Well, that's the good news. I went and picked it up and it was a lot bigger and heavier then I thought. I know it was heavy, just couldn't thank of that weight being that heavy, if that makes any sense. So I went and picked it up in the truck and after seeing how big it was I thought I should have brought the trailer, which I should have.
I got home with it ok, opened the box (plywood box) and I knew I should have picked it up with the trailer... I'm in trouble now. I got everything that was lose in the box and set aside for the time being, being I wanted to try and make it as light as possible. I did install the front axil and wheels but ended up taking them back off being I had to lean it the other way to put the mount on for the trailer hitch.
After wrestling it around I did get the trailer hitch on and the front wheels but left the rear axil and wheels off for now. I was afraid if I put the front wheels on and tried to life up the other end it might roll off the truck bed.
The big problem now is getting it off the truck bed being it weighs almost 600 lbs! I thought about getting 4-5 guy's to help pick it up then set it down on the ground but I don't know. I'm also thinking of putting chains around it and have my neighbor pick it up with his front loader high enough to pull the truck out then set it down. Using chains might be ok but you have to watch when picking it up the chains don't go against something when the weight is on them and break something.
As of now I ran out of daylight so it's sitting half way on the skid it was shipped on and half of it is on a board on the tail gate. I knew I should have taken the trailer to pick it up, would have made everything so much easier. Could have put it together on the trailer then just rolled it off the trailer on the ramp.
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