When we read the description it said the shipping weight was 40 lbs. baloney. about 4 lbs. when we tried to put it together 2 of the screws/nuts were stripped. my wife called customer service to send it back and was told they would send out a new hardware package. that was over a week ago and we still haven't received it. no more ordering from these people from us. btw: the rack isn't that nice.