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| thomasotten |
 Jan 18 2008, 02:59 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,545 Joined: 16-November 03 From: San Antonio, Texas Member No.: 1,349  |
My dad was telling me that back in Germany after the war, he remembered seeing cars that ran on wood. This site tells about it, and there is a link to a site with instructions on how to do it. He said it smelled realy bad! Some great engineering went on back then... http://patentpending.blogs.com/patent_pend..._that_runs.html |
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| VaccaRabite |
Jan 18 2008, 09:50 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,444 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
This is cool tech. I heard about it a while ago, though I did not know how it worked until now.
it is an interesting concept though. Think about it this way. Wood pellets (pellet stove fuel) cost $3-$5 for a 40 pound bag. It is kiln dried, and is made of hardwood sawdust (manufacturing byproduct). My pellet stove also burns dried cherry pits and corn kernels. Makes you think... According to that site, 20 pounds of wood with 20%water content is about the same as 1 gallon of gas. Kiln dried pellets have less then 8% water content, with less then 1% ash. My pellet stove uses a glorified dryer vent, it burns so clean that it does not need a chimney. So, 1 bag of pellets is equal to 2 gallons of gas. So as long as gas stays above $2.50 a gallon, its cheaper to burn wood pellets. It is still not at all as convenient as a gas solution. You'd have to lug around 200 pounds of pellets every time you filled up a 10 "gallon" tank. It takes about 10 minutes to start your car, and 10 minutes to fully turn it off. But it is still a neat, relatively clean, alternative. Zach |
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| Katmanken |
Jan 18 2008, 07:17 PM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
How do you think the Germans kept running towards the end of WWII?
The made gas from coal and ran cars on wood... Nah... we invented that recently.... Ken |
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| VaccaRabite |
Jan 18 2008, 10:10 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,444 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Yeah, I think we got that. The pictures of the beetle and kublewagon were cues.
Zach |
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| GWN7 |
Jan 18 2008, 10:38 PM
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King of Road Trips Group: Members Posts: 6,280 Joined: 31-December 02 From: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Member No.: 56 Region Association: Northstar Region |
There was a show on Discovery that had a guy with a converted truck that ran on wood.....
here's a link to one: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Homesteadin...ning-Truck.aspx |
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| banger |
Jan 19 2008, 09:18 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 354 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Santa Clarita Member No.: 7,205 Region Association: Southern California |
There is a hummer H1 limo that was converted to run with a gasifier. They usually fuel the truck up with food leftovers.
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| banger |
Jan 19 2008, 09:26 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 354 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Santa Clarita Member No.: 7,205 Region Association: Southern California |
There is a hummer H1 limo that was converted to run with a gasifier. They usually fuel the truck up with food leftovers.
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