Moving a large egg

JefCB01

preparing to move my large egg to a new house. Tried to put the white spacers on and they won’t fit over both bolts. 

Any suggestions?  Should I just empty the guts and leave the lid on?

dmchicago

Are you using a moving company? 

When I moved from Chicago to Austin, I let them handle it since it was insured if anything got f'd up. 

All went well.

Bowne1

If you are moving yourself, here is what I have done with 3 eggs. First, take out the fire box and ring. Put each one separate in plastic bag and wrap them in cheap blankets and put tape around. Next, I fill the inside (stuff full) with old blankets and once it is full level with the felt line, I sandwich a blanket between the lid and base. From there I wrap the eggs with plastic shrink wrap where the lid will not open. I learned this from a moving company. Seems a little overkill, but have never had a problem. 

td66snrf

I  always take them apart. It's much lighter that way and you isolate each piece from breakage. 

tenpenny_05

take the guts out and tighten the bands before attempting to move.
I've never understood the practice of stuffing hollow things with blankets to protect against breakage,  but then again there is a lot I don't understand...

hoosier_egger

Take the guts out, loosen the bottom band and remove the dome and hinge assembly.

Easy Peasy 

SandyHookEgger

 put it in the back of a pickup truck. have wife hold it securely. 

larryd

You forgot to threaten the wife with her life if the egg does a Humpty Dumpty !!!!! Lol

MaskedMarvel

We took the guts out and transported one in its side last month. Don’t know if I should have been, but I WAS nervous! 

bradleya123

I'll be moving my LBGE this spring, thanks for the info!!!  

thetrim

Once you take everything out, it is actually not very heavy.  I would avoid removing the dome.

Jupiter Jim

I have moved a large many times just pick it up guts and all (need two strong people) put in back of pickup truck or Ford Expedition secure with ratchet straps so it cant fall our and drive it to where you want it. If a mover is doing it and it's insured I would let them do it how ever they want because I wouldn't want them to say well we packed it as you requested and it broke. Hope this helps.

msloan

Empty it and then get you a set of “pot lifters”.  Moving it around then becomes super easy with two people.

Action_Hank

I removed the guts, slipped a piece of cardboard between the lid and base, and zip-tied it shut.  I must be a bit of a nancy, bc that motha was heavyyyy....  It might might have helped too if I had used gloves while moving.  The intake mouth is the only place for good grip, and that baby gets sharp when your sweatin'

Protip:  Do NOT lift egg at all by the lid, even if you think it's secure.