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G$

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There should be a name for this condition
« on: January 25, 2013, 12:40:45 PM »
There should be a name for this.  How many years of dragging does it take to grind a front leg to this angle?


not the best picture but you get the point....
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Jeff

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Re: There should be a name for this condition
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2013, 02:21:22 PM »
Those are probably the same people the install the legs incorrectly and can't pull the grill by the handle on the bowl!
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mike.stavlund

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Re: There should be a name for this condition
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2013, 03:03:58 PM »
I picked up a Freecycle kettle this summer that had the leg ground down just like that.  And it had the leg aligned with the handle.  I guess people must move them around an awful lot!
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Duke

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Re: There should be a name for this condition
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2013, 05:29:39 PM »
Hey! I like em like that!  ;)
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reillyranch

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Re: There should be a name for this condition
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2013, 05:50:31 PM »
Duke!  Hey AJ was looking for you.

Folks who grind the legs down like that should be called "grinders" but that sounds like a sandwich.  So maybe "scrapers" because they scrape the legs.  But that is not very creative.
« Last Edit: January 25, 2013, 06:05:50 PM by reillyranch »
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G$

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Re: There should be a name for this condition
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2013, 07:47:37 PM »
Quote from: Duke on January 25, 2013, 05:29:39 PM
Hey! I like em like that!  ;)

Then answer the question!
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reillyranch

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Re: There should be a name for this condition
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2013, 07:55:43 PM »
Drag queens?  Anglers?  Front loaders?  Peg legging? 
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zavod44

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Re: There should be a name for this condition
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2013, 08:40:36 PM »
I have some that are so ground off, that when I try to install a white cap on there it doesn't even sit on the leg properly.  I'm voting for calling it the "dirty angle"....
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1buckie

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Re: There should be a name for this condition
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2013, 11:59:45 PM »


"Tommy"  the stepchild of my kettle family is so ground down, he's almost 2 inches off level......

All three leg sockets wobble, not one weld is actually broken, mind you, they just wobble....


He pretty much showed up that way, lookin' all wobbly & sorta drunk lookin'.....

I just didn't say anything & just kept using him, just like he was.....a demonstration of acceptance

We'll see how long he can stand up, we'll see....... 8)
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Craig

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Re: There should be a name for this condition
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2013, 07:35:09 AM »
Funny thing is, both my '60s thunbscrew 18.5 and my '78 22.5 have the straight edge on the front leg. That being said I had to beat out the front leg on the 22.5" from the inside of the bowl with a rubber mallet to get it un-inverted. So maybe it is from dragging, maybe it was an older design. I saw a pic of an 18 'Cado on eBay last year that had the same thing too.  :-\  I like Dirty Angle!
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Cookingmama

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Re: There should be a name for this condition
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2013, 08:30:01 AM »
Quote from: 1buckie on January 25, 2013, 11:59:45 PM

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I just didn't say anything & just kept using him, just like he was.....a demonstration of acceptance



I love that!   
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Duke

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Re: There should be a name for this condition
« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2013, 08:38:26 AM »
Quote from: Cookingmama on January 26, 2013, 08:30:01 AM
Quote from: 1buckie on January 25, 2013, 11:59:45 PM

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I just didn't say anything & just kept using him, just like he was.....a demonstration of acceptance



I love that!
Sounds like a prodigal. :)
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zavod44

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Re: There should be a name for this condition
« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2013, 02:18:29 PM »
I got a pretty bad dirty angle on my rancher too...I need a foot on it real bad...
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G$

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Re: There should be a name for this condition
« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2013, 06:24:45 PM »
Dirty angle it is.
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Duke

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Re: There should be a name for this condition
« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2013, 07:39:46 PM »
I thin "Drag Queens" was a pretty good one. ;D
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