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03-27-2014, 04:20 PM | #1 |
Is lookin for wood to cook with.
Join Date: 03-18-14
Location: Houston, TX
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Casters for my WSM. Any advise?
I'm thinking seriously about adding casters to my WSM 18.5. Anyone want to step me through their mod? Specifically wondering about the best way to drill the holes through the legs. Any pitfalls to avoid with this project? Thanks, folks!
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03-27-2014, 04:35 PM | #2 |
Got Wood.
Join Date: 10-28-13
Location: Tampa, FL
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pullin up a chair, i've been interested in doin the same to mine...
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03-27-2014, 04:49 PM | #3 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 03-06-11
Location: Hillsdale,Mi.
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Same here ...
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03-27-2014, 05:02 PM | #4 |
Full Fledged Farker
Join Date: 03-02-13
Location: Hendersonville, TN
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I did this mod on mine and its not hard to do. I got the casters at home depot, the kind that has the threaded rod. When you drill the hole in the legs try and make all of them in the same place. Look at the legs when sitting on a flat surface and note approximately where the center of the feet touch the surface. On the same note don't get too obsessed about drilling the holes in the exact same spot because if they are a little off it won't matter much and I guarantee you won't notice it. BTW its a great mod and I recommend it to all wsm owners. Good luck
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03-27-2014, 05:15 PM | #5 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 09-02-12
Location: Kentucky
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Making sure you drill on the bottom of the legs is the important part. Your eyes can deceive you here. I recommend taking you bottom piece out to some concrete and dragging it around to mark up the bottom of the legs where they actually make contact with the ground. I put casters with the threaded rod too but some people buy these small three wheeled furniture dolleys and attach one to each leg. It helps improve the stability of the smoker since its tall and a lot of weight up top if cooking larger meals.
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03-27-2014, 06:23 PM | #6 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 03-17-12
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Name/Nickname : Mike
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You may also want to have at least one with a wheel lock lever built in.
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Cooking Equipment: Weber WSM, Weber GA, Weber Spirit E-310, Weber 22" OTG Charbroil Oilless Turkey Fryer Wife LuzziAnn 1956 model. Ink Bird IBBQ 4T Wi-Fi Temp Monitor, Superfast LSU Purple Thermapen & ThermaPop, Party Q Ink Bird Sous Vide, HF Flame Thower My Motto these days is "Low Stress, Low Drag". The Artist Formally Known as Toast |
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03-27-2014, 07:31 PM | #7 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 01-16-12
Location: Winfield, IL
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Is there a story there? ;)
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03-27-2014, 07:32 PM | #8 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 01-22-11
Location: Indian Hills, California
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West Coast Backyard Team Shirley Fabrication - Shirley 24x56 |
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03-27-2014, 08:24 PM | #9 |
is Blowin Smoke!
Join Date: 05-09-11
Location: Granite City, Illinois (Near St. Louis "GO CARDS")
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I like the 3 wheel dolly method. I've added them to 3 WSM. Harbor Freight has good one for $3.50 each.
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22.5 WSM, 120 Gallon Offset, Weber Performer, IQ-110, ET-732 |
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03-27-2014, 08:28 PM | #10 |
Found some matches.
Join Date: 03-13-14
Location: Chanhassen, MN
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Never considered putting wheels on, but makes perfect sense to move the smoker around.
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03-27-2014, 08:31 PM | #11 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 03-17-12
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Name/Nickname : Mike
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Luckily there is no story but my Weber Gasser got moved around during hurricane Rita. Not much but enough to make me lock the two front wheels on her.
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Cooking Equipment: Weber WSM, Weber GA, Weber Spirit E-310, Weber 22" OTG Charbroil Oilless Turkey Fryer Wife LuzziAnn 1956 model. Ink Bird IBBQ 4T Wi-Fi Temp Monitor, Superfast LSU Purple Thermapen & ThermaPop, Party Q Ink Bird Sous Vide, HF Flame Thower My Motto these days is "Low Stress, Low Drag". The Artist Formally Known as Toast |
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03-27-2014, 09:09 PM | #12 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 12-09-12
Location: Clarkston Michigan
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I thought about it for the 22.5 but I found some lucky bricks. I pave all the railroad crossings in Michigan. Went up to port Huron under the blue water bridge and called in the big mill and milled out on both sides of the tracks much to my surprise under 25 inches of asphalt were these road bricks, with the date 1860 stamped on them. I kept three, one for each leg on my wsm. So I covered the rest up with 150 tons of asphalt.
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03-28-2014, 06:59 AM | #13 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 02-12-12
Location: Brownsville, TX
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03-28-2014, 07:42 AM | #14 |
Take a breath!
Join Date: 05-26-09
Location: Fulshear, Texas
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I put those on mine, but it doesn't want to roll straight. Keeps revolving as I'm trying to push it. I'm going to try some spray lube on the wheels and see if it helps.
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BBQ Apprentice - Old Country Brazos offset, 22.5 WSM, Various gassers, portable grills, etc. |
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03-28-2014, 12:53 PM | #15 |
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Join Date: 02-24-08
Location: Loganville, GA
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So you attach one to each leg? Brilliant!
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