Absolutely I appreciate the advice. The trailer is cheap enough to be a wait and see type situation. I really only intend on dragging it around in town and not exceeding the rated speed limit of 45 mph. If it sucks Im only out $300 and I can try to find a more permanent solution somewhere else.Dirtytires wrote: ↑November 14th, 2018, 10:45 amI have to throw my opinion in the ring as well. Smokers always get heavier. We slowly add things to them like work shelves, brackets, tool boxes, wood storage, meat, fender wells and whatever else we can think of. Combine that with a bolt together trailer should never, in my opinion, be loaded to more than 50% of nameplate capacity and you have an extremely undersized trailer.
If you are just keeping it in the yard it might be ok for a while. Chances are it will distort before it falls on your foot but I really don’t think you should hit the open road with it as the bumps are just going to destroy it. I believe those tires are only rated to 45mph and I can tell you from experience that they will destroy themselves after multiple heat cycles going much faster.
You are putting a lot of work into a great smoker and would hate to see a harbor freight trailer be the center of it when trailers are so easy to build.
Just trying to help...
Coach Cherry wrote: ↑January 31st, 2019, 9:54 amWhat are the exact dimensions of your tank. I'm having a hard time determining if my tank is a 120 or 150 gallon
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