The Trailer Arrives!
Northern tool offers free shipping on this trailer as long as you have a way to unload it from the truck it comes in. Otherwise there is a Lift-gate fee. A fancy way of saying its $80-$125 for them to unload it for you. Luckily I work at a place with a shipping department so I had it shipped to my work. And wouldn't you know it, out of the 10 hours I am at work every day it arrives in the 30 minutes I am out to lunch. I get back from lunch and the shipping department calls me up. They have taken delivery but note on the bill of lading that "many pieces could be damaged or missing." This trailer comes completely un-assembled with the exception of the hubs (which they require you to disassemble and repack). So it is in 2 boxes from the manufacturer. Now when I say it is in 2 boxes it likely started that way but by the time I get there the frame rails are kind of in one box and the other pieces are piled up in a mostly torn box.
This does not seem like the happy start to my project I was hopping for. I get home and decide it is time to do an inventory. I figure the best way is to lay everything out the way it will be assembled and check to see if it is all there.
Luckily it all works out and everything is there. With the exception of the Manufactures Origin slip that you need to register the trailer. There is a slip in the box reminding you not to forget to take this paper out. Turns out Northern Tool takes it out themselves and mails it to you so it doesn't get lost. As a pleasant surprise they were smart enough to mail it to my billing address instead of my work address where I had the trailer shipped.
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