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On a 1946 2 ton with 13' 8" long bed where would you place a 5' x 5' wood burning oven?

On the front of the bed behind the cab or on the middle of the bed?

You might want to check this out:
http://www.canuckpizzatruck.com/#!ourstory/csgz
Or this:
http://buonaforchettasd.com/catering/
Or maybe this one:
https://twitter.com/crustclassic
They should give you some ideas.

Sounds strange to me.
I'd say over the rear axle, depending on how much it weighs.
Then make a wood rack behind it or in front of it.
Also the pizza fixings in some kind of storage space, somewhere.
Steps to get on the bed.
A ten pound fire extinguiser could also be handy.
Bring it to the Home Coming next spring.
We can try it out then.

Don

How hot does the oven get, and where is your fuel tank located?

I have seen a truck with the oven on the front third of the bed and another truck on the middle third of the bed.

Inside of the heat gets very hot though there is 3" air space between the bottom of the oven and the bed.

Under the seat.

Thanks for those links my son will love to check them out.

32vid,

This will be hard for us to answer without a lot more info. It's all about the weight of the entire package...putting a 2000 pound oven up front might be fine if your putting 2000 pounds of firewood on the rear.

Is it safe to assume you have the 160" wheel base truck? If so the GVW for that truck should be 15,000 pounds. With a curb weight of about 5,255 pounds. The 4.500 pound front axle is carrying 2,400 pounds and the 12,500 pound rear axle is carrying 2,855 pounds, so the max payload is about 9,700 pounds. So you can distribute the load to add 2000 pounds to the front axle and 7,700 to the rear.

So, what does the entire cooking package weigh (oven, coolers, propane tank, food etc.)?

Mike B

160 wb, 15,000 gvw.

Oven weighs 3,000 lb.

There will be 4 underbed storage boxes that are 4' L 18" H 18" D, two on each side, one in front and behind the rear wheels.

One box will be filled with fire wood. Another box will hold the generator. No propane. Water pump, on demand water heater, small three compartment sink, a 48" L 30" H 30" D refrig weighs 250 lb.

Behind the rear end and between the two rear underbed boxes wll be a 20 gal fresh water tank an a 25 gallon grey water/holding tank.

If it were me I'd make a little spread sheet and divide it into two sections, weight ahead of and behind the center of the rear axle.

Include the weight of the equipment, sinks, pumps, boxes and tanks plus there contents but not the oven. Then see where the 3000 pound oven needs to set to have a little weight transfered to the front axle.

Mike B

Hi 32vid, I import and install wood burning pizza ovens. I also import pizza oven burners from Italy that work with natural gas or propane.

I am thinking of doing something similar with my GMC 450 but only for display purposes, the oven would be set on the flat deck without any need for insulating between the oven and flammables.

Will you be installing the oven directly on the flat deck or will you be raising it up somewhat? I normally set the cooking floor at 42 inches off the ground for the easiest access. If you are installing the oven on the deck do you have enough room to allow for this height with a thermal break between the oven and deck?

Bill

The oven sits on to metal runners that are 3" tall x 2" wide. So there is a air gap. The oven manufacturer put a angle iron flange at each end of the runners so the oven then will be bolted to the bed.

The bed will be covered in steel. Then anchor braces will be run between the cross members so the anchor bolts will have attachment points and then be tried into the metal frame.

You having a shop do the install for you or are you doing it at home? I'm going to be in Ronkonkoma on the 23rd. It would be nice to stop by and take a peek and visit.

You could always use a ceramic blanket for insulation as long as it doesn't get wet.

What make of oven is it?

Bill

Sorry to be late to the discussion, but ...

Here's a guy in the Gallery who already figured this out You may want to contact him.


John

We want to at least farm out the covering of the deck so the job will get done with larger pieces then we can handle. Love to show off the truck but do not know at this point where the truck will be or what stage the conversion will be in.

I have seen that one. And Ed Hotaling gave additional links and I really like one of them a lot.

I was looking for the one John found for you. It's a really nice setup.

I am in no way belittling John's efforts. I just found that one only a few days ago. And I was not looking for it I just stumbled on it. So I still appreciated whenever people make the effort to pass things on.
Jeffrey

Jeffrey -- We just want some pizza

Maybe some day you will have the best pizza.
Jeffrey

Check out these guys nomadpizzaco.com it's on a 48 Reo, friend of mine did all the fabrication (minus the oven)

Thank you, more great research information. Jeffrey