Not a bad idea at all. I've been looking at pics a bit recently trying to see what it's all about. Not sure if I'll ever build one.Dirtytires wrote: ↑August 3rd, 2018, 12:44 pmIt sounds like someone needs to do a top to bottom build tutorial on a UDS. Haven’t seen an in-depth one in a while.
Big T wrote: ↑August 3rd, 2018, 9:12 pmI'll have to measure everything to be exact but I believe that my 1st rack is 3'' below the top and the lower rack is 6'' below that. My fire basket is 12''x12''x12'' with 3'' legs and I let the uprights on my fire basket run 4'' higher than the basket so that I can set my deflector above the coals. I used a cheap pizza pan for a deflector and drilled a bunch of 3/8'' holes in it. My drum has the flat top and I have a 2'' exhaust stack in the center of the lid. I haven't ever done a pretty drum but I've painted a few of them with regular spray paint and they've done alright as far as the paint not burning off. My personal drum has never had any paint on it, it's covered in rust from top to bottom. There's a guy on the UDS Nation FB page that builds beautiful drums with awesome paint jobs and I believe that he said he uses high temp primer and engine paint. He usually builds 4 or 5 at the time to sell so I would think that they hold up well.