Building a Cooker from a Propane Tank

forty_creek · Post by **forty_creek** » September 17th, 2015, 1:34 pm

Thanks for the well wishes on our second arrival!

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Post by **Pete Mazz** » September 17th, 2015, 3:42 pm

Neat idea for the FB rollers!

Post by **Rodcrafter** » September 17th, 2015, 4:27 pm

Sweet!

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Puff · Post by **Puff** » September 17th, 2015, 7:28 pm

Thinking the same thing...nice roller box

FATNECK · Post by **FATNECK** » September 17th, 2015, 7:50 pm

forty_creek · Post by **forty_creek** » September 17th, 2015, 8:13 pm

Thanks! She's still freakin heavy! Never built a fire rack before. I just went with what I had seen on here and asked folks. Yea we had to improvise on the rollers. Had 4 ended up needing 6 to keep it from tipping to bad.

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Puff · Post by **Puff** » September 17th, 2015, 9:50 pm

You could create a guide track with an angle facing down to lock the wheels in and weld in a stop to lift over for removal

forty_creek · Post by **forty_creek** » September 18th, 2015, 8:40 pm

Gonna drop a pin in as a stop.
FB- latch installed and hinges. Forgot to take a pic of the gasket today. It worked great RC. Thks

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Post by **Big T** » September 18th, 2015, 9:10 pm

It's going to be a beast !

Puff · Post by **Puff** » September 18th, 2015, 9:31 pm

Especially if you have to bolt the fire in......It will roar !

Post by **Rodcrafter** » September 19th, 2015, 8:18 am

That is one bad boy. Glad to help.

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forty_creek · Post by **forty_creek** » September 19th, 2015, 9:09 am

Been debating on latches. Looked at several online. Thought about fab latches. Then I looked at our dump trucks the other day. We use safety latches (latch on door) to keep from spilling waste while in transit. I thgt why heck that will work perfect! IMO

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Post by **Rodcrafter** » September 19th, 2015, 3:32 pm

The only down side I see to that latch is you may need a glove on while turning it.

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forty_creek · Post by **forty_creek** » September 20th, 2015, 7:00 pm

Yea I've thgt abt that. Prolly will add a spring handle to it.
Got some sweet news Friday. The company I work for is going to donate a trailer to the cause. It's a lube trailer. It's very heavy built. It's only a few years old. They are going to a lube truck for safety reasons. They have had issues with guys pulling it.

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Post by **Rodcrafter** » September 20th, 2015, 7:30 pm

Cool! Free is a really good word.

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Post by **Big T** » September 20th, 2015, 8:30 pm

forty_creek · Post by **forty_creek** » September 20th, 2015, 8:49 pm

This issue is the reason they no longer want to use it as a lube trailer. Best I could tell all the was damaged on the trailer was the storage cabinet. Trailer got to fish tailing guy lost control trailer shoved him off the interstate. He was pulling it to fast and the containers weren't balanced.

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Puff · Post by **Puff** » September 20th, 2015, 9:40 pm

Oooo. Who gets the truck?

Given the look of the terrain, I'm surprised that at speed, this didn't try to twist or roll.

forty_creek · Post by **forty_creek** » September 20th, 2015, 10:19 pm

Truck was totaled. Trailer shoved em off the interstate. Minor hills here in NW Louisiana. The guy was driving too fast for the load. IMO. Very fortunate no one was hurt. No other vehicles involved.

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Puff · Post by **Puff** » September 20th, 2015, 10:30 pm

Very casual uniform on that state trooper.

Glad no one was hurt. These events suck and really disrupt operations. On the other hand, your cooker can use this kind of trailer. Certainly has load capacity.

Post by **Rodcrafter** » September 21st, 2015, 8:41 am

Yea buddy that trailer will be heavy duty alright.

forty_creek · Post by **forty_creek** » September 22nd, 2015, 10:52 am

9# 5oz
21"
Mom and baby are doing good! God is good!

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Post by **Pete Mazz** » September 22nd, 2015, 3:19 pm

CONGRATS!!!!

mp4 · Post by **mp4** » September 22nd, 2015, 4:09 pm

AWESOME!!!

Puff · Post by **Puff** » September 22nd, 2015, 7:20 pm

Strong Work !

You predicted this would happen... Terrific news

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