Isaac, I got it now! I didn't intentionally center the front legs of the smoker in the middle of the cart. That is just where it ended up being. I wanted it towards the back of the cart (end with the handle) so I could have an area in front of the smoker to slide the drip pan in and out and to also have a place to set things while loading/unloading the smoker. Now I did measure from the sides of the cart just to make sure it was centered from both edges equally. I did that mainly to help with stability of the cart. I hope that answered your question.