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If your coals still fall through your fire grate add another piece of expanded metal turned 1/4 turn to make the openings smaller.

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Little more progress

Ok little more progress. Firebox insulated and trailer frame built.

Don’t know if this is an option or not but i bought my plans before the cut file was available and I have a local coded vessel shop I use at work. I took them the plans and they CNC plasma and water cut all the plate and skins for me. They charge for the steel by the pound. I got everything cut and ...

Thanks guys for the kind words. A lot of thanks goes to Frank for well thought out and engineered plans and great customer service when it comes to questions. And also to all of y’all. I don’t post a lot but I read lots of posts and see others ideas and such. Avoided lots of pitfalls that way. Now t...

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ok Got to a point where I could build a fire. Just had to see one lol. No racks yet though. Two chimneys of lump and 5 splits to get a coal bed going. Never had a pit get to clear smoke so quick in my life. Hardly any dirty smoke at all. When time to add splits they ignited easily. Thermometers have...

Fire basket complete

Thanks men. I appreciate all input. I am replacing a trailer pit I built 30 years ago that has finally reached the point of no return. This will be the last big pit I build more than likely. I really appreciate the ideas and opinions and take them seriously. Please respond with whatever your thought...

Wire will all be inside the trailer frame tubing all concealed. It looks really slick. I have kicked insulation back and forth a hundred times
and I think at this point I would rather go ahead and do it than regret it later. And I am worried about it burning the paint off the trailer floor as well.

Thanks everyone. I have decided to insulate the firebox now due to having to offset it down into the trailer frame. My welder friend is building me a trailer out of 2x4 rectangle tubing and I am worried about it burning the trailer wiring. Air inlets are actually going to be under the trailer. I pla...

Little more progress. Door hung and trued up and stack installed..

I have no plans to use as a water pan either.

I don’t know how I would see the leak. Got 4” of open space at the end. Guess I could look through the firebox.

Little more progress baffle plate is in. Lots of welding.