The engine was delivered today. Twice.
I had no idea it had even been shipped (a week afterwards, I received a letter saying it was shipped the week before). Luckily, I was home. The first UPS truck showed up about 1:30 P.M. When I answered the door, the driver said "I'm here to tell you that your engine is not being delivered today." Apparently when it was shipped, the address was not identified as a residential one so the truck was not equipped with a lift gate. The driver said they would try to deliver it tomorrow and would call ahead to arrange a time.
About an hour and fifteen minutes later, another truck arrived for delivery attempt #2. The original driver had given his cargo to his second, lift gate-equipped colleague. Again, no communication from the driver. He just showed up assuming I was home.
He was not willing to place the pallet on my purpose-acquired dolly, so I had him place it behind the plane where it would reside in an unimposing manner.
Dimensions: 38"x25"x39" (WxHxD). Weight: 379 pounds. For the the civilized world, that's 96.5x63.5x99 cm and 172 kg. The box rests on three 2x4s and that is then rested on a tired, old, ratted-out pallet.
The "Tip N Tell" was new to me. Very ingenious (demo video here).
So the engine shall rest in that spot for...oh...probably most of next year.
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