looking for some ideas

[jon in mass]

when my boss asked me to get rid of our old damaged waste oil tank i thought of all that steel.


but look what i found inside


it is 30x31x62

i was thinking maby a vertical. but open to any sugjestions.

[The Czar]

Maybe a center feed reverse flow....I always like those!

[alleyrat58]

Love my center feed! You could plop a fb in the bottom and make it vertical, some type of cabinet smoker?

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[jon in mass]

that was my thought a vertical cabinet. devide it about 16 inches from the bottom would make the fb the rite size by the calc. 4 feed hole with baffle plates.

[Smokeone]

Vertical would be my suggestion.

[SoloQue]

Looks like a vertical just waiting to puff smoke

[Frank_Cox]

Pellet pooper or a chuterdoo!

[jon in mass]

Pellet pooper or a chuterdoo!

ok im a newbee the english translation is ?????????

[Smokeone]

Use a pellet drive to fire the unit like a Traeger.
Or build a charcoal chute and let it gravity feed.

[Frank_Cox]

[Gizmo]

Horizontal - Vertical ...
How about one at 45 degrees? I don't think anybody's done one like that yet... course maybe there's a reason for that ...

I'm kinda with DC on this one - center-feed RF's are cool - Edgar is one of those and his temps are as stable as a 3-legged milk stool.

[jon in mass]

the gravity feed chute sounds like a good idea and i know i saw a build for it somewhere on this site. i will look for it.
but first things first i am about to start my 275 oil tank

free tank and trailer hear at the shop.

anyone got any sources for 1/4 steel in the northeast? havnt bein able to find any where near enough scrap steel need about 50 sq ft

[Smokeone]

Not I on the steel, but looks like you got a nice start to a cooker. Cant beat the price for startup materials!

[Frank_Cox]

I like it! good deal gettin it for free!

[Jethro]

FREE??? thats in my price range!!!! Good luck, and have fun!!!

[Rodcrafter]

If you make it vertical you could put alot of racks in that rascal. Put them tracks close together and have the option of smoking a ton of jerky or ribs or fish at a time. I like those types you can get really fancy with it too.

[jon in mass]

actually my ideas are along the lines of horizontal split in the middle with two FB and CC center fed. still plenty of rack space but with versatility and abjustable RF plate

[Rodcrafter]

That will be a good one to watch come together. Go for it!

[Gizmo]

You could sure run different temps and smoke at a comp with that rig - nice design!

[jon in mass]

would like to take the credit but it was franks idea actually. still got a couple of glitches though once on the trailer its 6 ft tall and i'm only 5 7. working on the hight issue

[SmokinFF]

Maybe he can draw up some smoker stilts to help ya out with the height issue.
Can wait to see it come together. Post pics.

[Gizmo]

I know there's a trick to flipping the spring under the axle that might buy you 4 inches or so by lowering the trailer ...

[Brewery]

Rick is right, a quick flip of the springs will gain ya an easy 4" and you could buy "blocks" to drop another 2-4"

[jon in mass]

good idea except this trailer has coil springs. instead i am thinking about recessing the FB into the smoke chamber 3 inches below the RF plate with an 11 inch opening in the center top of the FB. thinking about addl plate between RF plate and FB

[Gizmo]

That could work. Edgar only has 2.5 inches clearance there but uses 2 deflector plates like you're suggesting and he works fine. By fine I mean he doesn't want to change from his happy place of about 275 with a typical fire. Calc your openings at every step as the hot air passes through there just to make sure you aren't choking it any and you should be okay.

That said - leave yourself a way to open up the intermediate plate with a hole saw etc. - that way you can "tune" it.

Remember: You can tune a BP but you can't tune a fish!

Sorry - I couldn't help myself...