Here's my story on this "adventure"! I'll start out with the assembly, then go into the nightmare of actually getting this thing home!
Major complaint/problem: Power runway end beam windows were not positioned correctly. Minor complaint would be the instructions could be better. First I'll start with the assembly, then the transportation of it. Ok, here goes:
End of the power runway that had the single pulley's did not go all the way down onto end beam so holes did not line up to even put the bolts in. Also due to this, the single pulleys would not turn as the window openings were not aligned properly causing them to bind up. A "BFH" straightened out the end of the runway which helped but a grinder was also needed to remove two humps in the top of the end beam where the runway sits on. Looks like it swelled up from the welding process. Once these "repairs" were done, the runway sat down properly allowing the pulley's to turn freely.
Now for the worst part. The other end of the power runway with the double pulleys was so far out of alignment that before even putting the runway into place, the pulleys would not turn more than 2 inches! This is something that should have been very evident when those pulleys were installed by Bend Pak. It was however left go for the customer to deal with. The fix was to grind about 1/8 inch of metal from the window opening so the pulleys could turn. This only solved part of the problem. Once the runway was set into place on the end beam, those window openings did not align and were off by more than 3/16" as well as the bolt holes being way off. Using the "BGH" again and grinding ALOT of metal out of the window slots was needed to fix this. Needless to say, I was not happy having to do any of this. Poor quality control for sure. Maybe this is where the made in China part comes into play???
Next, the non power side runway needed to have a hole on each side drilled out as well. The holes were off by about 1/8" not allowing the bolt to go through.
Lastly, I feel the instructions could have been better. Some things were just too vague for a first time installer. And the tool list in the manual, I could add about 20 more tools to that list!!!
Major complaint/problem: Power runway end beam windows were not positioned correctly. Minor complaint would be the instructions could be better. First I'll start with the assembly, then the transportation of it. Ok, here goes:
End of the power runway that had the single pulley's did not go all the way down onto end beam so holes did not line up to even put the bolts in. Also due to this, the single pulleys would not turn as the window openings were not aligned properly causing them to bind up. A "BFH" straightened out the end of the runway which helped but a grinder was also needed to remove two humps in the top of the end beam where the runway sits on. Looks like it swelled up from the welding process. Once these "repairs" were done, the runway sat down properly allowing the pulley's to turn freely.
Now for the worst part. The other end of the power runway with the double pulleys was so far out of alignment that before even putting the runway into place, the pulleys would not turn more than 2 inches! This is something that should have been very evident when those pulleys were installed by Bend Pak. It was however left go for the customer to deal with. The fix was to grind about 1/8 inch of metal from the window opening so the pulleys could turn. This only solved part of the problem. Once the runway was set into place on the end beam, those window openings did not align and were off by more than 3/16" as well as the bolt holes being way off. Using the "BGH" again and grinding ALOT of metal out of the window slots was needed to fix this. Needless to say, I was not happy having to do any of this. Poor quality control for sure. Maybe this is where the made in China part comes into play???
Next, the non power side runway needed to have a hole on each side drilled out as well. The holes were off by about 1/8" not allowing the bolt to go through.
Lastly, I feel the instructions could have been better. Some things were just too vague for a first time installer. And the tool list in the manual, I could add about 20 more tools to that list!!!
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(yeh, like that'll happen) :stooges 
It's worth about $200 from what I can find. 
