# What to expect driving through the city **URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/what-to-expect-driving-through-the-city/3718 **Category:** General Discussion **Created:** [January 23, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/what-to-expect-driving-through-the-city/3718 "2018-01-23T17:10:53Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 17
### Author: ![Til](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v2/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@Til](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Til) #### Post date: [January 24, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/what-to-expect-driving-through-the-city/3718/17 "2018-01-24T17:04:40Z")
Hi Connor, you’re right, under this conditions charring some wood is challenging. There is a thread about avoiding smoke during charring because of the same problem. > [@Making Charcoal without Smoke](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-charcoal-without-smoke/2296): > > Got a visit from the local code enforcement official yesterday. Apparently a new neighbor (a fire chief of a neighboring town) called them to report an illegal fire. I had made a batch of charcoal using the Gilmore system, and it made quite a bit of smoke for the first 10-15. After that there was no smoke, but in that short time I managed to get his attention. The code enforcement guy was cool about it, and just told me to stop. I looked it up, and open fires are illegal in my town, but I d… Maybe this can give you some good ideas? With a wood-gasifier it is also sometimes impossible to avoid some smoke during lighting, refueling or working on it. Of course it can be limited by proper handling. Just keep this in mind. Not to discourage you, but as many others already said it, be realistic on your situation (wood supply, vehicle limits, neighbours and so on) to avoid later frustration. --- _[View the full topic](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/what-to-expect-driving-through-the-city/3718)._