Do not know about you folks, if it was me, I would be screaming pissed for having to wait so long on a defective product !! You all have patience !! Lost mine many years back
I have to say, 18K miles on the Banks unit with scoop and still no issues. This includes lots of ranch road travels and 4x4 across some nasty land. Had to pull grass and mud out of the scoop a couple times already
-R