# 04 Ford Ranger on charcoal **URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/04-ford-ranger-on-charcoal/1957 **Category:** Projects **Created:** [September 6, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/04-ford-ranger-on-charcoal/1957 "2015-09-06T18:02:18Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 19
### Author: ![glgilmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v2/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@glgilmore](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/glgilmore) #### Post date: [September 20, 2015, 1:29am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/04-ford-ranger-on-charcoal/1957/19 "2015-09-20T01:29:32Z")
Wellll, There needs to be a place where oxygen (air) reacts with charcoal to produce CO2 which then gets converted to CO (carbon monoxide) This oxidation can be very hot 3000F and the nozzle that brings the air into the charcoal take a thermal beating. If you just put a hole in the bottom of the charcoal container, there is no nozzle per say, but the ash can build up over time creating an ash volcano. The only way to clean it out is to dump the contents of the gasifier. The system I am experimenting with has no nozzle but a tuyre, much like in a blacksmith forge. . --- _[View the full topic](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/04-ford-ranger-on-charcoal/1957)._