilities. From there it gets offloaded, perhaps transported by truck to a distant warehouse, and finally unpacked and turned over to USPS. I had one that took over 2 weeks after the "arrived US" notice.

Yeah, I ordered a Lucas license plate light from a supplier in Britain and it has been sitting in a warehouse in Chicago for 10 days. Probably waiting on customs to clear it for delivery. Luckily, I don't need it in a hurry.

LOL I had a small soft package in the mail box yesterday, had no idea what it was and the return address was "JOHN DOE", with a street address in NY City?? Almost afraid to open it, but was too curious... It was a triangle hammock that I'd seen on a FB pop up, big enough for four or five young grandkids to lay on at the same time for $30 I think. Of course it was from China, and had been ordered two or three months ago with a "receive in two weeks" teaser.... I think I got a "Your order has shipped!" a month or more back, but the tracking just said In Transit. I was surprised that it actually got here! I need to send John Doe a Thank You card!

Been trying to order some custom backspaced wheels for my 40 from wheel vintiques for probably 5 months now, they say they have no material and can't tell me when they will get it.

Originally Posted by FordyG

Been trying to order some custom backspaced wheels for my 40 from wheel vintiques for probably 5 months now, they say they have no material and can't tell me when they will get it.

Yup, getting materials to the manufacturer's seems to be the problem all over, talking with an engine builder yesterday he can't get the camshafts he uses for sprint car engines because there are no billet shafts available to cam grinders! He too said it's been an ongoing problem for over 6 months!

Sounds like a huge. Entrepreneurial opportunity to me.

My rear end housing and associated parts are shipping today, now if I get the same news on my front suspension pieces I'll be downright giggly!