On Tuesday my new heads were shipped out FedEx from Calexico, in So. Cal. The counterpeople told the shipper that I would have them on Friday (yesterday). He sent me the tracking numbers, and I've been keeping tabs, partly because I wanted to get them on the engine this weekend, and because I had them shipped to my work address and needed to be there to receive them, even though I had the day off. Here are the tracking results so far: Tuesday, shipped from Yuma Ariz. to Pheonix, where they sat for 24 hours before being shipped out to Sacramento, where they arrived Thursday night at 10:00 PM, and there they still sit. I don't understand why they sat for a full day in Pheonix, and why they weren't shipped out of Sac. the next morning. If I'd known they were just gonna sit there, I'd have driven over to pick them up (It's only about 2 hrs.)
The other thing is the booklet on Ranger V8 conversions that I ordered online from a Ranger website over 2 weeks ago, still hasn't arrived. Seems like it's just Ranger stuff that I'm not getting promptly, everything else I've ordered lately has arrived on-time, or even early. (Ordered a new HD for the comp. I'm building for my nephews, it arrived two days earlier than estimated, and that's just one example). Anyway, I really don't understand why they ship things the way they do, as far as routing hubs and such. I guess if I saw a diagram or something, it would make more sense. Like, why did my heads go so far east before heading north? Oh well, just have to delay my plans by yet another week. There, I feel better now. -TD

 

They ship things the way they do in order to maximize equipment utilization. From the outside, it doesn't make much sense, but its for cost-effectiveness.

 

Don't forget its (was) the holidays.

 

That's exactly my point, everything else I ordered online for Xmas made it here in time, or on time, if not early. The stuff I ordered for myself, I'm still waiting on. (How did they know?) -TD

 

I guess your just lucky....

 

I've got several orders and packages I am still waiting on, one has been in-transit for about two weeks now. I'll probably come home to a stack of boxes sitting on the front porch in the rain on Monday, unless they finally get smart and actually leave them in the open garage like the note on the door has said for the last month.

 

A few years back when we were getting into the "Just in Time" delivery mode. The Post Office was starting to use Trucks more often than Airplanes. You'd pay the Air Freight charges only to find that your Parcel was thrown in the Back of a Truck. It was proven more cost effective and Timely to Truckit, a Truck running Team could get the Parcel from Toronto to Vancouver in 2 days. Add a day for you the Parcel sender to take it to the Post Office for shipping and 2 days for the Receiver to get a notice in the Mail for you to Pick up said Parcel wherever. As in the States, it's no different in Canada Time wise depending where you live. The location of the nearest Delivery Hub sometimes it looks like a lot of unnecessary backing up to go ahead. As Fedex and UPS have found out there's lots of Expedited Freight out there.