This is gonna seem a little long winded, but I couldn't believe my luck on such a busy weekend.
This past weekend, I headed up to the Minneapolis area, from the Milwaukee area, with my oldest daughter's high school marching band. I'm one the many parents who volunteer with the staging/loading/unloading/transporting of everything that the 228 band/color guard students use for the competitions. We fill a 48' semi trailer & 26' box truck. I'm one of the few with a CDL, so I took the box truck. Luckily, there was just over 2' available at the rear, because there were some treasures awaiting a new owner. Took boxes, bubble/foam/stretch wrap, & tape, since my new family members would be handled quite a few times & were riding in the way back. All Craigslist finds.
1st stop: Friday night (St. Paul, MN)
(didn't get screenshot before seller pulled listing)
--- $40 ---
22" brown (Coffee?) Happy Cooker in really nice condition, except for one ding in the lid, non-original lid handle, & missing lid catch(?) on backside. Ash pan there & in great shape.
Saturday 8:30am-4:30pm. Practice in Hastings, MN. Perform in Farmington, MN.
2nd stop: Saturday evening (Richfield, MN)
--- $20 ---
18" Sears Economy in fair condition. Bought it for the Weber grate & ash pan, that were in/on it, so I can finish my 18" Brownie.
3rd stop: Saturday evening (Maple Grove, MN). Seller met me halfway from my hotel.
--- $20 ---
22" gray (real, actual gray) OT ("M" code) in good condition. Couple of porcelain imperfections, battered ash pan, weathered handles, & weathered wheels.
Saturday night, I took my youngest daughter to Mall Of America. We covered every floor of that place in about two hours, and even managed to do some actual shopping.
4th stop: Sunday morning (Hudson, WI)
--- $30 ---
18" burgundy OTS ("DD" code) in perfect condition, except for the "Weber" handle markings rubbing off a little. Chimney only used once.
Sunday 10:00am-4:00pm. Practice at high school in River Falls, WI. Perform at UW-River Falls. On the way home, when stopping for fuel, I emailed & set up grill #5 (counting it since I set it up on the weekend).
5th stop: Monday night (Greenfield, WI)
--- $30 ---
22" black MBH ("B" code) in great condition. Cleaned it up Tuesday night after work. Sent the seller a pic of finished product, so she could show it to "Grandma" who bought it brand new in 1980.
Hope you made it through w/o dozing off!!!
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