Toggle sidebar

Search results

  • Some of the links on this forum allow SMF, at no cost to you, to earn a small commission when you click through and make a purchase. Let me know if you have any questions about this.
  1. kdfiter

    Picked up a propane tank

    Thanks all I didnt mean to offend any one and I have a buddy that said he doesnt care if I fill the tank by him (he lives in the county) so I'm not just going to dump it anywher ..my main concern is just neutralize the smell and I will cut with full of water
  2. kdfiter

    Picked up a propane tank

    So I was going to do like dave said and put it on trailer with soap and water and go dump it somehere..I found a good deal on 3 and 4 inch channel iron 8ft long for a trailer build ..I was thinking of going with the 3 inch with a 4ft axel ..is the 3 inch channel strong enough and Is the 4 ft...
  3. kdfiter

    Picked up a propane tank

    How bad Is the smell when u burn out the stink oil and will flushing it multiple time get rid of the stink oil
  4. kdfiter

    Picked up a propane tank

    The guy I bought the tank from (who had hundreds of them ) told me all he does before he cuts them is blows compressed air in it for about a hr then cuts them open ..so I was think of blowing compressed air threw it on the windy days just trying to get it empty ..then put it on a trailer about a...
  5. kdfiter

    Picked up a propane tank

  6. kdfiter

    Picked up a propane tank

    So I just came across a 250 gallon propane tank and I've been doing tons of research on cutting it ..right now I'm trying to figure out how to get the propane smell out of the tank (I live in a residential neighborhood) I dumped 5 gallons of bleach in it last night and this morning the bleach...
  7. kdfiter

    250 Gallon Propane Tank Build

    Looks good .when you cut out the top of the existing fittings on the tank what did you fill it in with ..
  8. kdfiter

    250 Gallon Smoker build

    Did you cut your tank full of water? How did your half moon measurement turn out ..
  9. kdfiter

    Planet calculator vs feldon calculator for half moon sizing

    That's not a bad idea trying it out first ..so what are the some of the problems that happen with a oversize fb
  10. kdfiter

    Door straps

    So what I ended up doing was I tacked the flat stock on the inside of the smoker and it sealed it up pretty good..I still may eventually put it on the outside but it will probably be just more for looks ..kmann was right the material of my smoker is the same thickness as the flat stock
  11. kdfiter

    Planet calculator vs feldon calculator for half moon sizing

    So I read in another post that you actually calculate your firebox area by how high you put your fire grate ..not sure how true that is ..but now I'm leaning on shrinking the inside of the width of the fb by adding secondary inside walls ..so pretty much a box in a box ..kind of dreading doing...
  12. kdfiter

    Planet calculator vs feldon calculator for half moon sizing

    So I have my fire box almost done (except for the top) and I'm wondering if I went to big my box is 20L×18W×20H ...feldon caculator says all I need I'd 4600 cu and my box is coming out too 7200cu in which Is 155.8 ..is my box too big? I was planning on putting insulation just on the bottom with...
  13. kdfiter

    Planet calculator vs feldon calculator for half moon sizing

    Thanks all ..I forgot I posted on this smoker build awile back..I built a smaller one instead and now im just getting back to this one
  14. kdfiter

    Planet calculator vs feldon calculator for half moon sizing

    Hello all I'm building another reverse flow out of a 60 gallon air compressor tank and I punched in the numbers on planet calculator and feldons and I'm getting a pretty big differnce in sizing for the half moon cutout..I was planning a sqaure fb @ 18×18×18 on feldon it says I need 46.665sq snd...
  15. kdfiter

    Finally got her done

    I did also make it a little taller than most ..I'm 6'5 and didnt want to break my back bbq n
  16. kdfiter

    Finally got her done

    Thanks all for the complaments..I've been working on and off on it for a year I used feldon calculator for mostly all the measurements..I went with a longer stack than they recommended and it seem to work great ..I still might add a great below the drain ..but thanks everyone for the great...
  17. kdfiter

    Finally got her done

    Finally got done with my reverse flow air compressor build..it took awile because I would just work on it once in awile ..did my first smoke and it held temp for a hr ..thanks for all the advice I got on this forum
  18. kdfiter

    Door straps

    Good.. because I didnt need a lecture on the different kinds of welding you prefer or your tacking techniques when all I asked was about strap sizes ..smh
  19. kdfiter

    Door straps

    Move on if you dont have any good advice ..if you read the original question it was if there was any thinner flat stock that people use on the doors
  20. kdfiter

    Door straps

    Thanks for the reply..my tack welding isnt the problem or the heat ..I let everything cool down ..the problem is that the strap wants to bend back straight and is flairing out the sides..I took off the strap on the side and the door went back to normal ..I gonna try doing the top and bottom...
Top Bottom
Back
Clicky