Transporting EGG...Help

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I am planning on taking my new LG EGG on a road trip for the 4th of July weekend. I have an EGG w/Nest and a pickup truck….now what? Any tips and/or tricks to safely lift/move/transport my baby would be appreciated.

Dennis

Morro Bay Rich

For liftiing this does wonders:

http://www.potlifter.com/

Egghead-Sooner

I have taken my large across the country and back in the back of my suv. THe only thing I did was throw a blanket over it to protect the interior/egg from getting damaged. It was packed in rather snuggly though, with luggage and stuff. If I where you I would put the egg in a corner of a truck with ample blankets and quilts wrapping it. and use plenty of rope or twine to secure it in place. The only thing you need to be careful of are speeding up and slowing down and taking corners when in driving in a city. No worries on the highway, the egg is really big stable and travels fine.

PS. Some guys make rigs they place their eggs in for travel. You can probably search the forum to see some pictures. If i remember correctly, there is a square base the egg sits on, four legs about 5-6" long, and a removable ring that goes around the egg holding it place (which is connected to the legs).

BackYardGreen

I rigged up something similar to the pot lifter to hoist my L egg using some strong rope and a couple of hockey sticks although any other type of solid stick would work.

Rob

WingRider

Put something soft(padded) under the egg. A couple of years ago, someone posted that they transported their egg in the bed of their pickup, and went over a RR crossing a little aggressivly ( crossing was a little rough as well) and broke mister humpty.
PADDING is the word of the day!
I have a pot lifter and is a worthwhile investment.

Celtic Wolf

OK I transport three LBGEs in the bed of my pick-up regularly.

My Taco comes with adjustable hooks I can tie down stuff with. I put my egg into the corner of the bed nearest the cab. Least amount of bounce there. Then I use tie-down straps with the rackets and secure it in place. Easy peasy.. I place the nest on it's side and if there is only one egg in the truck I will secure it in place too.

I will tell you this. Make sure all the hardware on the nest is tight. They will come apart if'n you aren't careful.

cdkeach

I've moved my large 3 times this season as I've started competing. 2-3 hours was the furthest with the egg in a BGE-made table, strapped on a 4x6 utility trailer with 3-4 heavy gauge load straps.

No matter how secure I've had it there is still enough vibration to cause the fire box to rotate up to 180 degrees. The Egg sits on a concrete paver and I've had that try to vibrate out from under the Egg.

I'm still looking for a better way to move the Egg. No damage to date but I'm worried the 4th competition could be pressing my luck. I enjoy cooking on the EGG but I'm already thinking of parking it on my deck and buying a couple of Weber Smokey Mountains to compete with.

Any good ideas are appreciated.

Celtic Wolf

I hope you saw those pictures that TNW posted about the troop cook at Ft. bragg a couple days ago. This Eggs in the back of the truck were not strapped in, nor are the ones in my trailer. Nothing gets bounced around in my eggs like you describe. The only thing I usually have to do it put the firegrate back in place.

If you look at the pictures Doug posted of the eggs in my truck, they are up against the cab where the least vibrations occur. In the trailer they are up against the front wall and double as the tongue weight. Again the least vibrations occur there. They are not on pavers or anything else except for the floor.

If your eggs are bouncing like you describe you need to reconsider placement or something else is wrong. .

toymantn

ive been transporting both my large and extra large eggs , after thinking abouit it and looking with it sitting in the table with the paver under it i came up with the idea of getting a welding blanket, folding it into a square so its multiple layers thick and putting that under the egg to pad it, since its heat resistant it can just stay there ,  and then getting a pool noodle and splitting it down the center and slipping it onto the rim of the table between it and the sides of the egg, fits nice and snug and keeps it from bumping around etc. then strap it all down with ratchet straps