Shirley Fabrication 24x42" quick walkaround - Page 3

TheRainman · 05-03-2021, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by edapp

Can you comment on the stability of the cooker when resting on the adjustable jack, and the trailers mobility?

Do you have a dolly to move the cooker without having to hitch it to a vehicle? How does it balance? Approximate tongue weight? Any stability issues with a trailer this short/narrow?

I am planning to build one almost exactly like this. I love how compact it is. I would like to be able to roll it around my driveway though without having to hitch it up so curious about how mobile it is at 2,300 lbs.

I sure can. It is as solid as a rock and follows my 4Runner around like a dream. No problem at all. I'm not sure about the tongue weight - but it wouldn't be light.

I had Tyler Shirley build a hitch dolly and that is the bee's knees. My wife can pull it around my shop without a problem. I tend to have a difficult time trying to back up short trailers - so I dont even try. I drop it off and pull in into my shop, or into my overhang with the trailer dolly.

Penguinshockey87 · 05-03-2021, 06:06 PM

I'm jealous. That's a beauty.

TheRainman · 05-04-2021, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Penguinshockey87

I'm jealous. That's a beauty.

Thanks. Really enjoying it. Have a bigger cook on Friday - 4 briskets, 4 pork shoulders, 8 racks of spare ribs.

TheRainman · 05-06-2021, 10:25 AM

I'm getting a number of PMs on how much this cooker cost. Remember that this was ordered a couple of years back - before the big steel pricing increases. Each cooker is an individual order with specific options each costing a set amount. Tyler offers no discounts - doesn't need to because people are in a long line waiting to get one. So just price out the options on the current price list and you'll have the total price. It's not helpful to the Shirley's to post pricing that is a couple of years old. Hopefully everyone understands.

SweetHeatBBQnSC · 05-06-2021, 11:35 AM

Is this size to big to fire up for a small cook for the family. Just one pork butt or two racks of ribs or one brisket?

HogGrog · 05-06-2021, 12:20 PM

Congrats!

It’s spectacular!

TheRainman · 05-06-2021, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SweetHeatBBQnSC

Is this size to big to fire up for a small cook for the family. Just one pork butt or two racks of ribs or one brisket?

Not at all. At least in my opinion. If you use the baffle and close off the warmer, then you have a cooking chamber that is only 6" wider than the smallest Shirley. To me, its great for little cooks, and great to feed an army (which I am doing this weekend.)

Tango Joe · 05-07-2021, 06:44 AM

Super smoker man, you are going to enjoy years of fine BBQ!
Welcome to the Shirley Family!

cdhbrad · 05-07-2021, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by SweetHeatBBQnSC

Is this size to big to fire up for a small cook for the family. Just one pork butt or two racks of ribs or one brisket?

Not if you are Hungry and want to cook some great food for the family.

SonVolt · 05-07-2021, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by TheRainman

I'm getting a number of PMs on how much this cooker cost. Remember that this was ordered a couple of years back - before the big steel pricing increases. Each cooker is an individual order with specific options each costing a set amount. Tyler offers no discounts - doesn't need to because people are in a long line waiting to get one. So just price out the options on the current price list and you'll have the total price. It's not helpful to the Shirley's to post pricing that is a couple of years old. Hopefully everyone understands.

You ordered it a couple years ago, but you pay the current steel prices when they start your build, right? I also ordered mine ~2 years ago but I'm paying today's steel prices.

TheRainman · 05-08-2021, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by SonVolt

You ordered it a couple years ago, but you pay the current steel prices when they start your build, right? I also ordered mine ~2 years ago but I'm paying today's steel prices.

Yes, you're right in most cases. I paid for mine last Spring - and then with COVID, it took a year to get it shipped to me across the border. Trump's tariffs and covid related steel jumps came after I paid.

TuscaloosaQ · 05-08-2021, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SonVolt

You ordered it a couple years ago, but you pay the current steel prices when they start your build, right? I also ordered mine ~2 years ago but I'm paying today's steel prices.

This is some what true.... but we do our best to keep it fair... i assure you absolutely positively 100% we are not coming close to recovering from everything...axels... wheels, tires gauges, spring handles, hitches, receivers, tires, wheels, gauges, welding wire, welding gas, mig tips, liners, push caps, lights the list goes on and on and on.....,.....then the big one.....Steel has doubled in price...... so Nah we sure are not recovering it all....

TheRainman · 05-10-2021, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by TuscaloosaQ

This is some what true.... but we do our best to keep it fair... i assure you absolutely positively 100% we are not coming close to recovering from everything...axels... wheels, tires gauges, spring handles, hitches, receivers, tires, wheels, gauges, welding wire, welding gas, mig tips, liners, push caps, lights the list goes on and on and on.....,.....then the big one.....Steel has doubled in price...... so Nah we sure are not recovering it all....

Great to hear from the man himself!

TheRainman · 05-12-2021, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by SonVolt

You ordered it a couple years ago, but you pay the current steel prices when they start your build, right? I also ordered mine ~2 years ago but I'm paying today's steel prices.

Sounds like this is correct.

05-06-2021, 10:25 AM	#34
TheRainman Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 12-24-19 Location: Cambridge, ON Name/Nickname : Jeff	I'm getting a number of PMs on how much this cooker cost. Remember that this was ordered a couple of years back - before the big steel pricing increases. Each cooker is an individual order with specific options each costing a set amount. Tyler offers no discounts - doesn't need to because people are in a long line waiting to get one. So just price out the options on the current price list and you'll have the total price. It's not helpful to the Shirley's to post pricing that is a couple of years old. Hopefully everyone understands. __________________ The Rainman - WSM, XL BGE, Broil King Regal Pellet 400, Shirley Fabrication 24x42 Elevated Straight-Back

05-06-2021, 11:35 AM	#35
SweetHeatBBQnSC is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 03-21-19 Location: Johnsonville, SC Name/Nickname : Joedy	Is this size to big to fire up for a small cook for the family. Just one pork butt or two racks of ribs or one brisket? __________________ Isaiah 41:10-Chunky Dunks BBQ-Competition Team Propane Whole Hog Cooker Grill Master Gasser--(Deceased) Weber Kettle 22"(Hoyt) WSM 22.5"(Bertha) RecTeq 590(Fancy) Blackstone 17" griddle O.G. Barrel Charcoal Grill--(Chicken Graveyard) [COLOR="DarkOrange"][B]Clemson Orange Thermapen Mk4[/B][/COLOR]

05-06-2021, 12:20 PM	#36
HogGrog Babbling Farker Join Date: 07-18-17 Location: The Great State of Confusion Name/Nickname : Greg	Congrats! It’s spectacular! __________________ Money for nothing and your chicks rotisserie… Everybody must get “Blackstoned”… Don’t bogart that point, my friend... Bar-B-Que ain’t air pollution…

05-07-2021, 06:44 AM	#38
Tango Joe is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-06-11 Location: Sound Beach, Long Island, NY	Super smoker man, you are going to enjoy years of fine BBQ! Welcome to the Shirley Family! __________________ 2014 Shirley Fabrication 24 X 65 Cabinet Cooker! WSM 22.5, Weber OT Gold 22.5", Weber Jack Daniels 18, La Caja China & 1995 Brinkman Offset!

05-03-2021, 06:06 PM	#32
Penguinshockey87 Is lookin for wood to cook with. Join Date: 03-22-20 Location: Pittsburgh Name/Nickname : Brett	I'm jealous. That's a beauty.