Wheels on UDS?

bluegrass smoke · 10-10-2011, 06:56 PM

I'm just finishing up my first UDS. I found 4 caster wheels a old toolbox today.
Any tips on mounting them? Do I need all 4?
thanks

Carbon · 10-10-2011, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bluegrass smoke

Do I need all 4?

......or...do you need them at all? Do you need it to be mobile?

bluegrass smoke · 10-10-2011, 07:20 PM

Yes I dont have a good place to store it. So I will have to move it alot

Randbo · 10-10-2011, 07:29 PM

If you got hard surface to roll it on to storage? I would use three as it would sit with out rocking verse 4 which could be a potential problem to get them all level or level ground to sit on. I vote for three.

NorthwestBBQ · 10-10-2011, 07:37 PM

Since commercial Drum Dollies use 4 wheels, my vote is 4.

bluetang · 10-10-2011, 08:09 PM

I welded 3 casters to a drum top, and set the UDS on that, works fine. Wheels are great!

NorthwestBBQ · 10-10-2011, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by bluetang

I welded 3 casters to a drum top, and set the UDS on that, works fine. Wheels are great!

Perhaps, but I can see the possibility of tipping.

Capozzoli · 10-10-2011, 08:16 PM

I was thinking about cutting up and refitting an old hand truck to mount to a UDS.

bluetang · 10-10-2011, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by NorthwestBBQ

Perhaps, but I can see the possibility of tipping.

Not so far, what do you have on your UDS?

Carbon · 10-10-2011, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by NorthwestBBQ

Since commercial Drum Dollies use 4 wheels, my vote is 4.

I can understand the 4 wheels considering a full load of drum can weigh something like 500 lbs.
I like three wheels but preferably mounting them outboard for stability.

BlueHowler · 10-10-2011, 08:39 PM

Go with three. There's a reason that camera tripods, surveillance equipment, milk stools, tricycles, etc, have three wheels or legs and that is because three points of contact is more stable on uneven terrain than four points of contact.

NorthwestBBQ · 10-10-2011, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by bluetang

Not so far, what do you have on your UDS?

Why would I have a UDS when I have the Superior 22.5" WSM?

My friends with UDS' all use 4 wheel dollies.

There must be a method to their madness:

http://tinyurl.com/3kfqor4

Pappy · 10-10-2011, 08:45 PM

JM had a thread that discussed wheels. You can get a lot of opinions from this.
"Opinion's, everybodies got one"......or two......or three.

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=117408

martyleach · 10-10-2011, 08:52 PM

Sorry, I just don't get the need for wheels at all. a UDS is not heavy.

That said, I would go with 4 to reduce the possibility of tipping if you are dead set on having wheels.

Carbon · 10-10-2011, 09:01 PM

If I ever needed wheels on my UDS my first choice would be to mount just two hand truck style wheels and dolly the UDS like a hand truck.

10-10-2011, 06:56 PM	#1
bluegrass smoke On the road to being a farker Join Date: 07-05-10 Location: Kentucky Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wheels on UDS? I'm just finishing up my first UDS. I found 4 caster wheels a old toolbox today. Any tips on mounting them? Do I need all 4? thanks __________________ - 22.5" Weber One-Touch Gold - Weber Smokey Joe Platinum - Weber Genesis - Big Easy Turkey Fryer - Modifed Char-Broil Off-Set Smoker - Old Country BBQ Smoker - UDS - Weed Burner

10-10-2011, 07:20 PM	#3
bluegrass smoke On the road to being a farker Join Date: 07-05-10 Location: Kentucky Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yes I dont have a good place to store it. So I will have to move it alot __________________ - 22.5" Weber One-Touch Gold - Weber Smokey Joe Platinum - Weber Genesis - Big Easy Turkey Fryer - Modifed Char-Broil Off-Set Smoker - Old Country BBQ Smoker - UDS - Weed Burner

10-10-2011, 07:29 PM	#4
Randbo is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 06-06-11 Location: Brookings Oregon Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If you got hard surface to roll it on to storage? I would use three as it would sit with out rocking verse 4 which could be a potential problem to get them all level or level ground to sit on. I vote for three. __________________ 3 UDS, One charcoal eating fire breathing home bulit trailer pit,

10-10-2011, 07:37 PM	#5
NorthwestBBQ somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-28-09 Location: Lynnwood, WA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Since commercial Drum Dollies use 4 wheels, my vote is 4. __________________ Michael KCBS/PNWBA Member, Cook, CBJ & Photographer Custom Engraved Wine Barrel Lids

10-10-2011, 08:09 PM	#6
bluetang Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-06-10 Location: Stuart, Fl Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I welded 3 casters to a drum top, and set the UDS on that, works fine. Wheels are great! __________________ Homegrown 120 Gallon Reverse Flow, Homey, the Homegrown Kettle, 3 UDS's, 3 Stack Pro Q Excel 20, 18.5" Elderly(but not retired) WSM, 150lb Capacity Homegrown Electric and a CA gasserrrr Bicycle Fast Polder Thermo, Indisputably Fastest Purple Thermapen, SAI Satay Grill Thanks landarc for the avatar!

10-10-2011, 08:16 PM	#8
Capozzoli is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 01-18-11 Location: Philadelphia PA. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was thinking about cutting up and refitting an old hand truck to mount to a UDS. __________________ [COLOR=Black][B]Meat * [COLOR=Red]Salt[COLOR=Black] * Fire :flame: [url]http://theholyravioli.blogspot.com/[/url] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/B][/COLOR]

10-10-2011, 08:39 PM	#11
BlueHowler is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 07-28-10 Location: Centennial, Colorado Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Go with three. There's a reason that camera tripods, surveillance equipment, milk stools, tricycles, etc, have three wheels or legs and that is because three points of contact is more stable on uneven terrain than four points of contact.

10-10-2011, 08:45 PM	#13
Pappy is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 05-09-11 Location: Granite City, Illinois (Near St. Louis "GO CARDS") Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	JM had a thread that discussed wheels. You can get a lot of opinions from this. "Opinion's, everybodies got one"......or two......or three. http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=117408 __________________ Performer, UDS, 1983 WSM, Frank-in-Weber, 120 Gallon Offset, IQ-110, ET-732 Last edited by Pappy; 10-10-2011 at 09:04 PM..

10-10-2011, 08:52 PM	#14
martyleach Babbling Farker Join Date: 12-17-10 Location: Pleasanton, Ca Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sorry, I just don't get the need for wheels at all. a UDS is not heavy. That said, I would go with 4 to reduce the possibility of tipping if you are dead set on having wheels. __________________ Large Big Green Egg, Cold smokehouse, UDS with hinged lid, Santa Maria pit 26.75" Weber OTG, Weber Performer, WGA MAK One Star General Pellet Pooper Hasty Bake Gourmet Custom wooden handles for BBQ's made by Marty Leach (oh, that's me) www.amlwoodart.com

10-10-2011, 09:01 PM	#15
Carbon is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-24-08 Location: Los Angeles Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If I ever needed wheels on my UDS my first choice would be to mount just two hand truck style wheels and dolly the UDS like a hand truck. __________________ ....UDS....Mini-WSM....Midi-WSM....Mod-ECB....22.5-OTG....34"wood fired pizza oven....

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