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Similarly problem with my build. We welded two ribs on outside, to help keep it's shape, before cutting door and it still sprung in the middle. It wasn't a lot, but enough. To get it closer to were it should be we squeezed the door with pipe clamps and welded a half moon shaped piece of 1/4" on...

Looks great Fred. I like that you have room to add something up front later on. Maybe something to fry those fish.

Looks good Phil. Going to be a nice setup.

I guess the next big step is the door. Planning on having just one, will be around 60" wide. Going to weld flanges or ribs using 1/4" plate to tank to help keep the contour. Will two of these be enough for a door this size?

Worked on smoker this weekend. We cut hooks off of the tank and welded them to the bottom of the FB. Left them on to help protect the bottom. Cut opening, attaching FB to the tank, and turned it over. We then mounted it to the trailer. Went pretty smooth, thanks to my friend, and his...

Thanks, great suggestion. We are going to wait and see how the latch works with a fire in the box. We're not sure that we won't need a pipe for leverage to open it.

Finally got the fire box done. Used an old semi trailer latch my friend had on the door. I'm happy with the way it came out. The next good day we have to work on it we'll mount the box to the cooking chamber and then on the trailer. Any advice is welcome.

Looks great. Gonna save this one. If cream cheese is hard to spread you could form it between plastic and freeze. Then lay it on top of pork. May be more more work than it's worth. Just a thought.

Thanks Jack and Fred. I didn't notice when I looked at your pics Fred. Felt pretty stupid when I figured out what I did yesterday. Now I have to flip everything in my mind when thinking about it. If this is the worst surprise I get during the build I'll be happy.

I just realized that I cut the firebox opening on the wrong side of the tank if I want the doors on the driver side. The seam wound be on the doors, definitely don't want that. Is this a big deal? Is there really an advantage to having the doors on the driver side? Seams like it may be just...

Just finished cutting the FB wedge out. It was a little freaky, even though it's been open for awhile and now full of water. Cut a deep groove all around with angle grinder and finished with sawzall, worked great. Should I burn it out? Kinda worried about warping.

Thanks for the quick responses. 4 inch min space above rf. Looks like Fred cut his tank 10.72" down on the end. Great! Going to cut the tank now. If this is my last post you know what happened.

I like having a project to keep my mind busy while driving truck. Decided to build a smoker and learn to weld too. Found this site a few months ago and have probably been on every day since. Here is what I have so far. 250 gallon tank, 87x30, and a trailer I found on CL: A firebox that is...

Yeah it is Al. I bought an 83 gallon tank at first but it had a lot of l.p. left in it. Dad's gonna use it up first, that may be my second build, probably in a couple years. In the meantime my boss had this tank he wanted gone and I found this trailer on CL. The weather is going to be nice here...

My first post on a forum ever. A friend and I are going to try the build a smoker. Been doing a lot of reading on here. Lots of great info! Thought I'd show my build too, and get some advice. Tank and trailer.