My mini dachshund always goes for the ankle 
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HI, Brian!
6.2.2016
That is just ājumping in the wrong barrelā!
A continuous row of holes is just destroying the draft downwards by continuous re-warming the gas which should be allowed to cool and form the necessary draft and cooling downward for condensing!
So, only āeye-lockā slits in the upper end, and just above the edge of the gutter.
Max
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Hi Wayne,
I know about the prison ā¦ I met a pile of folks last visit BUT no vicious dogs ā¦ You have a good bunch of folks down there doing what they are supposed to do ā¦ We have 12ā PILES of ice here ā¦ Stay dry amigo !!! ā¦ Mikey
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Nope got beat by a woman
Hi Robert,
I love the attention to detail. Patience and discipline are the markers of success. The fuel tank straps look very good for original equipment. Here in the āsalt the roadsā frozen northeastern NY (Canadian border) they donāt last very long. Good luck on your build.
Pepe
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Thanks pepe,
The plan is to have this as a wood gas truck eventually. Truck was originally from California. I bought it from a guy out of Cleveland Ohio. I just had a quart of this undercoating for the last 6 months and havenāt made time to put it on. Now that Iām getting ready to move I figure itās one less thing to move. Just did the rear part of the truck. Took 6 bolts, one electrical connector and the filler tube to take the bed off.
Had enough to paint the frame rails the rest of the way forward but not enough to work on the underside of the cab or the underside of the bed. Maybe I can afford another can next week and āfinishā it. Running out of time for stuff like this, getting ready for the big push north. The trailer that I was going to use got loaned out brought back bent up so now I have to find my own trailer. Lol Iāve got a lot to move. A lot of shop tools, welder, 3 riding lawn tractors, a disassembled Grumman AA1B, 3 cars ( going to try to sell one, the other one will succumb to rust in a few years and the 3rd I plan on using as a family vehicle when there isnāt any salt) two trucks, (the one in the picture and the other one going to be used as a donor truck for its engine, transmission and rear end. Would be nice to disassemble the parts I want before I go.) The main household items include a couch, two cribs, one twin bed, washer and dryer, a piano, 3 dressers, and a bunch of other paraphernalia.
Iām going to try to sell as much as I can but with scrap being down and my limited time table, itās worth more to me to haul some of the stuff up there.
First day of work is March 9th.
Robert
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Now, I know thereās some trailer backing experts on hereā¦ can you do this?
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Maybe thatās how VW are testning emissions - let the trailer do the work 
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Yupā¦ film it going forwards and play it backwardsā¦
Not hard at at all
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Thatās not how they did itā¦ they actually made the ātrailerā out of a small car, and hid a driver in there.
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Yupā¦ that would work too
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That was dang coolā¦ A few pusher trailers were built for electric cars. Going forward that is. Iāve thought about building a woodgas pusher trailer a few times but working out all the problems seem to be a bit much. 
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Good evening all from the character building north, of southern Manitoba. Minus 20C presently, forecast to be minus 28 in the morning, with a windchill of minus 41. That said, thatās not exceptional weather for this time of year, minus 35 or 38 would cause some complaints - this night will be one of the coldest so far. Itās been one of the warmest winters ever, even some rain in January and February, which is unheard of. A few crows have been sighted, they never appear here until the end of March for the spring thaw.
Definitely a different approach to wood gas condensation is needed in this environment.
Believe it or not though, by summer I can grow decent tobacco and corn, long days, and good over night temperatures, but planting dates are critical.
I will be using some of that solar energy stored in mother natureās extreme long life batteries tonight, and thinking about the warmer days to comeā¦ 
Ps, - no expectations of school being cancelled,
Garry Tait, Manitoba
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Update, itās actually minus 31. That makes it the coldest morning of the winter so far, and possibly the whole winter, the way things are going. And I forgot to plug the car in last night, thank goodness for synthetic motor oil. Frost doesnāt want to come off windshields easily, seats get hard, tires feel kinda square till they roll a half mile or so. Beautiful sunny morning though, and the days are getting longer now. In 2 months the ground will be thawed, and it will be warm weather work time.
-One major advantage of such cold is wood splits far better below minus 10 or 20, white poplar (trembling aspen) can be split in 4 foot cordwood lengths with a single blow from a 3 lb axe. And no working up a sweat, and zero bugs, no dirt on the wood. Real wood splitting and felling weather.
Garry Tait, Manitoba
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Hi guys; You all know Iām an old man. When they put a black container with wires to a motor to start cars and through away the crank, I knew they had lost me. How ever, somewhere along the line with the advent of this things call the computer, they had a"KNOCK SENSOR". This allowed the computer to advance the spark until the knock sensor registered a knock or pre-ignition. Then it retarded slightly. That sensor was a very good thing for woodgas because the woodgas has a higher octane and doesnāt know / ping until the engine is advanced further than it could be on petro. Thus that would handle our entire problem with mechanically advancing the spark. DO CARS USE A KNOCK SENSOR ANY MORE??
New subject; I HATE ethanol in my gasoline. There I said it. Now that the price of gas has dropped below /$4 a gallon, I decided to treat my truck to a couple of tanks full of Premium with NO ETHANOL. I got 2 miles per gallon less that on ethanol gas. WHAT IS WITH THAT?
THIRD SUBJECT; Hmm Canāt remember what it was. Took to long to type the first two. Maybe it was the fact that my truck road like a lumber wagon with no springs today. Tires are stiff and the shocks are stiff and the roads are less that is desirable ( crappy ) TomC
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Rough ride: my air bags leak like crazy in cold weather, but not when itās warm . . . my brain tends to do the same thing!
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Thanks for the weather report, Garry. Pretty much the same here at 12959, -10* F this am. Saturdayās forecast -25F (-31C is -24F) with a high of -2F. We got 6" of snow here night before last. In my hometown of Tupper Lake, NY got so little snow this year the ski slope never opened and they are called the Tiptop town in the Adirondacks. Lake elevation 1565ā msl No snow making equip there. Been the strangest winter in all my days.
Tom, your not alone, I had something to add but itās gone now. Might remember it later.
I remember now, the elevation of Mount Morris (ski slope) is 3165āmsl.
pepe
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Yes, most modern cars have them. The 90s Dakotas are unusual that they donāt have knock sensors.
Premium has more octane but also less energy. Ethanol also raises the octane and lowers the energy. If your engine doesnāt require Premium thereās no benefit to it. What you want is some of the 87 octane advertised āethanol freeā, I see it often driving through east Tennessee. Thatāll get the best mileage and store longer in a container.
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