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Full Fledged Farker
Day before Easter I picked up my metal pannels that I had cut to size, and threw them on a new 5x8 trailer with an expanded metal floor.
Drove to my brothers farm to begin putting it all together.
After 15 hours of grinding and welding we are about half way done.
Smoker will be raised about 12 inches off the floor of the trailer with a 2inch drop from back to front, with a drain in the front for cleanout. Smoke chamber will be 4' tall, 5' long, and 3' wide. Fire box will be 2'x2'
Expanded metal floor of the trailer will be removed and replaced with solid steel under the smoke chamber and fire box, rest of floor will remain expanded metal and will be turned into storage/wood box area.
Fabricated the brackets to hold the smoker 12" off floor out of some leftover 1/2" thick "C" channel. Went to install the floor of the smoke chamber and found out the metal shop cut my floor and top too farking big, and didn't give me the back wall of the fire chamber :evil:
Good news is that the extra metal on the top and bottom pannels will be enough for the back wall of the fire box. Just means more cutting for me.
Here are pics of the trailer after cutting out floor. The trailer with floor brackets welded in place. The floor of the smoke chamber raised up and in place. Smoke chamber with back wall and side wall in place. And last, the fire box welded on.
Drove to my brothers farm to begin putting it all together.
After 15 hours of grinding and welding we are about half way done.
Smoker will be raised about 12 inches off the floor of the trailer with a 2inch drop from back to front, with a drain in the front for cleanout. Smoke chamber will be 4' tall, 5' long, and 3' wide. Fire box will be 2'x2'
Expanded metal floor of the trailer will be removed and replaced with solid steel under the smoke chamber and fire box, rest of floor will remain expanded metal and will be turned into storage/wood box area.
Fabricated the brackets to hold the smoker 12" off floor out of some leftover 1/2" thick "C" channel. Went to install the floor of the smoke chamber and found out the metal shop cut my floor and top too farking big, and didn't give me the back wall of the fire chamber :evil:
Good news is that the extra metal on the top and bottom pannels will be enough for the back wall of the fire box. Just means more cutting for me.
Here are pics of the trailer after cutting out floor. The trailer with floor brackets welded in place. The floor of the smoke chamber raised up and in place. Smoke chamber with back wall and side wall in place. And last, the fire box welded on.