Transporting eggs back and forth

Fireman_Joe

I transport my small but now I am thinking of taking my large eggs to the race track as more and more people stop by to eat. Looking for safe ideas for the large eggs.

Pjoe

I can't help you with the large, but wondering how you transport the small. I bought a small for the RV and it is still kinda hard to move. I was gonna buy an Egg Carten, but apparently those aren't available any more. Bill

BYS1981

what kind of vehicle are you working with? that makes a huge difference..

I have been dreaming of when my family upsizes our car and egg, so I can start bringing the egg to Oakland raider and A's games.

Mickey

Larges are easy in pickup. Very much suggest a "Handler" for it.

HorseMover

When transporting I assume you pull the guts of the egg? Do you wrap up fire box and ring?

Mickey

HorseMover said:

When transporting I assume you pull the guts of the egg? Do you wrap up fire box and ring?

Done it both ways. Found so much easier (and works fine, TX to FL and back) just to slide some cardboard between the box and other items and leave packed.

Jeremiah

I can't find it now but someone on here posted a link to a wheel barrow type wagon table. It looked like it would make a large more mobile than anything.

Fred19Flintstone

Jeremiah said:

I can't find it now but someone on here posted a link to a wheel barrow type wagon table. It looked like it would make a large more mobile than anything.

I think that was called a Grill Barrow or something similar.  As I recall, it looked very well made, but the price point was ridiculously high.

Fireman_Joe

Right now the small is in a steel rack similar to the Egg Cartens but no where near as nice, I put it in a moving blanket and then put it in the rack. As far as the firebox and ring I have strips of cardboard that I slide around them and a piece of cardboard for in between the two. I also bungie cord the top down to the rack.

I will be transporting the eggs in a race car trailer near the front cabinets, most of the time it will be nice highway traveling but to get into some of the tracks I feel like I am traveling through the Grand Canyon. Here is a pic of the current rig we have.

Black_Badger

Reach out to @SMITTYtheSMOKER, he's got an amazing set up to transport large eggs.

Fireman_Joe

Thanks Black_Badger, will do.

henapple

You could make a mobile table... What do you drive? On a side note... I thought Raider fans only three eggs... )

oakdaleegger

BYS1981 said:

what kind of vehicle are you working with? that makes a huge difference.. I have been dreaming of when my family upsizes our car and egg, so I can start bringing the egg to Oakland raider and A's games.

I have yet to see an egg at a Raider game. Have you ever seen one there?

td66snrf

Nice rig. What kind of racecar?

 

SMITTYtheSMOKER

We use d-rings and zip ties to the floor. We carry 3 Large Eggs with 1 XL to each event.  We do put towels in between the internal ceramics. 

500

Always wanted to take my Large to the RIR nascar tailgate. Tough to do. The tailgate gets bigger each race. This time along with the Giant Jenga game I brought the portable bar;...

Fireman_Joe

td66snrf we have a Porsche for SCCA races and when we are not running that we go back to our roots which is racing karts.

BYS1981

oakdaleegger said:

BYS1981 said:

what kind of vehicle are you working with? that makes a huge difference..

I have been dreaming of when my family upsizes our car and egg, so I can start bringing the egg to Oakland raider and A's games.

I have yet to see an egg at a Raider game. Have you ever seen one there?

no, hell I brought a propane grille abd people were asking about it.

SandBilly

I set my larges on an old tire, then use 2 ratchet straps on both sides. The base of the egg is large enough to set on the bead and it never touches the the floor. Cushions it quite well.

Fireman_Joe

BYS1981, here is the cooking trailer for the Ravens games that some of my friends use.

Mickey

By far the easiest way is to use an Egg Troll in your pickup for the back to keep all ok on your trip. The ones out of TN seem to work the best.

Jackh

Big green egg Tail Gate Hitch for the poultry sum of 749.

Fireman_Joe

Smittythesmoker, Thank you for the pic. I think your method will work great for me and I know that it has been tested !

dldawes1

I like the Egg Troll idea !!!!   I'll have to make a trip down to TN to look for one !!!

Toxarch

Talked to a guy at a cookoff that had his older large egg there. He said he disassembled it, loaded it and then reassembled it in the truck. Hadn't had an issue doing that yet. He had a stick burner trailer and brought the egg just for cooking chicken.

Smokin_Trout

jjmills Posts: 115

April 13

This works fantastic for lifting the egg.  For transporting I plop it in the back of my truck, use towels and ratchet straps and off I go!!
Can't take credit for it, jjmills posted it for me. I used this design to move two XL's. So much nicer than trying to hold on to the bottom. I just used a tie down instead of the cross board on the open end. 

dougcrann

Definitely either remove the guts or cushion them with bubble wrap/towels/cardboard. I broke the firebox on our XL when we moved from Phx to Spokane...

bgeaddikt

A Large fits in my toyota camry, either in the backseats or front, with seatbelt on of course. I do it by myself. Well back when i had my eggs. Its easy, just be cautious and smart about it, its fragile ceramic.