Today was a big day! The fuselage kit was delivered by Old Dominion. I've heard other people complain about bad experiences with Old Dominion, but they did a great job for me. They called 2 days ago to set up a delivery date, and once set, they gave me a 3 hour window (1100-1400). This morning I called them back to see if they could narrow it down a little so I could have a friend or two here to help unload the crate and the person I talked to put me on hold for a minute while they called the driver and then told me it would be around 1300.

Semi rolled up around 1320 and after quite a bit of maneuvering with a pallet jack to get the 8' long crate sideways on the lift gate, it came down and rolled up the driveway and into the garage no problem.

There was a puncture on one side of the crate down low so I took a couple of pictures, but when I unpacked everything later, there was a ton of packing paper cushioning the skins inside and there wasn't any damage at all that I've found so far.

I unpacked and unwrapped everything and filled up 3 big lawn/leaf trash bags with paper, but it was close to 100 degrees in the garage, so I didn't start inventorying parts yet, just looked for damage.

Shipping cost was $279.19 which was less that I expected for sending a 300 lb crate 1/2 way across the country. Tried to tip the driver $20 for his help with unloading but he said they weren't allowed to take tips, so I gave him a can of sprite for the road. Cheapest moving help I've ever gotten!

My friend Roy Aycock came by for the unloading, and between him, RJ, the driver & me, we lifted one end at a time and got a furniture dolly under each end so I can roll it around the garage and for now still get my Jeep in the 3rd bay.

Will inventory stuff in a day or two and get back into airplane factory mode!