How are you coming on this build Nova? I'm just getting ready to start a 250 gallon build and I'm really racking my brain tonight trying to wrap my head around exactly how high to mount my firebox. I'm done worrying for the night though. I think it will all make more sense when the box is built and I can physically see what I'm working with Hope so anyway.
I'll post some pictures soon. Last weekend I finished getting the box together, and on the trailer (temporarily, with bolts).
I need to cut the factory tank legs off, and make taller ones. It is too short and makes it hard to get up hills, plus, I'm a relatively tall guy at 6'0".
I finally have it in my backyard, now that I don't need heavy equipment to lift it and move it. I'm preparing to take measurements for the stainless angle iron I need to build supports for the racks (also making them out of stainless).
Anybody looking at my thread here have any suggestions on the best way to build the racks? I went to the metal supplier in Austin, and they have all sorts of stainless steel rods, bars, etc. I want to be able to pull the racks out, and not have them fall out, with some sort of retainer, like you might have on a stove (at least in function, if not done the same way). Perhaps I can weld a piece of stainless above the rack as a retainer, to keep it from flipping down when you pull it out with meat on it.
Another task is measurements for building a toolbox for the front (for storing anything and everything). I also am going to make a space for an ice chest (some sort of big Yeti type cooler). Lastly, I need a spot to put a propane barbecue pit on it. For now, I'll use my portable stainless grill, but in the end, I think I'll build a barbecue pit and mount It permanently