Recent content by themeatwagon

Here's the revised door sliding mechanism design. The sliding rails are server rack rails. The rest is all scrap metal. The pulleys are from a lawn tractor deck (the blade pulleys), attached to the rear swingarm of a Harley (halved). The cables have not been purchased yet, but will be new not...

So we got a little more work done this weekend. I turned an old Harley frame and lawn mower deck pulleys into the smoker door counterweight pulleys... And both of our welding skills improved a bunch lol. Here's the pulley support on the flanges that we later welded to the roof of the smoker...

I think that's a fantastic idea. I'll bring the charcoal...

Got some more fabrication done yesterday. Gino ("TheMeatwagontoo" - lol) did the grill, came out mint. That's almost done, then will be ready to mount to the trailer. My project is the smoker, and I got the door slides mounted to the door, and some other pieces added. It's going to need some...

Hmmm... the roof is a good idea. The thought was having an ez-up for over the party porch, but a full roof is a cool idea too... We'll be getting some work done Sunday, hopefully I'll have some new pictures then!

I like your style hahaha. We're home brewers also, and have already discussed the possibility of draft beer taps in the trailer. I'd like to add a battery box and a couple of batteries to power the trailer lights and maybe some other cool stuff like a projector and music or something... All in...

I've been saving up scrap metal to build the smoker door and racks with. This sliding door system is gonna be boss.

Awesome, thanks for the info!

Bumping an old thread... I too have this question. We're building a grill/smoker/cold smoker trailer and I would like to have the fire box (wood stove) feed the smoker (275 gal oil tank), then that feeds the cold smoker (10 gal? water expansion tank). My concern is that the smoke from the hot...

Unfortunately we didn't get any work in this weekend - by build buddy had a full day planned with his wife. Next weekend's not looking good either, but we should be on track after that. I have a few questions though: THE LAYOUT: We're going to use a small water expansion tank as the cold...

I've been smoking for a few years and we just decided to build a smoking trailer. We're calling it The Meatwagon and I joined to start a build thread.

Hahaha nice SN

So, a buddy of mine has been intrigued by my meat smoking. I have a "BBQ" photo album on Facebook that I post to from time to time, and he said he wanted to get into it too. I'm also a home brewer; he and I do a ton of brewing together, we're both into cars and trucks (both have owned ridiculous...

Hey everyone, I have been trolling this forum for a few years now, and I decided it was time to join. I got into smoking about 5 years ago when my girlfriend bought me a Weber Smoky Mountain. Before that I had been "smoking" in my Weber grill, and before that it involved an electric oven and a...