Latest UDS Cart Mods

[Smoke & Beers]

Finally got around to putting a hitch on my Dual UDS Cart this week...finished it up today by putting lights on it.
I stripped the cart down, welded the receiver on and had it sand blasted and painted. The hitch is removable from the cart...so I don't trip over the damn thing...so are the lights... Both have quick release pins so going from travel mode to smokin' is a snap.
Here's some pics in the rain from today.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd23/powercatpurple/BBQ/UDS-Ugly%20Drum%20Smokers/IMG_0079.jpg?t=1278303274

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd23/powercatpurple/BBQ/UDS-Ugly%20Drum%20Smokers/IMG_0085.jpg?t=1278303339

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd23/powercatpurple/BBQ/UDS-Ugly%20Drum%20Smokers/IMG_0075.jpg?t=1278303383

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd23/powercatpurple/BBQ/UDS-Ugly%20Drum%20Smokers/IMG_0072.jpg?t=1278303416

[Southern Home Boy]

That is an awesome cart! I was planning on doing something very similar, but in wood (mostly because I can't fab metal). I never even thought of putting a hitch on it to tow it like that. Great idea!

[PaulG78]

Nice design.

[colonel00]

Any chance of posting some basic plans or dims? I am sure there are plenty of people here that are interested in mimicing your cart. Also, how do you get it on your hitch? It seems the might be a height difference.

Edit: Nevermind, I see what the wire is for.

[countyliner]

Very nice!

[Smoke & Beers]

Any chance of posting some basic plans or dims? I am sure there are plenty of people here that are interested in mimicing your cart. Also, how do you get it on your hitch? It seems the might be a height difference.

Edit: Nevermind, I see what the wire is for.

I initially designed it off of my Weber Performer cart...tweeking it here and there to my liking. As far as dims, I made it a little wider than the Performer cart, since the stiffner rings on barrels make it wider. Also made it longer, obviously, to accommodate the 2nd barrel.
I do wish I would have made the work area a little wider. The barrels only sitting on half of the cart's framework works great. The chains hold them in place.
Here's a picture of just the basic framework early on:
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd23/powercatpurple/BBQ/IMG_1439.jpg?t=1278333355


Getting it on the hitch...I do have to take the barrels off, but it only takes a couple of minutes to completely load it up or unload it by myself...but its much easier with 2 people.
For those wondering...the wire is for the ground on the lights.

[PorkQPine]

That's the bomb! Great work.

[Ribbin' Randy]

Nice!:thumb:

[baldbill]

nice!! Now thats what I call showing a pair!

[Yleekyoti]

Thats a nice cart just by itself. The hitch idea is sweet!:cool:

[Alan in Ga]

Sweet idea love it

[heiny]

nice... simple and well designed:clap2:

[LT72884]

looks like it was rainin pretty dang hard. thats a cool lil cart there. How much bounce do you get?

[txschutte]

Very cool! A great solution to transport smokers.

[Smoke & Beers]

looks like it was rainin pretty dang hard. thats a cool lil cart there. How much bounce do you get?

Really not much bounce. But it does raise my headlights enough to piss on-coming drivers off :roll:.

Thanks for all the comments guys...going to use it the next couple of weekends. This weekend I'm gonna haul it about 120 miles to do a party for my bro-in-law...3 briskets and 2 butts, 10 lbs of fatties and 200 MOINKS.

Then the following weekend, we're hauling it 200 miles to a contest in Hays, KS :thumb:

Nuttin' like breaking her in right :becky:

[Phubar]

Nice work!
That should turns some heads while your driving on the highway!

[PTSidehow]

:clap2::clap2:Great looking set, and a very doable idea for most, even if you have to work off the basic extra gear hitch carrier. Don't seem to have a photo of mine. I welded two of them together. So it would fit the mower deck, and all the other power equipment I have as the single carrier is 22" between the rails and most everything I own is 23 ½"wide:doh:

The only danger with wood would be that it will crack and break apart at the worst time( like at 70mph on the freeway with cars tailgating behind you.:shocked:
:thumb:

[Smoke & Beers]

:clap2::clap2:Great looking set, and a very doable idea for most, even if you have to work off the basic extra gear hitch carrier. Don't seem to have a photo of mine. I welded two of them together. So it would fit the mower deck, and all the other power equipment I have as the single carrier is 22" between the rails and most everything I own is 23 ½"wide:doh:

The only danger with wood would be that it will crack and break apart at the worst time( like at 70mph on the freeway with cars tailgating behind you.:shocked:
:thumb:

The draw bar I used is 3/8" thick tubing and I did full penetration welds on all the welds so it is built like a brick chit house. I don't plan on putting too much additional weight in the drums...maybe a bag of charcoal in each drum, but that would be all. I don't think cracking/breaking apart will be an issue... I did a 240 lb stress test on it by climbing on it and bouncing up and down and it passed that with no problem :wink:

[chasmosis]

That would get mistaken for a mobile meth lab around here for sure...:-P

Great idea and nice job on the build!