New bbq pit build along!!!!

[MASTERS]

Looking good. Why does the rear leaf spring have a spacer?

Yes it is a 150 gallon tank. My leaf springs do not have any spacers, it is a bracket welded the the axle that has a hole in the center of it that lines up the leaf spring with the axle when you put the u-bolts on. Every axle I've ever used had them.

[MASTERS]

Nice job. I'm surprised your doors didn't bow out when you welded the flat strap all the way around like that.

Do you have any tips to keep them tight with the cooking chamber like yours are?

Weld then about 2-3" at a time alternating between the doors in different spots after you have them tacked in place. It's a slow process, but it works for me and I've never had a door that sprung. I use a 6" metabo angle grinder with 1/8" blades to cut the doors to keep the heat down. I leave 9 tabs all the way around the doors to let them cool. Then cut the tabs later after its cooled. After the doors are dropped out I remove 1/4" from either the top or bottom of the door so that it will be snug but not too tight after the hinges are welded on

[MASTERS]

Nice job. I'm surprised your doors didn't bow out when you welded the flat strap all the way around like that.

Do you have any tips to keep them tight with the cooking chamber like yours are?

You can see in the second pic in post #52 there is about 1/4" gap in the bottom of both doors. I had a 1200* fire in it to burn it out and the doors opened up a little. After it cooled the went back to being snugly fit when closed. That hot of a fire in the box is uncommon and generally a 4-600* fire won't make the doors move at all. That fire was so hot that it turned the hinges, welds and pretty much the back half of the pit a bluish color.

[Arrowthreat]

That's a work of art! Great looking welds man.

[JTCowpoke]

I can see it in the pic you are referring to. It still looks really good.

I have built a few pits and I started putting the strap on the inside of the bbq pit and not on the door which helped keep a clean look without bowing the door out.

I don't mean to hijack your thread but I'll try and post a couple pics so you can see what I am talking about.

[MASTERS]

I can see it in the pic you are referring to. It still looks really good.

I have built a few pits and I started putting the strap on the inside of the bbq pit and not on the door which helped keep a clean look without bowing the door out.

I don't mean to hijack your thread but I'll try and post a couple pics so you can see what I am talking about.

That's real nice. The doors on went back to fitting snug after cooling down from that 1200* fire I built in it. I like the interior flat iron jamb you did on yours. You don't see that everyday.

[Dale Moser]

What's with the Metabo grinders? I'd never heard that name before and I've heard them mentioned several times in the last month, and saw them for sale at the steel supply....


Are they that much better than any other brand of grinder?

[BWDean]

Very powerful grinders. Much faster speeds than normal.

[MASTERS]

What's with the Metabo grinders? I'd never heard that name before and I've heard them mentioned several times in the last month, and saw them for sale at the steel supply....


Are they that much better than any other brand of grinder?

My father in law has used them for the last couple of decades in the construction business. Soft start, deadman switch and completely rebuildable and easy to find the parts if you kill one (which I never have). German made, and in my personal experience they are superior to the dewalt and makitas I've killed. I just wish I've have bought the couple I have in rat tails instead of paddle switches. I have the WEP 15-150's

[MASTERS]

Put a single small propane burner on the front of the tongue for cooking beans on.

[TXPredatorMafia]

Nice work

[Txrdnk]

Looks Good.

[MASTERS]

Built the sliding racks and put a little paint on it over the weekend. Going to touch up a couple of spots on the pit then wire the lights this week then she'll be headed to her new home.

[MASTERS]

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[Poco]

Very nice!! I will own a trailer pit one day.

Ray