Giving away my old Silver Smoker to a friend.

dbhost · 01-28-2008, 09:32 AM

A good friend of mine REALLY helped my wife and I out for our wedding. I have mostly redone the NB Silver Smoker, but I am planning on completing it sometime this next month. I have redone all the wood with Teak that has been routed with a 45 degree chamfer and hand oiled, the firebox has been reinforced with a new 1/4" steel plate welded in and the welds ground smooth. (Thanks to another friend of mine) I am now to the point where I have to cut the rusted pivot bolt for the door shutter out with my dremel, and replace it with stainless steel, give the entire inside and outside of it a good thorough cleaning and degreasing, and then hit it with a fresh coat of BBQ black paint on the entire thing, reassemble it, and deliver it.

This smoker had served me very well for quite a few years, but I now have a Bandera, and have come accross a steal on another bandera that has been Garage stored and VERY lightly used. ($50.00). I had posted in a prior thread about putting two smokers on a low boy trailer as a sort of BBQ rig. Here it is...

As far as the rig goes, we have it narrowed down.

I am picking up a 6x12 ramp load decked lowboy trailer from a neighbor for $200.00. It needs tires, and wiring. It is a single axle trailer, and I believe I can fit the 33's from my pickup in the fender wells. This will re-use the good tires from the truck when I upgrade to 35" mudders in a couple of months, I just need to find some inexpensive 17x8" 5 on 5.25" rims, OR change the hubs on the trailer out for 6 on 135mm bolt pattern which is NOT going to happen...

The water supply will be my Reliance Aqua Tainers. I have a stack of them. I should be able to carry 42 gallons of water onboard. Gray Water will be managed by the soft side water containers. Water Heating via Coleman Hot Water On Demand, prep surface will be via Cabelas Campers Kitchen, and roof over the prep area will be my Ozark Trail Screen Shelter. The smokers will get rolled out and set under a 10x20 / PVC Pipe framed contraption of a tarp rig that allows for a high roof, and a little bit of wind protection on two sides.

I know this requires a bit more setup from the cook team that say pulling up, setting some jacks, and flipping up some tables, but other than the trailer itself, it utilizes equipment we already have and are using with good success, AND the trailer can be used for other purposes such as hauling building materials that are too long for the pickup, or hauling multiple ATVs to the hunting lease...

I am planning on welding on an extension to the front of the trailer, to raise the front grid about even with the top of the Bandera, and filling that space with expanded steel. I figure this will give me more lashing options for the smokers...

SmokeWatcher · 01-28-2008, 01:21 PM

Sounds great to me!

Norcoredneck · 01-28-2008, 08:24 PM

Document with pics Please.

Westexbbq · 01-28-2008, 08:33 PM

Your friend is a lucky man.
Good luck with the rig setup, sounds like the plan is solid.

leanza · 01-28-2008, 09:41 PM

Sounds like your a good friend and you got that Q bug real bad. Pics!

sampson · 01-29-2008, 06:06 PM

Hard to believe that noone else has mentioned your lack of pics for these projects... As has been said here many times before, no pics, it didn't happen

