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Back in business...

pwshine
pwshine Posts: 48
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2 weeks after disaster....



...back in business and ready to fire this newly replaced base and fully functioning egg up tomorrow! Only thing left is to install the new handler to try and help avoid this again



Happy Saturday everyone!
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  • LKNEgg
    LKNEgg Posts: 339
    Say it isn't so!  Glad you are back up and running.  Did a wheel get caught in the concrete cracking tipping it?
    Large BGE - 2014
    FB 200, KAB, AR - 2015
    Lake Norman area of NC
    The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten!
    Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing!
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  • chuckytheegghead
    chuckytheegghead Posts: 1,201
    Glad to see you're back up and running. What's planned for the first cook on your "new" egg?
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  • SemolinaPilchard
    SemolinaPilchard Posts: 1,282
    Good news. Seeing that pic on Super Bowl Sunday was unsettling. Is that the original bands? If so, I figured they would have been knocked way out of alignment.
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    No handler! Oh the audacity! Happy Egging!
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  • pwshine
    pwshine Posts: 48
    LKNEgg said:
    Say it isn't so!  Glad you are back up and running.  Did a wheel get caught in the concrete cracking tipping it?
    Yes that's exactly what happened. The dome was salvaged and the BGE company covered the base at 100% warranty, so all I had to pay to replace was the firebox. All in all, not too bad I'd say. Could have been ALOT worse
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  • pwshine
    pwshine Posts: 48
    chuckytheegghead said:
    Glad to see you're back up and running. What's planned for the first cook on your "new" egg?
    Forgot to get a new placesetter when I picked the stuff up today, but did remember the handler...imagine that
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  • pwshine
    pwshine Posts: 48
    chuckytheegghead said:
    Glad to see you're back up and running. What's planned for the first cook on your "new" egg?

    So straight to steaks for the "first" cook
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  • pwshine
    pwshine Posts: 48

    SemolinaPilchard said:
    Good news. Seeing that pic on Super Bowl Sunday was unsettling. Is that the original bands? If so, I figured they would have been knocked way out of alignment.
    Original bands yes. They seemed to have survived ok
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  • pwshine
    pwshine Posts: 48
    pgprescott said:
    No handler! Oh the audacity! Happy Egging!
    Expensive lesson learned
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  • tjv
    tjv Posts: 3,846
    had that happen the morning of the oklahoma eggfest one year.  dude just stood there staring at it.........one new egg shot to helllllllll......

    poster child for pull not push when moving......

    t
    www.ceramicgrillstore.com ACGP, Inc.
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  • Killit_and_Grillit
    Killit_and_Grillit Posts: 4,326
    That picture is like a bad dream that keeps showing up. Hurts me every time. Glad you're getting everything sorted out. 

    "Brought to you by bourbon, bacon, and a series of questionable life decisions."

    South of Nashville, TN

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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    tjv said:
    had that happen the morning of the oklahoma eggfest one year.  dude just stood there staring at it.........one new egg shot to helllllllll......

    poster child for pull not push when moving......

    t
    I pretty much need blood pressure medication after our eggfest. It's small, but people show up totally unprepared. We preach to them for weeks about the handling and transport, but only half listen. I only have so many straps and tie downs to loan out. Lol! 
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  • jhegger
    jhegger Posts: 3
    Yes, nothing stops us !!
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    jhegger said:
    Yes, nothing stops us !!
    It's stressful for me cause I would hate to see anything bad happen. They are heavy and awkward as you very well know. 
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  • epcotisbest
    epcotisbest Posts: 2,176
    "Only thing left is to install the new handler to try and help avoid this again."

    Had that happened to me I think I would have installed the handler first then built the revived egg around the handler. Heck, maybe even figure out a way to install two handlers just to be safe!
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  • XC242
    XC242 Posts: 1,208
    Glad to see things worked out okay. EGG ON!!
    LBGE (still waitin' for my free T-Shirt), DIgiQ DX2 (In Blue, cause it's the fastest), Heavy Duty Kick Ash Basket, Mc Farland, WI. :glasses:  B)
    If it wasn't for my BGE I'd have no use for my backyard...
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  • tjv
    tjv Posts: 3,846
    pgprescott said:
    tjv said:
    had that happen the morning of the oklahoma eggfest one year.  dude just stood there staring at it.........one new egg shot to helllllllll......

    poster child for pull not push when moving......

    t
    I pretty much need blood pressure medication after our eggfest. It's small, but people show up totally unprepared. We preach to them for weeks about the handling and transport, but only half listen. I only have so many straps and tie downs to loan out. Lol! 
    somebody needs to put a video together of all the wild ways folks leave fests with their eggs.   can't tell ya how many times I've stopped guys from either using the egg's hinge to lift into a truck bed or try to put the egg on its side with fire ring and firebox installed to squeeze it into a trunk or hatchback.........the visual shock almost sobers ya up after a long day of drinking and eating.......

    t 
    www.ceramicgrillstore.com ACGP, Inc.
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