Don't you begin to expect that used fryer oil may become quite dear as well? I don't think I want to plan to rely upon that sort of thing. There is a limited supply and soon will be lots of people that want it. The fellow on the forum that has a number of restaurants has that to his advantage. If one had a ready supply then it might be a plan.
I think the major disadvantage of the wood fired boiler on a boat would be the amount of space needed for the wood pile and the amount of time it might take to get a fire going and steam pressure up so that the boat would move. Another issue, might be heat as I generally only use the boat in fairly warm weather. Would be nice to have heat in spring and fall though. Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rich Thomas Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 2:21 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Steam cars Used fryer oil, filtered a bit so as not to clog up the nozzles! --R R A Bennell wrote: > I would like a steam boat. Unfortunately, they are generally heavy, slow and > expensive to build. Would certainly be > inexpensive to run - especially if one used wood as that would be essentially > free out at the lake. Fuel oil might > be less trouble but wouldn't smell quite as good - not quite like diesel > exhaust but more like smoke from oil fired > furnace. > > Randy > > - > __ _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
