My new Craigs list Find!!

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vaquero01

Smoke Blower
Original poster
Jan 6, 2013
110
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FT Wayne, IN
 I found this on Craigslist two days ago....and had to get it!! I harassed the guy until he agreed to the deal. It took three of us to get it in the receiver on my wife's SRX. Dang thing weighs almost 350lbs! It was about 90 miles away or I would have picked it up with the truck, but the idea of her car gettin 22 mpg, and mine gettin 10 seemed like the right thing to do. Tomorrow it gets a serious burn out, a once over with the wire wheel then a good coat of high temp followed by our teams logo...."Deja Moo BBQ"

I've seen some gator pits with the fire box and pit, but this is the first one I've seen with the vertical box on the side of the horizontal pit on a tailgate version. And to top it all off....it's an honest to goodness New Braunfel not one of the Brinkman knock offs.
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well....religion, money, and politics ya know.....I will say this though....it was south of $200 and came with a load of dry cherry wood. Enough that I laid the seats in the SRX down and filled the whole back end up. The GatorPits I seen were over a grand, so I jumped on this.
 
yes sir, if you look right below the center box....you'll see an elbow that slides right into the reese hitch.When it's off the truck (or mommas caddy in this case) it has a center stand and there is a large tube that slides down on the right side of the warming box that acts as a leg. After I have the guys get it cleaned up tomorrow and freshen it up with a coat of high temp, I'll post a pic of it off the hitch.
 
Told ya I'm like a kid at Christmas the last two days.....once I pulled the crews lunch out and it cooled down to about 150-160 the front door got a new coat of "Arrest Me Red" Caliper paint, it's good to 500 degrees and since it's going on the rib box it should never come close to that (or we have a serious problem!)

 Thanks for putting up with my xcitement y'all. My first winter up north in a while and although I've been smoking through the cold, snow, ice, and grey days.....I think the combination of clear skies, temps above freezing, and a new smoker may finally kick this cabin fever in the keister.
 
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