Cart for my WSM

[hambone1950]

For those of you with weber smoky mountain cookers....lots of people put wheels on them , but after looking into it and thinking on it for a while I decided to build a rolling cart with side table attached....it's pretty well complete now. Here's a few pix.

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• hambone1950
• Jun 1, 2013

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• hambone1950
• Jun 1, 2013

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• hambone1950
• Jun 1, 2013

One of the last steps was to attach the support for the table which a buddy of mine fabricated out of a scrap of 3/8 threaded rod. I also went back and covered the platform with aluminum flashing to make it a little more fire resistant. Using scrap wood and found material I bet this whole thing cost 20 bucks , tops. The most expensive part was the 4 wheels from harbor freight. Here's a little vid of the fold down table in action......

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[seenred]

That looks great Hambone, nice job!

Red

 

[fwismoker]

I love it...very nicely done.   I came close do doing something very similar  but backed out because i didn't want the shelf to be in the way of it being mobile.   Now i see your folding shelf and i'm reconsidering. 

 

[fwismoker]

Hambone can you take some pictures that show how it's latches up and down?

 

[themule69]

Good idea Hambone.

Happy smoken.

David

 

[hambone1950]

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Hambone can you take some pictures that show how it's latches up and down?

I will take a few more stills of the mechanism , it's pretty basic....did you watch the vid?

 

[fwismoker]

Doh...didn't see the vid

 

[fwismoker]

Oh ok i see, what did you use for that kick stand though?

 

[hambone1950]

Oh ok i see, what did you use for that kick stand though?

I found a length of 3/8 threaded rod in the dumpster at work....probably overkill , but it was handy. You could go with any kind Of light rod that bends easily. Then I just glued n screwed a couple wooden cleats underneath to catch the kickstand.

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• hambone1950
• Jun 1, 2013

 

[fwismoker]

I found a length of 3/8 threaded rod in the dumpster at work....probably overkill , but it was handy. You could go with any kind Of light rod that bends easily. Then I just glued n screwed a couple wooden cleats underneath to catch the kickstand.

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• hambone1950
• Jun 1, 2013

Awesome, thank you very much...i'll be working on mine now. 

 

[hambone1950]

Awesome, thank you very much...i'll be working on mine now. 

no sweat. post some pictures!

 

[kathrynn]

Wonderful Idea!  Thanks for Sharing!

Kat

 

[oldschoolbbq]

Great,nothing like a portable unit with a prep. table...

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[bobank03]

Nice. Very Nice! 

I think I could make something similar to fit my ECB. Ahh a fall project, lol. 

 

[millerk0486]

Awesome idea! I've been wanting a cart option too, but haven't known where to start. Thanks for the post!

 

[reasoning]

Very cool, i've got my gears going also on something similar! Also looking at building a contraption to lift the smoker up to add charcoal and wood, don't like the idea of using garage door handles when the bowl is full of water ;p

 

[webowabo]

Good l;ooking cart/shelf... I need something not necessarily for carting around the backyard.. but when at my house and using the mini.. I need a good side table.. storage area maybe under the mini. but also needs to be compact cause Im running out of room on my carporch.. thanks for some ideas :)

MIke