2-Wheeled Portable Barbeque Pit

2-Wheeled Portable Barbeque Pit FARM HOME Food 22-4-35 A friend of mine came to my shop with three photos and a few dimensions and asked me to build him a 2-wheeled portable barbeque pit that he had seen at a fair. I did and it turned out great. The pit is 4 ft. wide and 21 ft. long. The axle is a shortened house trailer axle and the floor is made out of 1/2-in. thick steel plate. We used 2-in. angle iron to build the frame as well as the top edge around the pit. We used 2-in. sq. tubing to form the tongue and 2-in. angle iron to make supports. The sides are made out of 1/8-in. thick sheet metal, and the four corner uprights are made out of 2-in. sq. tubing. The roof is framed with 1-in. sq. tubing and covered with steel roofing. The extra features that we added are what makes it so great. To make it easier to get charcoal started we added a "turbo". It's a piece of 2-in. dia. steel pipe that runs the length of the bottom about 1 in. off the floor, with holes cut in it every 10 in. A gas-powered leaf blower can be fitted to the end of the pipe to blow air into the charcoal and pro-vide an almost instantly hot fire. A boat winch mounted on back can be used to easily raise or lower the wings of the roof. A portable plate can be put in the pit in case the operator wants to use only part of the pit. A removable sauce pan tray can be mounted on top of either fender in order to hold sauce. A military shell box mounts on front for storage. My friend has done a lot of barbeques for others and says he paid for his barbeque pit the first year. People like it because there's no mess when he leaves. And, he can set it up anywhere. We used all new materials to build it. Total cost was about $2,100. (Tom F. Crittenden, 207 Crittenden Drive, Mansfield, Pa. 16933 ph 717 662-2742)

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