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Well, yesterday we shifted the tank forward 2 feet and now it sits perfectly on the trailer. We also for the firebox door on and the air intake installed. Now, we just have to put on a latch and a handle. We started the first fire in the firebox as well, only with some paper to check for leaks...

I haven't decided yet. I would like to but IIRC, powder-coating is pretty pricey. I think at first, we are going to use spray-on high heat paint until we can afford to get it professionally done.

Well, we made some more progress today... However, we are going to have to backtrack... First, we added a jack to the back of the trailer to help the weight when parked... Then, we got ready to lift this bad boy onto the trailer! We also added a drain pipe and a ball valve to the bottom of...

I am in Waxahachie.

Well, on New Year's Eve, we finally got somebody with a welder to come do some work. We got the braces welded in place for the tank to sit on. Tonight, I dropped off the end caps for the firebox to be cut and prepped for welding. I will pick those up tomorrow morning and we should be able to...

So far, my biggest thoughts are: 1. Dang, I wish we had a bigger shop to work in, and 2. I wish I had a welder, torch, and plasma cutter...

I just started a build thread in the hobby section that you can look at to see more progress pictures: http://gmtnation.com/f62/new-hobby-experience-bbq-smoker-%2Apicture-heavy%2A-9260/

Finally, we got to pick up the smoker with the doors cut and the firebox tacked on! Unfortunately, from this point on, our welder has had to back out due to work and family circumstances so we are at a stand-still until we can find somebody that won't charge us an arm and a leg.

We then went out and got all the metal we needed to complete the project; different sizes of angle iron, flat steel strips, the firebox pipe, and the exhaust stacks. Then, we went out and dropped the tank back off with the guy that was helping us put it together. We wouldn't see it again until...

Then we got started grinding, sanding, sand-blasting, priming, and painting the rest of the trailer We also got a nice new sat of wheels and tires for it

Now, back to the other trailer. The guy we bought the large tank from offered to help us out a little with the big cutting and welding jobs so we dropped the little trailer off and he went to work on it Then, we got all new leaf springs, mounts and u-bolts for the existing axle. We got the...

Then, I was looking around CL and came across this guy Lucky for me, it had already had the fittings removed and it had been purged for a couple of years. That saved me a lot of time and trouble.

It turns out, this project has become more of a CraigsList project. Nearly everything I have gotten for it has been from CraigsList. First and foremost, I found this little guy, talked the owner down in price, and brought it home It had been sitting for about 15 years in his back yard...

First, we started working on a design for what we wanted This design is actually a walk-on "kitchen". After calculating the estimated weights of everything we wanted plus leaving enough room for 2 people to be working at once, we decided against that design. The new design we came up with is...

I figure this is as good a place as any to post my build progress. Several months ago, after attending a local festival in our small town, and after talking to a community friend, we decided to take on the challenge of building a smoker. This guy said that at the local 1-day events, he could...