Well, inventorying the small parts only took about an hour or so. Van's has changed their method of packing small parts and are now using a collection of "tackle boxes" as they are called on VAF. They are translucent plastic boxes with customizable inserts that are postioned to make ~25-30 little part bins. Van's then printed a 'parts map' that physically overlays the bins for easy identification. Think 'box of chocolates' from Valentine's Day with the candies labeled on the inside of the lid. VAF had a few grumpy comments about parts that spilled over, but mine were just fine.
(I did forget to double check the length of the Cherry Max rivets that I received. Some very early kits apparently had the wrong length of those parts.)
Despite my reticence about throwing away good material, I just cut up the crate into <5' chunks and folded and tied all of the heavy duty cardboard into individual bundles and drug it all to the curb. I hope it all got picked up today! (My wife has not texted me anything to the contrary, so I'm hopeful.) The garage is now officially a workshop and ready for business!
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