# Investigating a charcoal John Deere garden tractor - 10hp

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**Category:** Small Engines
**Created:** [March 6, 2019, 2:11am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/investigating-a-charcoal-john-deere-garden-tractor-10hp/4412 "2019-03-06T02:11:06Z")
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### Author: ![dbaillie](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/dbaillie/32/11300_2.png) [@dbaillie](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/dbaillie)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2019, 3:33am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/investigating-a-charcoal-john-deere-garden-tractor-10hp/4412/5 "2019-03-06T03:33:27Z")

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Start with the source. Technically they are updraft charcoal gasifiers. I call all mine a Simple-fire after Gary Gilmore’s original. Its a good place to start. All the bells and whistles are just refinements for each persons tastes and situation.  
Gary’s thread: [Simple-Fire](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/simple-fire/398)

His videos:

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yL79ci4TH7k/hqdefault.jpg "Simple Fire charcoal gasifier") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL79ci4TH7k)

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KAJXdaCQ6uQ/hqdefault.jpg "Simple fire charcoal gasifier") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAJXdaCQ6uQ)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4LzokjsrLdg/maxresdefault.jpg "Simple Fire 2015") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LzokjsrLdg)

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