# John Deere M
**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201
**Category:** Woodgas Farming
**Created:** [April 2, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201 "2014-04-02T13:56:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@BillSchiller](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/BillSchiller)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/41 "2014-04-14T15:45:12Z")
Very nice Arvid.
How long do you project this will take? It looks like it’s going pretty quick for you.
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### Author:  [@tritowns](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tritowns)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/42 "2014-04-14T16:25:12Z")
I’m hoping to have all the major pieces done by the end of the month… that will give me 3 weeks or so to get it all plumbed and tested… here’s hoping…
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### Author:  [@Patrick1](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Patrick1)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/43 "2014-04-14T17:24:22Z")
Hi Arvid
On my cooling rack similar to that I eventually welded nuts in line with each pipe and made a needle nose fitting for my pressure washer to wash the soot out of the cooling tube.
Looking very nice.
Thanks
Patrick
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### Author:  [@Terry\_Lavictoire](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Terry_Lavictoire)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/44 "2014-04-14T19:15:59Z")
Looking real good!
Ya gonna use any baffles?
TerryL
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### Author:  [@tritowns](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tritowns)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/45 "2014-04-14T19:38:12Z")
Gas will enter on the right side bottom and exit left side top… Baffles? kinda… tubes on the right side extend into the bottom manifold some what more than on the left side… lol… cut a bunch of tubes and then realized they didn’t need to be that long… but so far the gas flows from bottom to top.
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### Author:  [@forfun\_struble](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/forfun_struble)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2014, 12:18am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/46 "2014-04-15T00:18:15Z")
fun project you got there. i’ve got an allis CA about the same size . nice looking cooler.i too use taps with the impact wrenches i like my butterfly3/8 for most small holes.looking foward to your progress:)
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### Author:  [@BillSchiller](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/BillSchiller)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2014, 12:34am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/47 "2014-04-15T00:34:45Z")
Looks good Arvid.
This tractor has a fan in front right? So that way it should also pull air through your cooling tubes as well, right? Is that why you put the cooling tubes on that side?
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### Author:  [@tritowns](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tritowns)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2014, 12:57am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/48 "2014-04-15T00:57:15Z")
Yup, that’s idea Bill. Also i seen a picture of an old tractor that i’m kinda copying the layout.
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### Author:  [@don\_mannes](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/don_mannes)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/49 "2014-04-15T15:43:13Z")
Arvid, I know you are a wood chip guy so is that what you are going to run in the Deere? Do you screen out the little stuff? How do you dry them this time of year?
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### Author:  [@tritowns](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tritowns)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/50 "2014-04-15T19:06:57Z")
I try to shake out the dust… have a screen with about 1/4 openings but I don’t shake that hard… I still have some wood chips left from when we got a ton plus a year or more ago… I can get kiln dried chips up here from a lumber place… its the ends of dimensional lumber that gets chipped up. I can get a ton for 100.00 from them… while there is a fair amount of fines, i really don’t screen them all out… at some point i do what to get my own plate chipper… then make a drying kiln.
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### Author:  [@Eric\_Cartier](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Eric_Cartier)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/51 "2014-04-15T19:20:52Z")
Nice cooler!
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### Author:  [@tritowns](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tritowns)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/52 "2014-04-15T19:44:05Z")
Thanks Eric
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### Author:  [@tritowns](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tritowns)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2014, 3:06am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/53 "2014-04-29T03:06:22Z")
I know it don’t look like much but finally the gasifier body is starting to come together… condensate gutter is welded in. This will be more compact than our preproduction unit… It will have the same size hopper capacity, more advanced air preheat and our fully adjustable no shake grate… can’t wait to get it finished and mounted on that tractor
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### Author:  [@Terry\_Lavictoire](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Terry_Lavictoire)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2014, 3:36am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/54 "2014-04-29T03:36:14Z")
Good stuff Maynard!
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### Author:  [@BillSchiller](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/BillSchiller)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2014, 3:44am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/55 "2014-04-29T03:44:46Z")
I really look forward to seeing updates on this post.
Just curious Arvid. Does this customer have any experience in wood gas? If not, I imagine you have something set up for customers that are new to wood gas to get an edge on the 75%?
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### Author:  [@tritowns](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tritowns)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2014, 4:19am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/56 "2014-04-29T04:19:23Z")
He runs steam engines. His dad who is still alive remembers having a gasifier on their car during the war…
I’m hoping to be able to run his tractor for a week or so before he comes and gets it… that way i can figure out how to make it run… I’ll make some vids for him once i figure it out. I do have a bit of an owners manual that i’m still compiling… really basic…
I’ll also make sure to spend some time with him here when he does come to get it… show him how to start it in person… to be honest, nothing beats actually doing… and I’m sure he’ll get the hang of it pretty quick… i’ll always be as close as a phone call other wise.
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### Author:  [@docdcox](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/docdcox)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2014, 10:39am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/57 "2014-04-29T10:39:31Z")
Otta be a real treat for Dad! Hope you still have nice working weather as it was 94 here yesterday.SUCKS THE LIFE RIGHT OUT OF YOU! Keep us posted. Dan
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### Author:  [@Carl](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Carl)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/58 "2014-04-29T13:52:23Z")
A rare opportunity to work with/for a woodgas veteran from that bygone era. An interview on camera would be priceless. Go Arvid!
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### Author:  [@tritowns](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tritowns)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/59 "2014-04-29T19:32:42Z")
Up to this point It is still pretty much a Victoria (Stephen Abaddess original design), and this is where his and mine diverge. Sadly, I can’t show everything that we do differently.
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### Author:  [@don\_mannes](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/don_mannes)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/john-deere-m/1201/60 "2014-04-29T19:41:54Z")
Looking good Arvid. What restriction size are you using for that M?
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