My trailer smoker has started being built!

Thatgrimguy

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Thatgrimguy said:

It went great. I really appreciate the help from @SGH you are awesome brother. Thank you.  

I see you brought out the big guns. Smart move. Great looking cook and that rig is SWEET. 

I'm a manager. My only real skill is finding the people who actually know what they are doing and letting them do it!!

saluki2007

Way to go bro. Everything looks spectacular!  Didn't notice in the first couple pics but love the little pigs on top. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Did someone really hit your rig with their car?  The cook looks like money, but dang, with your luck I would stay out of thunderstorms.

SGH

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Did someone really hit your rig with their car?  

They sure did. I was leaned up on the warmer when it got hit.  

Ozzie_Isaac

SGH said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Did someone really hit your rig with their car?  

They sure did. I was leaned up on the warmer when it got hit.  

Glad you didn't get pinned.  I will say, as awesome as that rig looks and performs it will be full of even better stories!

caliking

How does someone hit a large, YELLOW, stationary object with people hanging around it???

Good grief. I would have been in tears after the rollercoaster of emotions  @Thatgrimguy has endured.

SGH

caliking said:

How does someone hit a large, YELLOW, stationary object with people hanging around it???

Alcohol. 

Thatgrimguy

It's already got more war wounds than most cars!!  It left a gash in her car. Didn't leave a mark on the Grocery Cart.

caliking

SGH said:

caliking said:

How does someone hit a large, YELLOW, stationary object with people hanging around it???

Alcohol. 

Of course. I should have known.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Omg- I just saw what happened to your rig. Holy sh!t. So lucky. Wow. 

ryantt

Thatgrimguy said:

It's already got more war wounds than most cars!!  It left a gash in her car. Didn't leave a mark on the Grocery Cart.

Well I for one am glad the Grocery Cart fought back and took a chunk out of her car. 

northGAcock

Thatgrimguy said:

It's already got more war wounds than most cars!!  It left a gash in her car. Didn't leave a mark on the Grocery Cart.

Grim, over time names and or nicknames evolve with experiences. I can see one in the making for your cooker. Keep rocking it and be safe.

Hotch

Nicely done Brother Grimm. Ands congrats on the maiden voyage.

lkapigian

Congratulations, Thank you for sharing the journey !

Thatgrimguy

I was so tired after yesterday! But, somehow managed to get up and buy another locking pin and start a rack  of spare ribs! 

This locking pin has a nut to hold it in place as well as the lock. I think I'll switch both to this style.



A rack of ribs in the vertical and a couple chickens in the brine. Going to be a great dinner.

pinballLooking

Nice setup and I really like that new locking pin! That should keep you safe.

Thatgrimguy

@legume You don't think that pin will work. I noticed your disagree on PinballLooking's post.

Legume

Oops, just a fat thumb mistake.  Pin looks fine - I use a locking one too.  Carry on.

DoubleEgger

That locking pin on the left offers virtually no security. You can pop it off in about two seconds with a long pry bar. I had one like that on my truck and I lost the key. A buddy took a pry bar to it and it was off in a snap. The ones with a beveled edge on the cylinder work better 

Thatgrimguy

Legume said:

Oops, just a fat thumb mistake.  Pin looks fine - I use a locking one too.  Carry on.

Right on. I kind of figured that. But after my disaster I want any input possible on failure points!

Thatgrimguy

SGH

Grim, check this clown out. This is about 4 miles from your house. 

tarheelmatt

SGH said:

Grim, check this clown out. This is about 4 miles from your house. 

Bet that "clown" has a family that cares about them too... 

Jeepster47

Thatgrimguy said:

... after my disaster I want any input possible on failure points!

From your post-drop pictures, it looked like the inner tube (for the hitch) went into the outer tube (welded to the trailer) quite a ways.  If so, you could cross drill both tubes down under the deck.  Anyone trying to steal the smoker will be concentrating on the two visible locks.  It'd be a pain to crawl under and engage, but could be an inexpensive addition when it's parked in the hotel parking lot.  Kind of like using duct tape after the suspenders and belt are in place.

SGH

tarheelmatt said:

SGH said:

Grim, check this clown out. This is about 4 miles from your house. 

Bet that "clown" has a family that cares about them too... 

I'm sure that he does. This accident has already been on our evening news. The driver was 3 times over legal limit for alcohol. With that said, and in my humble opinion, the clown obviously didn't care about innocent people out on the highway. Nor his family. 

Jeepster47

@SGH ... oh ... I thought it was the vehicle that backed into Grim's smoker.  And, you were just evening the score!

tarheelmatt

SGH said:

tarheelmatt said:

SGH said:

Grim, check this clown out. This is about 4 miles from your house. 

Bet that "clown" has a family that cares about them too... 

I'm sure that he does. This accident has already been on our evening news. The driver was 3 times over legal limit for alcohol. With that said, and in my humble opinion, the clown obviously didn't care about innocent people out on the highway. Nor his family. 

So what if he's got some problems,  don't we all? I understand your point to an extent,  but I bet his family still cares. 

SGH

Jeepster47 said:

@SGH ... oh ... I thought it was the vehicle that backed into Grim's smoker.  And, you were just evening the score!

No sir. But this wreck really was right down from Grims house. 

Legume

You're off the rails Matt.  He called him a clown, that was it.

SGH

tarheelmatt said:

So what if he's got some problems,  don't we all? I understand your point to an extent,  but I bet his family still cares. 

Brother Tar, no doubt he has family that cares for him. I don't dispute that fact at all. But heavy drinkers usually put themselves and their alcohol first. Just like the person that ran into Grims smoker. Take the alcohol out of the equation and it would not have happened. I myself like to drink. That's no secret. However I never drink and drive. Never. When I was much younger I had a encounter that changed my thoughts on drinking and driving forever. I will keep the story as short as possible.
In 1990 myself and another deep water diver (who wishes to remain anonymous) jumped 65 foot off of a bridge to save a woman and her child that had been hit head on by a drunk driver and their car went over the railing into the water 65 feet below. When I surfaced with the 4 year old girl in my arms, she was already dead. Her neck was broken and her lungs puncture. She was dead on impact. We unknowingly made the jump in vain. I can still see her face crystal clear to this day. As it usually goes, the drunk walked away without even a scratch. I don't mean this in a rude or dis respective way, but you will just have to forgive me for having no sympathy for those who drink and a drive. The above story is absolutely and sadly true. It's not some of made up gesting and joking. This is one time that I wish that I was joking my friend. It still haunts me to this day.