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Well I did a quick burn today to make sure it would flow and hold temp! Things went well, it fired right up and I took it up to 270 just to see and backed it down to 240 and I settled right in.now it’s time to scrape and sand frame and paint, sand blast fenders and paint . Then on to the shelf and d...

Still a lot of work, butt very happy to be able to move it. Going to throw a quick fire in it tomorrow to see how it does.

Next big bench mark! Smoker is now mobile!

Was able to get some trailer work in tonight. New support angle for suspension hangers, new wheel bearings, and a tube steel support to weld the firebox too.

Handles are ready!

More little bits going on!
And the trailer is coming apart to be put back together .

It was a quick slot just so the welder could put them on, good eyes. I’m going to file them out tomorrow .

Well all the welding is done, now time for some pretty bits! And on to working on the trailer.
Also pulled the hubs off the trailer to replace the bearings and races.
Added a piece of tube steel to hold the fire box to the trailer.

Out with the old suspension parts in with the new!
New shackles bushings and equalizer all mounted on 3” x 3” x 1/4” steel angle.
Also new handles for the CC.

Sorry it’s been a while! My welder has been working a lot of overtime. I’ve been busy collecting parts and pieces. We tweaked the doors and worked on the fire box door, let me know what you think? I’ve ground all the paint off the fire box as well. Made new rails for the trailer with all new mountin...

The parts are laser cut, I have a friend that works at a place that does it. I draw them on cad and he will cut them for me. It’s a great deal for me. He made me a sign for the top of the smoker , butt that will be in a later post. We were talking about the thermometer!

Dirtytires, I get your point. I would have to recalibrate to read true. I understand that I need to work with temps under 250.
Thank you for the input.
On a separate note my stack baffle parts showed up tonight.

Dirtytires wrote: ↑

March 28th, 2021, 11:24 am

And a true smoker gauge. It's fun to see some of the useless dials that go to 550 and people that want to get that high on a smoker. If your gauge pegs-out, you are too hot!!

I love it!

One of my friends gave it to me, it’s set 90 degrees low so it’s perfect !

I scored some smoker candy today!
5” face going to look good TDC!

Major progress tonight.

dacolson your about spot on with all the dimensions.I will see how close i can get the CC to 36".

What kind of ground clearance should I have under the fire box?

Okay back at it tonight.
1st photo with the smoker FB even with the axle? Not sure yet.
2nd photo with the smoker sitting on cross braces?
Opinions and suggestions on either?

Thank you all for the kind words and advise! My only hope is that it flows correctly when I get done.

Quick question is there any recommendation for the placement and the number of the thermometers?

Yes it will be going on trailer, I hope to get working on that this week. We’ve been collecting tubes and angles. The new wheels and tires showed up Friday.

Not a lot of work getting done, but we were able to weld all the expanded metal to the racks and the stack showed up!

Very nice looking! Love the finish

Now just dropping the expanded metal makes it look more like a smoker.

Wife asked what I was smoking for dinner? I said I don’t know, how about a meatloaf!
I will make some changes but for the first one it turned out pretty good.