I decided to check out a local estate sale while on my lunch break today. I spotted this beauty in the back yard! The sticker price was $18.00 but after some hard fought negotiating I was able to talk them down to $15.00! Woo-Hoo. Here are a couple photos before I put her in the car. This baby should clean up nice! The old style ash pan is missing two of the aluminum J hooks; does anybody have a good solution for this? Notice the front handle seems to be a little off-set? The legs seem to be on correctly?
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Nice one, I actually made the clips out of aluminum rod, and I use tiny rivets to hold them on...
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Saugust is looking to trade an ash pan. Not sure, but maybe worth a pm and conversation. Great score, man!
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My handles are offset on my Wood Dale 26er as well...I wondered about this, but as far as I can tell, that's just the way it is.
Great pick JDD!
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Great find.
If it's the U style ash pan that you have,
@Idahawk just rehabbed one with new hardware here: http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/weber-kettles-accessories/u-style-pan-rehab/
Quote from: Neil_VT00 on August 11, 2016, 12:01:09 PM
Great find.
If it's the U style ash pan that you have, @Idahawk just rehabbed one with new hardware here: http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/weber-kettles-accessories/u-style-pan-rehab/
Yes it is the U Style, thanks.
Quote from: zavod44 on August 11, 2016, 11:42:16 AM
Nice one, I actually made the clips out of aluminum rod, and I use tiny rivets to hold them on...
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I will try this, thanks.
Nice grab!!! Must have ice running through your veins. I have a hard time talking down reasonable prices at estate sales. Went to one where I saw the man's widow in tears saying "I need to leave". Overpaid for my leaf blower that day.
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Congrats on the pickup! That's a nice one!
Nice Score! Something about the metal lid handle and metal wheels and thumb screws. It looks so cool.
Quote from: brewtownbeatdown on August 11, 2016, 02:13:24 PM
Nice grab!!! Must have ice running through your veins. I have a hard time talking down reasonable prices at estate sales. Went to one where I saw the man's widow in tears saying "I need to leave". Overpaid for my leaf blower that day.
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@brewtownbeatdown Actually I was joking about the hard fought negotiating. It was a $3.00 discount that the estate sale manager offered me when they noticed I was interested. I think they were just happy to sell it at all. I'm not sure what I would have done if there was "a man's window in tears". Now I feel guilty.
Man wonderful find!
Quote from: JDD on August 11, 2016, 09:48:47 PM
Actually I was joking about the hard fought negotiating. It was a $2.00 discount that the estate sale manager offered me when they noticed I was interested. I think they were just happy to sell it at all. I'm not sure what I would have done if there was "a man's window in tears". Now I feel guilty.
Just messing with you a little. No need to feel guilty.
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Steal of a deal man! Congrats.
That is a sweet grill. Nice find, and awesome price.
How is the condition of the grates?
@Dan NY Surprisingly the cooking grate is in very good condition, the charcoal grate not so much. What a big difference there is between the old cooking grates and the new.
I've been to an estate sale where the parents were running it. Something tragic must have happened. the woman who lived there must have been 30 or so and kept ducking into the back room crying uncontrollably. Made for an uncomfortable situation. ...and she was hot. Which made it even more surreal. I felt bad for her..I pray she has found happiness again.
On a lighter note...Nice grill!
@JDD No need for guilt. Thank Kettle Karma for placing that venerable Kettle in the hands of someone that will RRR her. Most often the left overs from Estate Sales end up in the trash bin because no one wanted those left overs enough to pay money for them :( Thanks to you for saving this kettle. :)
SJ
congrats
@JDD i always look around the back yard at estate sales! :-D