Questions for those with the 42" pellet smoker

[AmosMoses01]

Haven't posted in a long time - life's been busy. My wife and I will be moving soon, and as part of the move I'm going to be looking at getting a new pellet smoker. I had a Blazn' Grill Works smoker that lasted till last December when it had a pretty catastrophic internal set of failures. I didn't want to experiment w/trying to buy parts to fix it, so just got a Recteq Dualfire 1200. Have been using that a ton, but I honestly don't think it is robust enough to handle being moved from the backyard of our current place, on a trailer, and then to the backyard of the new place. I've wanted an LSG for a long time, so this may be the opportunity...

That being said, at ~450lb, I'm clueless as to how I'll be able to get that sucker through the yard/side of house (which is xeriscaped river stones)/through the back yard and up onto the patio. Fairly certain that the 5" or 8" casters just won't handle that trip, but also don't want the ~$900 cost of the off-road package (plus the added height/width those wheels add - I doubt it could fit through the gate to the back yard) either. For those of you who have these beasts, any insights would be greatly appreciated! For those with the 8" casters, does that make the grilling height uncomfortable/awkward? Thanks!

[realdocBBQ]

Get 2 (or 3) sheets of plywood, 5x8 or so. Lay them down one after another while wheeling it 8 feet at a time. It works surprisingly well, you just need 3 or 4 people to really control things. Honestly, one man CAN do it, just gonna take you an hour or so to get it moved and you'll have to be careful, block or lock the wheels to hold it still, etc.

It's doable.

[Uncle Bob]

Agreed, really a simple solution, though 4x8 sheets are what you likely find.

[Purc]

Don't forget several thank you beers for your helpers.

[Dan Deter]

Agreed, that's how I did a cabinet style tablesaw with small wheels.

[AmosMoses01]

Thanks y'all. I had an epiphany last night that worst comes to worse, I can just cart the thing THROUGH the house to the patio instead of around it since it will be a new smoker .

My wife surprised me last night with the question: "I thought you wanted the El Fuego Trio?" So now I'm debating whether to stay with the 42", go crazy and get the El Fuego Trio, or get the LSG Pellet Cabinet. Purc good call on helpers (and refreshments for them) - the LSG Cabinet is 665lb - the other two are roughly 450lb - so I'm gonna need a bunch of helpers if I go with the cabinet. I don't think I'll ever need the cabinet's cooking area, but having too much space is a better problem than not having enough (made that mistake with my first pellet smoker). The El Fuego Trio is intriguing, but my stumbling/hesistation about it (other than the additional $2K in price) is it doesn't have a front shelf, which I've used a ton with my previous smokers. But if your wife tells you it is ok to get the Ferrari Daytona Spyder, it seems a missed opportunity to settle on Magnum PI's 308. I'm blessed to have such decisions in front of me!

[barelfly]

LSG!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Uncle Bob]

Bonus for Ferrari references................personally I'd like to have a '63 Lusso

[barelfly]

Not that I’m getting an LSG, but given your question….I have actually thought out how I would get it from the drive way to the patio and it would be through the house! I think you a solid plan right there!!! I like the stable flat ground approach to something heavy like that!


can’t wait to hear what you pick!