Love this carrier!!!Take your time to assemble-some of the diagrams are shown in different perspective-I changed to the on-line directions for this item. All the pieces are with it but you will need 2 wreches _one adjustable/two people-esp to load into your receiver. About two hours. The bag is awesome but it became wet n one side( driving at high speed in wet weather?-or maybe it wasn’t closed as well as it should have been. The tie downs that came with it were great but we also used extra straps. We filled the base of the bag and then lifted into the carrier and then finished filling. The materials and structure are excellent-and it fit perfectly behind our travel van-extending about 3 ft beyond the bumper leaving eazy access to the back entry. We found it to be very stable without shake or twist. And the fasteners never loosened on our 2000 mile road trip. No noise or rattle. We loaded it with aprox 125lbs. A BIG PLUS-when not using it it folds up. We believe it’s a good choice for the price. A good value.