Hinges question

[breavis]

I plan to start building a cooker out of a 250 gallon oil drum soon plus a co-worker has asked me about making him one also. I mostly have made smokers/grills/cookers out of 55 gallon drums and I make hinges out of round rod & pipe. I usually use 2 for the hood but the bigger smokers I'm thinking would be better with 4. Do you think this would work or should I use something else?

[Big T]

I have made the same style hinges many times and they work fine. I recently started using bullet hinges, they're fairly inexpensive and they'll hold a lot of weight. You could go either way and not have any problems.

[dacolson]

I make my hinges from rod and pipe all the time.

[Dirtytires]

Increasing the number of hinges helps to spread out the load on each but also means you need to be more accurate in placement or they will bind up.

[breavis]

Sounds great. Thanks a bunch!!