Phew...glad it’s not just me....lolRodcrafter wrote:I wanted to ask the same thing DT
I have not put the big reverse smoker on the scales but she is heavy. I built it with a lot of tongue weight. There is no suspension. Once again done on purpose, don’t want this smoker going very far from home. So with the combination of the heavy trailer, heavy tongue weight, and no suspension. The trailer pulls or pushes back. The trail doesn't swing. It has electric brakes, just never hooked up, this would help with the push. Tires are on the narrow side being on about 4' apart on center. This was done to keep tires out of the way. When cooking I hate tripping over tires. This rig was never meant to go very fast, the rig has never been more than a mile from home. That being said, I have never taken it over 35mph. I would not recommend, this set-up to be pulled down a highway. If took the smoker more than a mile from home, it would ride on another trailer.Dirtytires wrote:Out of curiosity, what do you mean by “it pulls hard?”
I will work on a video. These are some old pic during fabrication. The long arm gets pinned or unpinned to lock it in travel or up. I get three people to help. Jacks on three points. Two jacks on fire box and one jack on tongue. Lift and lower at the same time. The axle swings from a point 10” (maybe) above axles. Tires roll forward getting away from heat of fire box. I would not recommend, this set-up to be pulled down a highway. Just to move around campus, or up to town square (1/8) mile fair grounds ( 3/4 mile).freebirds4x4 wrote:How did you go about making the trailer elevate?? I’m interested in trying to make that a trailer mod. I personally think that’s cool. Can you post pics or a YouTube video of this operation
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Mgraves wrote:I will work on a video. These are some old pic during fabrication. The long arm gets pinned or unpinned to lock it in travel or up. I get three people to help. Jacks on three points. Two jacks on fire box and one jack on tongue. Lift and lower at the same time. The axle swings from a point 10” (maybe) above axles. Tires roll forward getting away from heat of fire box.freebirds4x4 wrote:How did you go about making the trailer elevate?? I’m interested in trying to make that a trailer mod. I personally think that’s cool. Can you post pics or a YouTube video of this operation
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