I got my trailer to rebuild for my bbq pit trailer. Lots to do, but i will be adding in heavy duty cross beams to weld mounts to for the pit.
Question is whats the best way to mount a pit to a trailer? Best brackets to make? Size? Thickness?
Pit part im mounting to the trailer is 8 foot long x 42 inch diameter... alittle thicker than quarter inch. Its heavy...
Mounting pit to trailer????
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Re: Mounting pit to trailer????
First thing that comes to mind is cutting out brackets shaped kind of like this out of like half inch sheet of metal. Doing 3 brackets like this welded to the heavy cross beams....??? That way the brackets cradle the pipe/pit body... the pipe sits in the saddles...
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Oh wow. I figured out theres bigger square tubing than what ive ever seen. That may work..
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I'm a total Novice but you have taken "working height" into your fabrication design I hope
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That's an awfully big trailer for that small pit isn't it?
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Bobbergone63 wrote:That's an awfully big trailer for that small pit isn't it?
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You do not really need that much support. I normally use angle iron to make the legs. My large cooker has 3" x 3" x 1/4" legs.
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Sniper338 wrote:[quote="Bobbergone63"]That's an awfully big trailer for that small pit isn't it?
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Just looking at the BBQ behind the trailer is all
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"cool hand Luke quote" instantly comes to mind
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I use 2 ton ratchet straps
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