Hi everyone, I'm new here, been lurking around enjoying all of the builds for a few months and finally decided to make a post. I have experience welding and fitting for cranes as I was a mechanic, I also do some blacksmithing on the side.
I've never done any smoking, but have wanted to for a while now. After looking over all the commercially available models I just wasn't happy with them. So I figured " why not put my skills to use and make something that I will be happy with and will last forever", which lead me here.
I've located a few propane tanks through a friend, 120 and 150 gallon tanks, but I'm waiting on my friend to have some free time. Since I don't have the actual dimensions of the tank yet I haven't done any calculations yet. It will be a fun build, a reverse flow with some interesting materials and design ideas, but I'll add those in my build post a bit later.
Anyways, I hope to learn a lot here and utilize the knowledge to my advantage.
New from South Louisiana
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ajfoxy
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Re: New from South Louisiana
Welcome to the crew.
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Re: New from South Louisiana
Welcome...i would think if propane tanks that the dimensions would be standard.
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Re: New from South Louisiana
Welcome to the crew!
DT tanks can vary in dimensions quite a bit and still hold the same volume.
But yes he could use the gallons as the dimension. But its all good.
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DT tanks can vary in dimensions quite a bit and still hold the same volume.
But yes he could use the gallons as the dimension. But its all good.
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Re: New from South Louisiana
Good info...I don’t have any experience with tanks...just figured they were of standard dimensions for a given size. Guess I should have known better....lolRodcrafter wrote: ↑June 14th, 2018, 12:00 am
DT tanks can vary in dimensions quite a bit and still hold the same volume.
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Re: New from South Louisiana
You would think they would be, right? But that would be way too simple.
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Re: New from South Louisiana
Welcome
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