Freight train tanker car build

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That, I'd want to see!
 
I got stop by a train over the weekend . Had tankers on it , I was thinking that be a heck of a smoker .
 
I've had the same thought many times; moreover, there's a factory up the street a few miles that has both the pipe and the endcaps.

I suspect it would turn out so big as to be impossible to maintain consistent temperatures, not to mention taking hours to load (and think of the counterweight those doors would take!).

Still, it's fun to think about a Tim Taylor smoker.
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Someone who knows the dimensions of one should run it through the calculator.
A DOT-111 tank car, specification 111A100W1, constructed by fusion welding carbon steel. This car has a capacity of 30,110 US gallons (113,979 L; 25,071.8 imp gal), a test pressure of 100 psi (690 kPa), a tare weight of 65,000 pounds (29,500 kg) and a load limit of 198,000 pounds (89,800 kg). They have a minimum plate thickness of 7⁄16 inch (11.1 mm)
Tank, Outside Diameter10'
Tank Length55' 21/32" lol [emoji]128514[/emoji]
Use a half semi gasoline tanker for the FB. Bring in a few logging trucks to haul in the wood and maybe a forklift .
 
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A DOT-111 tank car, specification 111A100W1, constructed by fusion welding carbon steel. This car has a capacity of 30,110 US gallons (113,979 L; 25,071.8 imp gal), a test pressure of 100 psi (690 kPa), a tare weight of 65,000 pounds (29,500 kg) and a load limit of 198,000 pounds (89,800 kg). They have a minimum plate thickness of 7⁄16 inch (11.1 mm)
Tank, Outside Diameter10'
Tank Length55' 21/32" lol [emoji]128514[/emoji]
Use a half semi gasoline tanker for the FB. Bring in a few logging trucks to haul in the wood and maybe a forklift .
How many square feet of expanded metal will we need for the cook grate? 

Bonus points: How many briskets can you cook at once?
 
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Lmao.. haha.. funny.. you could have people in those asbestos suits walking around in the cooking chamber flipping briskets .
 
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While a crowd awaits with a plate and a bun...A voice crackles over the loud speaker, " Now arriving on track 5, 198,000 lb. of pulled pork... tickets please."
 
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