John Brennaman
10-31-2005, 2:33 PM
Guys,
I just received the shipment of the Grizzly G0500 jointer. I had heard horror stories about the company they previously used (Overnight Trucking, I think) and I thought I would share the experience.
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I received a call from SAIA trucking 2 days after I made the order on-line. I was asked when would be a good time to make the delivery. We scheduled and then I told the lady that it would be delivered to a residence and that I had no loading dock. She assured me that they would make the delivery on a truck with a lift, no extra charge.
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The truck arrived when promised, the driver was friendly and courteous and he took the cartons off the truck with a lift and rolled them into my garage. A year ago a friend of mine had a delivery from Grizzly via Overnight Freight and had to pay an extra $65 dollars above the regular freight fee for the same service.
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After I unpacked the jointer and found no damage, I proceeded to assemble. It took only a couple of hours to include a couple of short breaks for coffee (okay, maybe not too short). Alignment was minimal. The blades were set perfect with no nicks. The out-feed table only had to be raised about .025 inch to line it up with the top of the blades. After assembly and alignment I ran through a piece of hard maple. I was very satisfied with how smooth a cut I obtained.
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I’m very satisfied with the jointer and would recommend it to anyone who is shopping for an 8” jointer (no, I don’t have stock in Grizzly).
I just received the shipment of the Grizzly G0500 jointer. I had heard horror stories about the company they previously used (Overnight Trucking, I think) and I thought I would share the experience.
<O:p
I received a call from SAIA trucking 2 days after I made the order on-line. I was asked when would be a good time to make the delivery. We scheduled and then I told the lady that it would be delivered to a residence and that I had no loading dock. She assured me that they would make the delivery on a truck with a lift, no extra charge.
<O:p
The truck arrived when promised, the driver was friendly and courteous and he took the cartons off the truck with a lift and rolled them into my garage. A year ago a friend of mine had a delivery from Grizzly via Overnight Freight and had to pay an extra $65 dollars above the regular freight fee for the same service.
<O:p
After I unpacked the jointer and found no damage, I proceeded to assemble. It took only a couple of hours to include a couple of short breaks for coffee (okay, maybe not too short). Alignment was minimal. The blades were set perfect with no nicks. The out-feed table only had to be raised about .025 inch to line it up with the top of the blades. After assembly and alignment I ran through a piece of hard maple. I was very satisfied with how smooth a cut I obtained.
<O:p
I’m very satisfied with the jointer and would recommend it to anyone who is shopping for an 8” jointer (no, I don’t have stock in Grizzly).