UDS on a Deck??

kynmo2010 · Jul 25, 2021

Does anyone with a flat botton UDS use their UDS on a treated lumbeer deck? If so, what do you put under it to protect the wood?

Robert · Jul 25, 2021

I have used four bricks that I set the drum on. Cap blocks would work as well. OR you could use a drum dolly that gives you some portability.

https://www.amazon.com/Pentagon-83-...ocphy=9026090&hvtargid=pla-472651348548&psc=1

Thanks,

Robert

ModelMaker · Jul 25, 2021

A small size furniture dolly has been under mine since '06.
Ed

cholloway · Jul 25, 2021

Remove the motor from an old "walk-behind" mower and use it
as a UDS dolly.
Don't tell me I ain't redneck.

Nuco59 · Jul 25, 2021

If I cook under a tree for shade, I will put 3 bricks under the drum- to protect what little grass is under the tree.

I don't have a deck to protect but I'd lean toward the furniture dolly idea.

mcyork28 · Jul 25, 2021

I have used a few bricks to give it some breathing room between the base of the drum and the deck.

jeffeg · Jul 26, 2021

I built mine on wheels, It has around 6" clearance from my trex deck. I still use a automotive drip tray (approx. 3' by 4") to catch drips/ash.

CivilTrojan · Jul 27, 2021

cholloway said:
Remove the motor from an old "walk-behind" mower and use it
as a UDS dolly.
Don't tell me I ain't redneck.

Pictures?!?!?

kynmo2010 · Jul 27, 2021

jeffeg said:
I built mine on wheels, It has around 6" clearance from my trex deck. I still use a automotive drip tray (approx. 3' by 4") to catch drips/ash.

When I replaced the decking boards on my primary deck with composite boards, I built an extension off the deck with treated deck boards. On my old deck I had burn marks where pieces of lit charcoal would fall through the chimney when I went to add it to my UDS. I didn't want holes burned into the composite decking.

Smoke on Badger Mountain · Jul 27, 2021

Mine is on three bricks on the deck

cholloway · Jul 28, 2021

CivilTrojan said:
Pictures?!?!?

Not a UDS... my burn barrel.

drallan81 · Aug 2, 2021

I picked up a 55 gal drum dolly off Amazon and put a bbq grill mat underneath. Makes moving the UDS around much easier and protects the wood. Just make sure to move the mat once you are done cooking and things have cooled otherwise you will end up with a section of decking that doesn't fade/weather at the same rate as the rest of the deck.

https://www.amazon.com/Pentagon-83-...27915230&sprefix=drum+dolly+55,aps,155&sr=8-3

https://www.amazon.com/Fireproof-Re...d=1&keywords=grill+pad&qid=1627915349&sr=8-19

ModelMaker · Aug 3, 2021

cholloway said:
Not a UDS... my burn barrel.

Back to the hills with you, Billy!!!!!
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