As some of you may know I live in a trailer park that adjoins with a seasonal camp ground. One of the services we share is dumpsters for our garbage and recycles.
Last August my wife found us a like new Genesis Silver A gasser next to the dumpsters. Well, today I take garbage up and upon opening the lid I see the bowl of an 18" kettle with only one leg attached. I reached in and pulled it out expecting it to be totally rotted out. Nope, it was solid and all leg sockets are firm! Under a pile of half spent charcoal and ash I recovered the grates. They are not the best but they are also consumables in the Weber world. Next up I found the lid. I was already excited because the bowl had 2 wooden handles. The lid was in pretty good shape with only a small bit of rash. Date code F, 1984! A bit more digging and I found the other two legs, wheels and triangle under a very smelly bag of garbage. (Dirty diapers??) :P
Any way, I brought it all home and put it together, the only thing missing is the ash pan. Here it is in all its dirty glory. A 4th of July weekend project for sure!
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That is a cool find. Congratulations.
That's so awesome, only thing better is if you cook on it, on the fourth and post some pics....I love these kind of stories.....
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Nice score. That'll clean up nicely.
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Nice rescue. Can't get much closer than that to the crusher.
Very cool, man. Someone send this guy an ashpan!
That's a nice lookin 18! Congrats!
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F'n cool!
One man's trash is another man's treasure. Great find.
True RESCUE! Nice job, Hofy!
Nice!
That'll clean up real nice.
Man all these 18's popping up makes me really want to bust mine out
Quote from: zavod44 on June 25, 2016, 04:55:42 PM
That's so awesome, only thing better is if you cook on it, on the fourth and post some pics....I love these kind of stories.....
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This is a challenge I gladly accept!
Awesome! I love a good rescue story.
Stay of execution! Nice save.
Awesome rescue. Saved that puppy from a landfill.