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I just built a small chest conversation with an 8" insulated wood collar. I bought a 6.8 cu ft freezer from lowes that fits up to 4 1/6 barrels or a full 1/2 barrel plus a 1/6th. The only 1/2 barrel I can't fit is coors and miller, b/c of the bulge kegs, which is fine by me. In the attached picture I have 1-1/6th barrel and 1/4 slim. I also managed to fit all my equipment inside the deep freeze.

There are a lot of videos and links online of advice as to how to build these. You should try and read them all b/c they all have good advice. Most guys build their wood collar out of solid 2x4's or 2x8's which I hear insulates the deep freeze just fine. I went a step further and paired up 1x8's and insulated in between with foam for safe measure. I have pictures of my entire installation process should you want any advice or to see just how I did it. My brother and law just built one as well and used the 14.8 cu ft. Last time I looked inside of his he had a 1/2 barrel and two 1/4 slims so would assume you can fit two full kegs.

Lifting 1/4 slims is easy with one guy. A 1/2 barrel would take two guys. If you keep it in the garage or basement you could make a simple pully system which seems over the top but possible. Or you can frame casters for the bottom of the freezer (which I've done so I can take it to parties) and wheel it over to a counter or steps or anywhere where you can get up above the collar and drop it in.