Day 1 ~ Receive and Inventory the Pallet

  With any new project, excitement juices are flowing! The long-anticipated delivery is finally here. I opted to have the pallet shipped to the "local" terminal an hour away, but saved a couple hundred bucks doing so. It's not a bad deal to pop the pallet in a pickup truck bed. Mark told me it would fit, but since I have a 2002 quad-cab Dakota, I was hesitant on the bed size. Turns out I didn't have to bring the trailer, because it would have fit just fine. That's just FYI for the guys looking to get their own pallet sometime.
  Well I hate to mention the bad news, but what good is a blog if I only tell you the happy fluff. FedEx Freight managed to run a forklift into the beautiful shell that is the rear body and tore a nice 12-14" gash at the top of the wheel well. I immediately texted Mark and called him up for advice. We claimed it on the FedEx form and I was on my way. Mark says it's really no biggie to fix, but if after scrutinizing the damage it seems irreparable, then he'll send me a new one. See so it's not really that bad after all. I have plenty of time and work before I get that far anyway.
  Mark's got a super-busy weekend with the Waterfest show and all, so I'll probably catch up with him early next week on some Q & A. As a late "beta" I'm getting the kit in nearly full-production mode, but we're still developing the build manual is my understanding. So without a "book" I have a few questions like "Where on earth do I start?" Thankfully there's plenty of info online between clarifying pics on multiple facebook albums and the guide at smythperformance.blogspot.com so I'll stay plenty busy before I get stumped. I guess I'm just reasonably cautious and nervous...nah!