Pork2go 120gallon trailer mounted reverse flow

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• pork2go
• Jan 6, 2016

 

[pork2go]

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• pork2go
• Jan 6, 2016

 

[pork2go]

Well I'm back to working on the smoker, I'll be playing catch up for the next few posts. It's coming along, I have to have it ready for a party in October. Lots left to do but grass cutting in the summer kinda got in the way


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The tank has been mounted to the trailer

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That was done back in March, the warming box has been built and mounted to the firebox, cut most of the back of the tank off to do this

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I moved the axle back to make it more balanced and switched from slipper springs to normal leaf springs, I also cut the door in the warming box and framed it up

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I made a little travel safety latch for the warming box, mounted the racks in the warming box and got the stack built and squared away yesterday

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[woodyg]

Hey Pork2go nice to see you back! I was wondering how you were getting along. Looks like you've been busy. I like the warming box. It looks good!

 

[pork2go]

Hey Woody I must say your build is amazing, the quality is out of the world:) how's the smoking been this summer?


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[pcjack]

Hey Pork, Glad you're back to working on the build.

Going with the larger tires was a smart option for your build, seeing as you have a large warmer box, it adds more weight capacity..
On my build, I didn't have as much weight and needed some extra clearance, so I just flipped my axle to under the leaf springs.
I do like how your warmer is coming out, loads of rack space. Keep up the good work!

 

[pork2go]

PCjack, thank you for the encouragement your smoker looks awsome.

I got a little done Tuesday. Worked on a simple firebox grate and the vents. I used Volkswagen valve springs to keep pressure on the vents. I hope they don't melt in the fire box lol. I flipped the fire box grate the other way after this pic was taken

The vents came out ok. I hope I have enough air going under the grate and that the top vent is not too high on the firebox

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Warming box door handle


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[pcjack]

Pork,

I don't think you have anything to worry about. I think your grate steel temp will be a lot higher than the temp those springs will ever reach, unless your coals decide to start leaning on the door. You could always shorten the springs if you get bored. :o) I do prefer the heavier/wider opening grating like you used for the firebox, if I had some, I would have rather used that instead of the expanded metal that I used. Bottom line: Cost, I already had the expanded metal from other projects, so I just repurposed what I had. The framing on mine is bed framing made into a angle iron tray with 4 post-style legs welded under it, which is made from scrap rebar I ended up with from a friend. By doing a free standing frame, I can remove and rework the idea until I am 100% happy with this portion of my build. (I saw some V shaped frames that auto-feeds logs, insert drooling mouth here, maybe some day will play with that idea)

Keep up the good work!

 

[pork2go]

Well it's time to start thinking about cutting the cook chamber door, I was originally planning to go traditional but my dad sketched this up which looks mighty tempting to adding a tad more cooking area, I'm just not shure how much it will add and if it will throw off all my calculations

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[pcjack]

I like the idea, I just don't want to be the guy that has to figure out the math to get a proper fire box size and cimney size. LOL

 

[pork2go]

I hear ya pcjack, I made the fire box a 26x26x26 which was oversized for the tank from what I remember. I figure I can make the mods and remeasure the surface area to make sure my firebox/cc opening is big enough as well as the area under the reverse flow plate. I mainly cook butts so the extra room would be nice


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Well got some time to work on the smoker today. I have installed the two rear leveling jacks, cut the tank, cut the fb/cc opening and started making the door and roof to the new smoke chamber. I had a bunch of free 6x3 angle and sence I am low on plate that is what I am using to frame it out

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[woodyg]

Looking good pork! Wow your gonna be able to hold a serious amount of meat in there! Love the jack idea. Been throwing this one around myself. Can't wait to see how this turns out