If you get a chance, buy the magazine or look it up on the 'net next month
since it
might be there by then. This farmer seems to have simplified the whole
process.
The earlier versions turned me off too considering their complexity.
He describes a fairly long trip he made and apparently took the necessary
wood along.
There is so much data in this article, I don't have time to type it all out.
He did tell about
driving 2000 miles to the Bonneville Salt Flats and winning the "wood gas"
speed trials.
The whole article sounds too good to be true, but he names a professor at
Auburn Univ
who did a lot of testing on his rigs. You probably have a lot of wood
available at your
camp, so a project like this might be worthwhile. For me, the critical
point would be when
and if the plans become available.
Gerry
From: "Curt Raymond" <curtlud...@yahoo.com>
I looked into this a couple years ago to run a generator at camp since
we've got lots of wood and it seems VERY complicated. The other issue is
how much wood you can haul along on your trip. Wood is not energy dense
compared to oil.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:23:24 -0400
From: "Gerry Archer" <arche...@embarqmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: [MBZ] Wood gas. was: abuse of cars 2ejuremy
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Speaking of heart pine, this months issue of Mother Earth has
an article about a farmer in Alabama who is running 3 pickup
trucks on wood gas.
Mother Earth News April/May 2012 pp.56
He seems to have put together the simplest wood gas system
I've read about so far. Unfortunately he doesn't reveal details
of his designs; although they might come out in later editions
of Mother Earth or be for sale.
He estimates that if he had to buy wood by the cord, it would cost
him ten cents per mile to run his pickups. At 20 mpg that would be
the equivalent of $2.00 per gallon of gas.
In areas with lots of trees, such as where we live in North Florida,
it seems like this could be a viable option for DIYers.
Gerry
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