@Tone , I moved here not to clutter the other’s threads.
First skiing. Yes, I remember Kostilic. Skiing has naturally always been big up here. Do you remember Ingmar Stenmark? During 70s he won just about everything and they were forced to change the world cup rules to give him some competition When we were kids, schools and workplaces came to a halt as soon as a race was on tv. I remember class was always cancelled and the tv set rolled in
At one point Ingmar didn’t win and the journalist asked him what had happened. Ingmar was never much of a talker and in his northern short dialect he replied: - No point explaining to someone who doesn’t understand! And that was it.
Back to woodgas. 4 hours a day. That means you’re the one way ahead of me. The vehicle you use the most is the one that should be woodgassed, so I don’t blame you for not woodgasding the pickup. It was just picking - as always
Had to beg politely to be allowed to borrow wife’s Gopro, but it payed off
Lazy Sunday in the heat. Lightup, 100% woodgas crankup and puttering around in the woods.
Interesting to see what you do to avoid driving with petrol, one wonder, why don’t you push the gas forward?
Is it better to suck it up to the engine?
One more question, how do you store the gengas wood for the winter?
It’s just that I don’t have a suitable inlet for pushing, that’s all. The tennisball spring interferes.
I haven’t used the blower under the hood for years. Normally, if the truck was driven the day before, there’s potent enough gas in the piping already. If not, I always waste a few seconds of petrol like every one else.
I always keep 100-150 bags indoors. The fuel I use during winter has been sitting warm a cozy for at least 6 months. I replace it as I go with chunks from the outdoor drying cribs. They hold another 100 bags worth.
JO, thank you for the nice videos, pictures and report. You have everything nicely arranged, great praise. It looks like you are using an air bag blower to start it, similar thing to what I use, also the gasifier takes a similar amount of time to warm up, except that your engine starts on gas and I have to start it on diesel, it has cold start “syndrome” engine with a pre-chamber, but when it is warmed up, it starts without a problem. I also found that the heating of the gasifier is faster when I blow air onto the nozzles and let the steam-smoke out through the filling opening, so the coal heats up faster because it is not cooled by steam, well, somewhere in the city this would not be appropriate.
You must be using some computer generated graphics JO. No one is that neat and organized. Next you be showing us pictures of your workshop and you will claim to know where every tool is. I was already suspicious from the pictures of the wall of stored fire wood you have outside.
Thanks guys, but the pics doesn’t give my mess justice. I will switch off the retouch button on my camera in the future and hope I don’t scare you off
Very true Tone !
Also, as long as only charcoal is lit, pulling air down the drilled hole with the lid open seems to heat things up faster than pulling through the nozzles with the lid closed.
Using both our methodes and we’re back to square one and Wayne’s charbed excersize. It seems whenever we discover something - it’s already old news in Alabama
iirc Wayne once shared that there were 3people that have driven coast to coast on wood. All from Alabama must be something in the water down there
I’ve been blessed to meet 2 of them.
And a couple of others from Europe in person and a host of others mostly online and Argos. I always remember the lady that looked outside at Argos and said " and not a clean pair of jeans in the bunch". I think that sums this bunch appropriately.
Hopper juice tank upgrade on the truck. I got sick and tired of the plastic can.
This used to be some kind of stainless electrical box. I utilized the intire 3 gallon box and made it hug the gasifier for easier tar draining capabilities in wintertime. Also, being metal it’s possible to heat it some with the torch.
Tight fit, but it turned out ok.
I find 1.6 rods hard to weld with, I probably move too fast being afraid to burn through. 2mm is the smallest I tend to use.
While writing this I realized that I welded with 1,6mm stainless rods today , made a pencil holder and welded it to a compass? divider? I mean one of those you make circles with
When we were kids, schools and workplaces came to a halt as soon as a race was on tv. I remember class was always cancelled and the tv set rolled in 
And that was it.
, made a pencil holder and welded it to a compass? divider? I mean one of those you make circles with