Arrival

It arrived today in a formidably large and heavy half-crate half-cardboard box that didn't quite stand up to it's long journey and many loadings and unloadings no doubt. The cardboard was barely attached in places and the innerds could be seen through the rips.

However no damage was noticed to the machine itself and all the pieces seemed to be there.

I decided to set it up in a sun-room attached to the workshop rather than wrestle it into the house, but that was a hard enough job getting it there. Although it has wheels to roll it, it had to be turned on it's side to get it through narrow openings, but it wasn't happy about sliding on it's side.

But I finally got it there and put it together. The bolt holes all lined up OK. The trick is not to tighten any bolt the last three turns until you have all the bolts started. Putting in the Phillips screws that hold the console on was harder, due to working upside down, but I finally managed it. It says you should have two people, and that would probably be a good idea if you didn't kill each other first out of exasperation.

Well it was now evening and I plugged it in and it worked. I used it manually just trying the speed and the climbing angle. Even though it goes 12 mph 3 mph was as fast as I was able to go so far.

It was quiet enough with just squeeks and groans coming from it that varied with the speed. More later, have to read the instruction manual.