Just sitting here watching the snow stack up so I can get my sled in February when its all hard and starting to melt., and I have my doughts that it will happen then. Anyone have any inside info?
Anyone have any insight on sled shippment?
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Talk with your dealer. I got the email today saying it shipped, but it's been at the dealer for a week already.
Mine shipped and ETA at dealer of December 23. Still hasn't come. Dealer says tomorrow now. Excited to go ride!!
I have been talking to them weekly, they have not received any of their snow checks
I just got my email today saying "It's on the way!" (dated Dec. 14th) 
..... My Boost showed up at the dealer yesterday morning Dec 28th.. Can someone explain why even Polaris doesn't know what's going on? BTW keep in mind.. The dealership owner is my best friend and lets me know the second my stuff hits the ground. So why is Polaris behind on the possible delivery time? My friend told me about the Dec 14th ship date back then with his dealer info.. This is odd..
..... My Boost showed up at the dealer yesterday morning Dec 28th.. Can someone explain why even Polaris doesn't know what's going on? BTW keep in mind.. The dealership owner is my best friend and lets me know the second my stuff hits the ground. So why is Polaris behind on the possible delivery time? My friend told me about the Dec 14th ship date back then with his dealer info.. This is odd..
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This is an example of how poor Polaris's communication and organization is. I don't have deep pockets like Chadly and have unlimited funds to go rent a sled from Full Speed at $400/day plus another $45/day insurance plus taxes. Our window of riding is in Revy starting the end of November and winding up usually the second week of February. That's the time period that we go and its a 14 hour drive one way to get there. I've missed out on 3 trips and it looks like its going to be another one that heads out on Jan 3. I called the Polaris support line around the 20th (ship window is Dec 16-31) they told me it was likely built but not at the distribution center yet. Called today so I could have an idea if I could make the Jan 3 trip with the guys and they tell me its still in production. The disappointing part is not being able to get a believable answer from Polaris. I get it that the supply chain is challenging, all we are asking is for a little honesty so we can make decisions instead of being strung along with false hope and shipping dates that keep moving further out.
They don't know. It's dinking and dunking on the parts side, and the suppliers are guessing every week, too, raw materials, freight in, and labor (FWIW, I work with two parts suppliers to Poo, among other OEMs, and have seen the backend issues, from engineering through distribution). These suppliers would have loved to expand capacity - but they can't get reliable leadtimes on both new tools/equipment and facility construction, even paving is a moving target. They can't get full shifts themselves in their existing operations. Not making excuses for them or any OEM, and I don't accept mediocrity. Poo over committed and under deliverered, and needs to share the pain. Watch for snowchecks to drop significantly next year (for multiple reasons), likely gated to dealers with quantity limits, and if the OEMs don't commit to a delivery date with a penalty, they are admitting they can't fix this, either. Root cause again and again across the supply chain in every industry is availability of skilled workers/drivers/labor. Expanding capacity will always be challenged by permitting and regulation.
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