01-28-2008, 09:32 AM	#1
dbhost On the road to being a farker Join Date: 02-22-07 Location: League City, TX	Giving away my old Silver Smoker to a friend. A good friend of mine REALLY helped my wife and I out for our wedding. I have mostly redone the NB Silver Smoker, but I am planning on completing it sometime this next month. I have redone all the wood with Teak that has been routed with a 45 degree chamfer and hand oiled, the firebox has been reinforced with a new 1/4" steel plate welded in and the welds ground smooth. (Thanks to another friend of mine) I am now to the point where I have to cut the rusted pivot bolt for the door shutter out with my dremel, and replace it with stainless steel, give the entire inside and outside of it a good thorough cleaning and degreasing, and then hit it with a fresh coat of BBQ black paint on the entire thing, reassemble it, and deliver it. This smoker had served me very well for quite a few years, but I now have a Bandera, and have come accross a steal on another bandera that has been Garage stored and VERY lightly used. ($50.00). I had posted in a prior thread about putting two smokers on a low boy trailer as a sort of BBQ rig. Here it is... As far as the rig goes, we have it narrowed down. I am picking up a 6x12 ramp load decked lowboy trailer from a neighbor for $200.00. It needs tires, and wiring. It is a single axle trailer, and I believe I can fit the 33's from my pickup in the fender wells. This will re-use the good tires from the truck when I upgrade to 35" mudders in a couple of months, I just need to find some inexpensive 17x8" 5 on 5.25" rims, OR change the hubs on the trailer out for 6 on 135mm bolt pattern which is NOT going to happen... The water supply will be my Reliance Aqua Tainers. I have a stack of them. I should be able to carry 42 gallons of water onboard. Gray Water will be managed by the soft side water containers. Water Heating via Coleman Hot Water On Demand, prep surface will be via Cabelas Campers Kitchen, and roof over the prep area will be my Ozark Trail Screen Shelter. The smokers will get rolled out and set under a 10x20 / PVC Pipe framed contraption of a tarp rig that allows for a high roof, and a little bit of wind protection on two sides. I know this requires a bit more setup from the cook team that say pulling up, setting some jacks, and flipping up some tables, but other than the trailer itself, it utilizes equipment we already have and are using with good success, AND the trailer can be used for other purposes such as hauling building materials that are too long for the pickup, or hauling multiple ATVs to the hunting lease... I am planning on welding on an extension to the front of the trailer, to raise the front grid about even with the top of the Bandera, and filling that space with expanded steel. I figure this will give me more lashing options for the smokers... __________________ Proud owner of a Weber Jumbo Joe Premium, a Weber Smokey Joe Silver. RIP New Braunfels Bandera.

01-28-2008, 01:21 PM	#2
SmokeWatcher is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-06-07 Location: Florence, Az	Sounds great to me! __________________ If it ain't right, don't do it....If it ain't true, don't say it....If it ain't yours, don't take it.

01-28-2008, 08:24 PM	#3
Norcoredneck somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-11-06 Location: Norco, Ca.	Document with pics Please. __________________ *Low and Slow.....* *The Prontologist is in...* *Ok let's see your Butt!*

01-28-2008, 08:33 PM	#4
Westexbbq somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 09-02-05 Location: Rockin' Lake Ronfarkoma, Hinterlands of BBQ .	Your friend is a lucky man. Good luck with the rig setup, sounds like the plan is solid. __________________ Illuminated, circa 1967. KCBS CBJ-Texas Transplant. Texas Smokemaster offset, Well-cured NB Silver Smoker, Santa Fe grill (retired). glory bee gasser. Texas International Pop Festival, Labor Day 1969. IMBAS Certified. Just roll me up and smoke me when I die. Always remember, no matter where ya go, there you are. I wanna tell you 'bout Texas radio and the big beat. Someday, I hope to visit Penelope. Hondo Crouch, Famous Late Mayor of Lunkenbach, Texas who advocated a 'dillo diet: "You can eat nothing but armadillos for a month, but you will have to run down and catch all the armadillos you eat and it can really take the weight off!"

01-28-2008, 09:41 PM	#5
leanza Babbling Farker Join Date: 05-26-07 Location: Southern California	Sounds like your a good friend and you got that Q bug real bad. Pics! __________________ Tom

01-29-2008, 06:06 PM	#6
sampson is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 10-28-07 Location: North Logan, UT	Hard to believe that noone else has mentioned your lack of pics for these projects... As has been said here many times before, no pics, it didn't happen __________________ [FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif]Two Big Fat 22.5" WSM's[/FONT] [FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif]Two Well Worn UDS's[/FONT] [FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif]Great Outdoors Smokey Mountain Gasser[/FONT] [FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif]KCBS Member and CBJ[/FONT]

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