SmokerBuilder.com

Hey guys long time no post, Well after several successful cooks and several months since I "finished" and still haven't had it sandblasted and painted.. And after last weekend I realize why... I want to put this thing on a small trailer. I had to take it over to my girlfriends house for an annual BB...

:LG: :LG: Sorry LB just got to your thread! I am behind in reading.... 9 pages of unread posts lol. I usually have 1. anyway your build is awesome! Looks like you learned a lot in the process and came up with some great ideas to make your build different. that is what it is all about! :beer: :beer:...

Thanks all! Gonna cooks some meat on her today.. then I'll fab some fenders and search for a sandblaster!

There's a few things I need to finish in fabrication but .. I couldn't wait any longer to fire this thing up.. so built my first fire!
Ran her up to 300 and climbing no problem holds heat great between 225-250!

LOL you guys are awesome!!

Rick wrote:PLEASE MAKE SOME DOUBLE LENGTH FLARED FENDERS TO GO OVER THOSE!

Rick that's EXACTLY what I plan on doing.. I bought some sheet metal and round stock the other day.. that oughtta test my fab skills.. (or lack there of)

My tank is 3/16 and I've got it setup as a horizontal RV. Haven't fired it up yet but 3/16 should be fine either way you go..

Heck yeah!!

Working on some cart reinforcement and finishing touches before I fire this up and start doing a burn in. My little nuematic tires were quite strained under the weight... so rather than going with biger tires and having to re-do the height etc. of the casters... I did this... Does it turn on a dime ...

Rodcrafter wrote:

WOW! You should be feeling pretty good about the outcome of your efforts. That is becoming one sweet rig there. I would love to have one that size at my house. Good Job!

Thank you!.. Can't wait to get it fired up!!

Here's what I came up with for my charcoal basket... not sure about the placement/height etc. We shall see... if It doesn't work out I can always drop it down some.. I wanted it high enough to get good air flow underneath the coals... but it may be a little high to add logs to... I can always build ...

Racks just about done!

Well as I see it the trailer above appears top be 5ft by 10ft I can get my parts for the trailer new for around 400$ then about 200$ for steel. That being said the axel placement on the above trailer appears to be close but it seems to me that you will have to put some money and labor in the above ...

The guy up the road has this trailer for sale he's asking $350 for it... looks like it is a converted boat trailer... has expanded metal and a flat deck added on... Thinking about making a 250 gal RF smoker in the future... what do you think about this trailer as a base for it??? Good start? or bett...

dcman (The Czar) wrote:Man....is that smoke I smell or are you drooling yet....looks good man...but you are going to have to ship you samples next day air.....

Lol thanks guys! Dcman: I can do that!!!

Cook racks and rails done... Just need to do some more finish welding and ad the Expanded metal!

Firebox door and latch done! Now workin on the cook grates and rails

Miketheforester wrote:Looks good. Oxy torches leave a little to be desired in the precision department don't they? Have you got a goal time to be firing up?

Hope to have it fired up next weekend!!!

FB door hung!

Fire rope works great on a FB door .... just sayin' :D Letting the RTV dry overnight then tacking up some hinges! :welder: Hey...that door air inlet looks familiar!!! Ha, Ha yep!!! Was sort of a B!@#$%tch cutting out the cap though...I don't have a good circle cuting jig for the plasma... so it's a...

I think it would be fine.. other than like you say the added weight... Some of the pros will chime in soon I'm sure..

Progress

That's a cool build!!!

Rick wrote:Sorry for the double post but all my designs have fire rope on the CC door and it works fine there - hell it's rated over 2000 degrees and most fire boxes I've seen never got north of 900 ...

Glad you posted it's not too late for fire rope and I've got plenty!

Well Saturday was the day that I was to be able to put a full day of work in on my build... I feel like I got allot done but still not as much as I would have liked... being my first build I'm finding trial and error is just part of it... In the first panoramic pic check out my setup.. Had the guys ...

dcman (The Czar) wrote:Yes it's not as important ....because your only drawing a small amount off air thru the door .....unlike the cook chamber which your not wanting to loose smoke....

Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner

Thanks for your help!