Finally, the long awaited day has arrived. ABF, via a local company, has delivered the empacone kit. The driver helped me get it off the truck and onto the driveway. I then pushed the big crate into the garage and carried the smaller one down to my basement workshop. Later that evening, I enlisted the aid of my better half to knock out the inventory. My first surprise was all of the duct tape holding the skins in-place. What a pain in the ass it was to get things separated. Luckily I was planning on stripping the plastic off to prime as I quickly butchered large sections of plastic trying to get skins and subkits apart so we could find the parts numbers. Other builders must be way more patient and careful than me. We finished the mian crate together and then I went downstairs and tackled the samll crate and hardware bags solo. Completed the inventory and only found 3 nuts missing in one of the bags and no backorders -- way to go Van's!
