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The BBQ Adventure

Submitted by PaulEMadden on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 11:14pm

This is a BBQ trailer we did major repairs and improvements to. It is somewhere between 20 and 30 years old. I was brought to us in very sad shape. The company that built it originally seemed to know how to build a BBQ, but not a trailer. The especially didn't factor in the effect that the high heat would have on a trailer. We repaired the tub as best we could. We could not get the tub perfect because years of high heat use had expanded the sheet steel. We built a frame around the bottom, with a much stronger tongue and backbone. We added a smoker on the rear of the trailer. The axle was moved further back on the trailer to account for the added weight of the smoker. More pictures will follow of the repair/enhancement process.

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Travel Trailer Carrier

Submitted by PaulEMadden on Thu, 11/10/2011 - 11:29pm

This is a carrier a built to go in the trailer hitch on the rear of my travel trailer. It was designed to hold my generator and gas cans and whatever else I decided to put on there. It is extremely sturdy. Can easily hold 500 pounds.

I made it out of 2" x 2" x 1/8" angle iron for the main frame.

 

The two support pieces across the bottom that I lined up with the generator bolt holes are 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 1/8" angle iron.

 

The main tube that connects with receiver hitch is a 2" x 2" x 1/4".

 

There is a 16 gauge piece of steel welded in the frame to make the floor of the carrier. This is the final version. Notice I also added hoops around the carrier to tie things down to the carrier. This picture was taken after it had traveled 600 miles to Southern California.

 

 

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