PTO!
How you doin' Bro! You going to be at the shop tonight?
So Bertha is home and is fired up now. We did a LOT of work on her and she is looking GOOD! (Lets face it, it's a f'ing oil tank, it looks lile a pile of crap in the yard but if you can see beyond the surface imperfections she's a beaut! Maybe that's why I like her so much, she reminds me of me.) I started a fire in her to burn off any residual oil on the metal from any drilling and cutting we did, We built a new firebox, lowered it and raised up the smokestack. The draft is unbelievable! I bet she's at over 500*F inside the cooking chamber. That's obviously too hot to cook with but again, my goal is to cook of any remaining volatiles. There was a bit of oil on the surface of the firebox and it's gone already. New dampers, new stainless smokestack, new door, new handles and latches. She's like a whole new girl!
Wilbur is ready, he's going into a brine sometime this afternoon.
Crap, it's 11:30! I gotta go, tons of chores to do.
PTN