This category details the process we went through to build the cart.
~This post continued from part twelve. Just like there are buildings with no thirteenth floor, this blog has no thirteenth part.~ With the block glue dry and the screw having been run through the mounting plate, through the cart wall and into the glued block, the hot water heater was Read more
Now that the front wall had been cut and installed, it was time to build the sinks and install the hot water heater. If you look closely at this picture, you can see the end of the copper tubing coming through the front. Back when I was installing the stove, Read more
After temporarily securing the cooler in place and making sure that portion of the cart was functional, it was now time to build the water tower. In Alabama, state law requires that you have hot and cold running water, a hand washing sink and a two compartment sink for dishes. Read more
After looking at the pictures that I have, it appears that I didn’t take a lot of pictures of this particular step. I had some reservations about having to do this particular step, because if I screwed it up, then all of the work I’d done on the firebox including Read more
I didn’t show a lot of the firebox in the last post, so I decided to go into a little more in-depth with this post. The firebox is the “work horse” of the cart. It is where you boil the dawgs, steam the buns and keep the warm toppings warm. Read more
So now that I had the body framing built, it was time to work on the top. Personally, the top wouldn’t have been my next task, but I was (loosely) following set of plans so the top was next on the list. This was particularly difficult for me as it Read more
The next step was to join the frame and make the skeleton of the cart. As seen here I had to actually get on the floor so I could get underneath the cart to secure the cross-members to the cart’s deck. this took a little more time than I thought Read more
Laying out the pieces with my newly procured wheelbarrow handles was a bit tricky because while they had the rounded handles like I wanted, the dimensions weren’t exactly square as the other strips were. I had to determine how I would attach them to make everything else match up. I Read more
At this point, I had enough materials to get stated, but it looked like it was going to be a huge challenge. I was following the “EZ-Built Hot Dog Cart” plans and I was watching the videos 2 or 3 videos ahead of where I actually was in the build Read more
Now that the trailer was built and functional it was time to start building the cart body. A trip to Lowe’s was required to get the materials to get it all started. One of the main things I thought was pretty important was getting good straight materials. So, I looked Read more