Well, Houston, we have a problem.
The interior box that should have contained all the blade hardware, such as trip spring, skid shoes, bolts, pins, etc was not there. The interior box, when opened, revealed another female slip hitch cowbell. Ah…. already one of those in the hitch box and cannot really use two of those.
Call into the dealer, of course. There's going to be a rain delay and don't know when play will resume. Kinda glad I didn't wait until November or December and they were calling for that big, early blizzard or something. Sigh. Stuff happens.