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AZBBQGRILLS:
Alright its been a while. Got my trailer found an awesome deal on a trailer with a 3500 pound axle. I posted a new drawing. I have designed it to be either a 5 shelf or 7 shelf. I am going to set the rotisserie to handle both sizes. so you can interchange shelfs. I am going with the smaller of the two motors. You may ask why a 5 or 7 shelf design.  The odd number provides a better balance when rotating which i hope leads to a longer motor life.  I hope to have it done by the end of January. Shel size will be 13 inches in depth by 44 inches in length, for the 5 shelf design. Seven shelfs would result in a 10 inch deep shelf. Thought about adding a water trough to add steam to the smoking chamber.

Soncho:
I am just about done with a four shelf model. It works great and cooks evenly. I did the figgering on the math, since four trays provide even offset for the weight of the exact opposite side, i went with four trays. However mine is powered by 12 volt power and is completely independent of AC power so I was tring to minimize the effort the motor needed to provide. They are all kinds of cool and real crowd pleasers.  ;D

AZBBQGRILLS:
Glad to hear that worked out for you. That what I figured too, that 4 shelves would balance fine. However, after an engineer friend explained to me the way 5 shelves would balance better I was still not a believer. I finally went to Hobarts website after another friend that worked on Hobarts equipment for 20 years said that he never worked on a even shelf rotisserie. So I looked and they only have 5, 7,  shelf models. Since they have been in the mfg business for years, thought how could I go wrong. I have it all planed out just working on some details and will be building soon. I bought a 2500 GVWR trailer to put it on. Have two more grills to build then I can get started. What size shelf did you end up with. Your motor is a 12v. What is the max amount of meat that you can put on it. I am trying to get around 150 to 200 pounds if not more.

Smokin' Kelley:
wow this sounds pretty cool, sounds like you have done your home work look forward to see it in action. still working on mine, down to details now main stuff done, good luck.

jim:
I have 5 shelves 4 ft X 15" -- balances well

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