Guest WALFY Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Just wondered what the build time for a LR of any sort along the production line is. Reason for the question, watching Discovery Channel yesterday there was a bit on PeterBilt trucks. The churn out your truck to your spec in less than 24hrs. You put your order in, specify colour, engine choice, tranmission choice and every other bolt on and it rolls out 24 hrs or less from the factory. And they aren't that small. And the build quality was excellent, it was only a meccano kit like a Defender . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I don't know about Land Rover but a Vivaro/Trafic takes about 24 hours from being scheduled to rolling of the end of the line. Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WALFY Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Does that include painting. 1 other thing with the PB trucks. They all came down the production line, side by side different colours and different engine/gbox combo's. Very strange to see them on a moving production line. I know LR/Ford do the moving line but the PB blokes were all round, under,over the moving chassis. The big cab takes 1 bloke 1 hr to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 It must be a wide production line if they all come down side by side Yup, that's everything. About 8 hours from underbody to BIW in bodyshop, same again in Elpo and paint and then again in trim and final. The operators on the Vivaro line have no more than 2 1/2 mins to do a job as it passes through their station on the line, that's about 25 an hour. The Vectra used to run at 60 an hour ! Defender runs at about 8 an hour IIRC Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WALFY Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Quite impressive to see them making the chassis and bolting it all up together whilst on the move. Doing the loom would be a job I'd avoid. Bad enough doing wiring on a still truck let alone 1 thats moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Bar Cowboy Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 It must be a wide production line if they all come down side by side Yup, that's everything. About 8 hours from underbody to BIW in bodyshop, same again in Elpo and paint and then again in trim and final. The operators on the Vivaro line have no more than 2 1/2 mins to do a job as it passes through their station on the line, that's about 25 an hour. Mo IIRC …………… then they give it to some baldy moaning old git who takes a day or two to dig out all the broken bolts , stripped threads, and to weld up the missed bits……………. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Just wondered what the build time for a LR of any sort along the production line is. Reason for the question, watching Discovery Channel yesterday there was a bit on PeterBilt trucks. The churn out your truck to your spec in less than 24hrs. You put your order in, specify colour, engine choice, tranmission choice and every other bolt on and it rolls out 24 hrs or less from the factory. And they aren't that small. And the build quality was excellent, it was only a meccano kit like a Defender . I saw that one a while ago.... bloody good watching it was! those cabs are HUGE.... could fit my house into one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 IIRC …………… then they give it to some baldy moaning old git who takes a day or two to dig out all the broken bolts , stripped threads, and to weld up the missed bits……………. Ian Ooo you cow :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 some baldy moaning old git I don't think you should target Mo in the 'bald' part of that statement. It could equallt apply to those that are 'thatch restricted'. Although the 'moany old' part might be more 'person specific' Walfy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Bar Cowboy Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Ooo you cow :D Mo, we aim to please....... ............... just thought it would make you feel wanted and appreciated........ Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 ... except that I left at Christmas and am now training to be a plumber (I'm sure there's some mileage in that one too though Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 IIRC …………… then they give it to some baldy moaning old git who takes a day or two to dig out all the broken bolts , stripped threads, and to weld up the missed bits……………. Or in the case of Land Rover, they ship them straight out to the dealers to have the 130 back boxes put on straight, daylight around the doors filled in, bolts put in the engine mountings etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRecklessEngineer Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 One CRV every 84 seconds for Honda - That's about 650 a day (In Swindon at least...) Time from scheduling to rolling off the line depends on model/engine etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exmoor Beast Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 ... now training to be a plumber Mo Should we start calling you Molev Murphyski now in readyness ? Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_warne Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 So Mo, when do you start your new job checking people's plumbing? That should be a nice job... Good choice BTW - I've never come across a plumber who's short of money B) Building a car from parts is the easy bit - its custom stuff that takes the time. Remember that Top Gear episode where they built a Caterham in a day? Given the presenters don't seem to be the best / fastest with a spanner you get the impression you could probably build one in a weekend by yourself without too much trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 JA don't znać co ty średnia arytmetyczna , Bestia! Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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