I went from a Yoder to a LSG 24x48 horizontal offset and couldn't be happier. I bought mine slightly used in Houston, drove 4.5 hours to get it. Like others have said, the welds are amazing, overall craftsmanship is top notch.
I had mine smoking for almost 36 hours straight Labor Day weekend,it got a 3 hour break while I got some sleep. Did 50 lbs of pulled pork, 2 full steamers of Gary's beans, 13 pound brisket, and 2 racks of Dino ribs. The space with the slide out trays are great. With tuning plates and stainless water bowl by fire box my entire pit was within 5-10 degrees. I really loved having brisket on the first across to the second grate at 250 and my beef ribs above the brisket right at 275. Its like this thing was meant for cooking!
If you order new i would save myself some time and get two probe ports added. If not, they are easy to do yourself. I just drilled and tapped a hole in each side of the pit and keep a bolt loosely threaded when I'm storing it.
After using my LSG as much as I have and reading about all these posts about fire management issues in the Wichitas, it seems it would be worth spending a little bit more money to get something like the LSG. The 24x24 firebox that Chris uses on everything makes fire management super simple.