Red Horse

Sad fact, who will be the first to go? The senior people-as in "senior" in years of service which also means experience. Have some of these people been "sandbagging" for years? I'm sure there are some in that category who managed to survive. Good riddance. But unfortunately I would bet a lot of talent will take their "deal" and walk out the door. And as others have pointed out- manpower reductions when a lot of money is being spent on "brick and mortar"-or should I say "old brick and mortar" that will cost a small fortune to make safe and functional. I'm sure Hackett is counting on this "bold move" to boost his standing with the financial press. Manpower reductions are always greeted with praise. The good news is sales and marketing appear to be no 1. on the list. Perhaps the genius that was writing the script for medium duty that featured ..."750 tractor package for towing" will be on the list. Then again, as JB noted in a post- - high roof Transits sit for weeks because proper trailers aren't available? Give me a break, you build the product, then it sits before your dealer and his customer gets it-and Ford? When does dealer pay? when it hits his lot?- a simple problem.."Mr carrier-if you want our business you need to get some new drop frame 53' trailers-in a hurry if you want this business" Now in defense of Hackett, if he truly is flattening the org chart, and if he truly will empower people to act, good moves-if only he was someone who truly understands the business-as in automotive business. So far IMO he hasn't proven that-unless you believe we truly want to give up driving our own vehicles-in spite of what Silicon Valley says.

Judging by the flaps that B may have started life in Conn. How about it Blackdog? Look familiar?😊

Nice-including the Louisville in the background.

No clue on year but looks like old Pacific Molasses colors-they used to pull bulk molasses out of Port of Albany NY...'65?

So could the problem be unavailability of certain outsourced components? Makes no sense when the dealer network is stretched out on lead times.

Confirmed- Intern for congresswoman Lee from Texas. In deep shit!

This despicable act was most likely perpetrated by angry staffers who could not stomach the fact that Judge Kavanaugh will be confirmed . If I'm hearing things correctly I think they have fingered a Democratic staffer for this issue-

Excellent post coming from someone who is on the frontline dealing with the customer. GE sacked their CEO after one year- Time for Ford's board to take a look at the "cerebral thinker" that is running the show. And while many blame Fields for lack of new models, seems to me the decisions being made now about what choices the customer has have nothing to do with Fields.

Per Bob Greene, that was Greene Company's first truck. Today they have a beautiful Mack fleet. Jim-you must have one of those pix in your collection.

Kevin, How about a lesson in "corporate lineage"??? My memory is getting weak. -Meritor is successor to Rockwell ... which was successor to Timken? - Dana acquired Spicer ... and Eaton-which acquired Fuller?

Let's face-Hackett is a genius..meetings that last 10+ hours and..."most meeting rooms don't have chairs". good way to weed out the older staff with arthritic knees!

Could be it doesn't fit Hackett's agenda........remember this guy is a "cerebral thinker"! Ford stock jumped a bit this AM but that is because of some positive news on the Canada trade issue. Be patient..Hackett should be issuing another profound bullsh*t statement on "fitness" and that will drive it back down!

I have to agree. Between the F-Max and the EV, you would think they would generate some sort of press release about these two accomplishments.. In particular when the financial press gets absolutely nothing positive out of Hackett's buzz word statements. With Tesla and Nickola getting a lot of attention with their respective electrification efforts , a good opportunity for Ford to get some press-or should I say "lost opportunity".

Excellent Hippy-now I wish I'd waxed it!

Assume all the "vitals" are displayed in that screen between speedo and tach. Also did not see parking brake control-unless it was that stalk with the "P" on it. If so no trolley brake?

This despicable act was most likely perpetrated by angry staffers who could not stomach the fact that Judge Kavanaugh will be confirmed . Well this should be fairly easy to track down. And I would imagine there must be some policy in place that clearly was violated. End result we SHOULD see some disciplinary action taken.

Thx Kevin. It actually surprises me that the used "new" ones I see in the used truck rags have as high an asking price as I'm seeing-then again you can always "ask". Again what a formula for disaster-a marriage of two firms that both managed to piss off a whole lot of customers over engine issues-then they decide to get together!

Hmnn-no leaves on the trees! this video is how old? Very nice Maintainer service body-no comment on the CAT truck. However old the video is, I guess if you have a dog sitting on your lot that no one wants, you might as well use it yourself?😎

Too bad..that they won't suffer. Only weapon we really have with regimes like this is our economic clout-unless of course we want to pursue a military option and I don't think many want that. Hopefully economic actions will encourage Iran's people to wake up to just what the religious zealots are doing to their country.

Thx KSC for all the info-maybe at some point Ford corporate will wake up to this accomplishment and try to capitalize on this from a PR viewpoint-given the millenials love affair with all things foreign.

Thx Kevin-hope some of that vertical integration shows up here given fact that is primary reason why the 6.7/ torqueshift is the only diesel combo in 650/750. then again the "tariff war" makes a Turkish built power train unlikely at this point. Will be interesting to see if that F-Max ends up in Brazil.

Kevin, I'm assuming your positive view about Ford's commitment is focused on EU, Middle East, Africa- everything but US. And is that commitment 90% Otosan and 10% Dearborn? I've read that Turkey is where all of Ford's heavy truck engineering takes place. As I look at 650/750 I have to think "Heavy" means just that-class 8. Do you see/hear anything that suggests anything that goes on with Otosan trickles back to the US? Or Brazil for that matter. It amazes me that the Turks can put something like this together when you consider that Dearborn can't afford to spend what would have to be chump change to offer an alternative power train to the Power Stroke/ Torqueshift combo. And by the way-video not in English but the "suit" in the slide is speaking against a background with English graphics in background. Or was the picture with the "suit" taken at the show?

Like a Nice Alco RS-1 or a GP-9? Anything but a truck that looks like a jelly bean!

Crazy thought, but think of the money the EU countries are spending dealing with all these people. Many claim they are leaving their countries because they have "no opportunities". The useless UN should start a program to spur development in these countries. The EU would be far better off funding such an effort rather than rescuing them from the Mediterranean, trying to keep them contained, then arguing about who is "not taking their fair share.". And then of course the ongoing cost of public safety, welfare etc. Oh George Soros?? If you get pissed watching the dumbass Progressive Insurance ads, I do believe Soros is a major stockholder

No doubt-hopefully he is now a "greater" at Walmart😎