Ryan Wells
10-29-2009, 11:26 AM
I finally saved enough dough to purchase a base model Elite FTS GHR (manufactured by Williams Strength). I placed the order directly with Dave Tate, who happened to answer the phone. He was great on the phone. He said that "Rhonda" would be my point of contact for questions and that she would be contacting me along the way as the order progressed. I did receive one call back from her confirming that she received the order, then after several weeks the next call was from the freight carrier stating that they wanted to set up a time to deliver it.
When it arrived, it was packed extremely well. It was bolted to a pallet and was wrapped like crazy with bubble wrap and shrink wrap.
My buddy and I finally got it into my basement. After unwrapping it, I noticed that the feet (the "L" shaped floor flanges) were all welded on crooked. One was pointing forward the other one point backward and one was cocked upward. It was like they eyeballed it when tacking the welds. This isn't a huge deal and doesn't affect the performance of the machine; however, there is a slight twist in the legs where the rear one doesn't quite sit level and isn't true with the front. I shimmed the one flange on the left rear with some shim material used for hanging doors and it solved the wobble.
From the feet up, the device is pristine. It just seems to me that for the money. they could have gotten the feet square and the thing to sit level. I think whoever worked on this noticed it and decided to welded some band attachments on to the thing hoping to make me happy.
(photos to come)
When it arrived, it was packed extremely well. It was bolted to a pallet and was wrapped like crazy with bubble wrap and shrink wrap.
My buddy and I finally got it into my basement. After unwrapping it, I noticed that the feet (the "L" shaped floor flanges) were all welded on crooked. One was pointing forward the other one point backward and one was cocked upward. It was like they eyeballed it when tacking the welds. This isn't a huge deal and doesn't affect the performance of the machine; however, there is a slight twist in the legs where the rear one doesn't quite sit level and isn't true with the front. I shimmed the one flange on the left rear with some shim material used for hanging doors and it solved the wobble.
From the feet up, the device is pristine. It just seems to me that for the money. they could have gotten the feet square and the thing to sit level. I think whoever worked on this noticed it and decided to welded some band attachments on to the thing hoping to make me happy.
(photos to come)