Any Hunsaker Owners that can take measurements for me?

[Cat797]

Hey all,

I'm going to build a bit of a copy of a Hunsaker drum for a buddy of mine's race party benefit. Can any of you Hunsaker owners take some measurements for me? I'm looking for:

Diameter and height of smoke stack
Diameter of vortex basket
Height of ash pan off of bottom
Position of racks; I.e. Distance from bottom of barrel
How far rack supports stick out from sides

I did look on Hunsaker's site and you can buy everything to build one but that's gonna be $400 which is too much for me to spend right now so looking for some help with measurements and I will build it.

Thanks In Advance!

Ed

 

[sudsandswine]

No offense (I know your intentions probably aren't malicious), but Mark is a pretty good guy and I don't think posting the dimensions to build a clone of his cookers online is a very good thing to do.

:idea:

 

[Jason TQ]

I'm sure you mean well here, but that is a tough ask. You basically want within seconds what took Mark years to design. He's even has patents (not pending) on his design.

Others may think differently though.......

 

[Cat797]

Understand your thoughts....I seem to remember someone on here doing a clone a while back. I'll figure something out.

 

[Nuco59]

You can do it like Johnny Cash: "one piece at a time". Getting the parts from Hunsaker is pretty affordable.

If I build another UDS, I will use the wheels, the intake damper and possibly the stack/hinge from the Hunsaker site. Those are the features I'm most interested in... I can work around not having the adjustable racks, the grate or the vortex basket (as nice as it is).

It can be a clone without being an exact copy.

 

[Ron_L]

Yep ^^^^^

Mark sells the parts for those who prefer to build it themselves.

 

[Jason TQ]

Understand your thoughts....I seem to remember someone on here doing a clone a while back. I'll figure something out.

Yes you are correct, they did (even "clone" in the title) and they bought the parts.......
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=208924