"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> Yesterday my new Weber arrived by private carrier... you gotta see the
> Weber carton, triple walled heavy corrugated with honeycomb
> reinforcements everywhere. It took me over two hours to unpack it,
> then another hour to fold up all the extra corrugated and break up the
> styrofoam. The outer carton is so heavy and so strong it can easily
> substitute for a coffin. The trucker said it weighed 160 pounds...
> I'd guesstimate 75 lbs is packaging. Weber packaging is an
> engineering miracal, however their assembly instructions are a total
> failure. I'm going to wait for this 90º+ heat to go before attempting
> to decipher their lousy assembly instructions, they are by far the
> worst I've ever seen. This is a grill that retails for nearly $1,000.
> I've seen much better assembly instructions with a $20 tomato cage...
> the users manual is worse, TP is better grade paper, and the font is
> so small I need a magnifying glass to read it... phone directories are
> printed on better paper use a more legible font. After looking it
> over I see no reason it can't be shipped much more throughly
> assembled... shouldn't need more than 15 minutes, instead it will take
> about 6 hours... the bag of assorted fasteners must weigh five pounds.
> I'll eventually assemble it but I'm not happy with the instructions.

I don't envy you that. We put one together many years ago. It was a total
nightmare with instructions that were ridiculous, and I'm sure it wasn't
anything as elaborate as what you're going to put together. We have had a
couple more since then, but only will buy fully assembled after that fiasco.
Good luck, but I've no doubt you'll "get er done."

Cheri