Weber E330 Genesis and snow damage?

[BruceB_AlbanyNY]

I've moved The Genesis 330 into our gazebo previous years, but lifting the Genesis by the ends places strain on the metal shelves, and it loosen them. I lost a screw and tried to replace it but the new one (which I swear has the same thread etc as the old one) doesn't quite make the same solid connection. And it takes two people to move it.

I'm thinking some better casters might help in two ways - (1) It's easier to roll/push it over grass (and back) if I want to move it to a shelter. and (2) it can lift it up and keep more of it out of the snow if I keep it on our stone patio. Comments? I'd like large off-road style casters

 

[Bruce]

Lifting a cabinet grill like that would certainly help with preventing rust issues.

 

[BPratt]

I've moved The Genesis 330 into our gazebo previous years, but lifting the Genesis by the ends places strain on the metal shelves, and it loosen them. I lost a screw and tried to replace it but the new one (which I swear has the same thread etc as the old one) doesn't quite make the same solid connection. And it takes two people to move it.

I'm thinking some better casters might help in two ways - (1) It's easier to roll/push it over grass (and back) if I want to move it to a shelter. and (2) it can lift it up and keep more of it out of the snow if I keep it on our stone patio. Comments?

A couple of things I learned moving big Weber’s

Remove the lid - that reduces the weight and lowers the center of gravity.

Remove the grease tray, flavor bars and cooking grids. Reduces weight and keep grease from spilling on you.

Once you remove some weight you can carefully use a two wheeler to roll the grill to its new location

 

[Bruce]

BPratt, that is some solid advice that I bet a lot of people (myself included) might not consider.

 

[BruceB_AlbanyNY]

Looking around. I found this set - 5" casters that someone put on their Weber, and if I assume I can use the same size, then this caster site I found several different models

And this one with 4" wheels on Amazon for $20

 

[DanHoo]

Moving a 300 series over rough terrain is a pain without taking it apart.

 

[timothy]

Going over grass I would use Pneumatic, but they ain't cheap.

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[Cody Bratton]

The E/S 300 series suck to move. Looking at them you’d think you can use the table ends because they look pretty stout. Toss in the wheels that are garbage and that’s why you see so many for sale with tables bent upwards.

The nutsert in the frame is actually pulling outwards and bending the outside wall of the square tubing.