Hey GaryG of PA
Well . . . . those pictures were taken in mid “tourist season” weather late July to mid-Sept. I am not so alone and misunderstood on the D-O-W now living in the GreatWet with “NorWet” Tim Johnson, Derek Evans, Brian Ham, Doug Brown, John Ricker and a bunch other webfooters here now too. Toss in BC Bill Smith and Paul Holverson; and some of the Alaskans like Robert Jewett too. THEY all do, or will soon understand, ain’t no such thing as wood sun/air drying here for the majority of the year. Getter’ done, in and under cover or wait a whole 'nother year. Just like any annual crop.
Ha! Ha! Chris Seymore knows. He visted here twice? once in Novenmber and then in Febuary. Two weeks taotal I think and Wet’n Cloudy and he never saw the sun or the mountains unless it was flying in or out.
I really did enjoy your “Why I am doing this” post comment a lot.
Regards Steve Unruh
I am sad to inform everyone that fellow woodgasser and my best friend, Justin Adams, died in a car accident on Friday night driving back from California to Kansas City. A massive snow storm made the drive through Kansas very dangerous. He lost control and collided with a large truck.
He was not driving his van, but had taken a Jeep due to the bad weather ahead. Justin had a soft heart and a strong mind, he was always a seeker of truth, a good man.
Justin had become hooked on wood gas as much as I. He joined me at the Kansas Wood gas meet up June 2011. He got to meet MikeL and WayneK and was blown away with what he had seen. He wanted a gasifier of his own after that, he did not stop until it was built. Many good memories of Justin have passed my mind today, from childhood to present, more memories than I could count. I wished we could have had more time, and I will always miss him, he was truly a unique and adventurous person. My heart and pryers goes out to his family.
“Today is the day we leave our past behind, today we say our last goodbyes, memories in the back of my mind, held close by until the day i die”.
It is with deep regret learning disparision your friend, our minds go to him, his family and friends
The loss of any good hearted soul, is a sad day, May peace find all of you that new him.
Chris,
Please accept our deepest regrets . Our prayers will be with Justin, his family, friends and you.
I remember Justin well from our Kansas event.
Wayne
Chris,
Very sorry to hear of your loss. Please send our condolences to his family.
Hi Chris, As our friends drop around us, it makes every minute more precious. Don’t ever let anybody waste your time. It’s all we have and when it’s gone it’s gone. You are making good use of yours. Sorry for your loss and wake up call. I just briefly got to know him. See you soon, hopefully … Mike
Chris,
I’m sorry for your loss.Losing a childhood friend is life changing.
My condolences to you Chris Seymore.
My condolenses to all left behind in Justins passing.
MikeL expressed my personal thoughts better than I ever could.
ChrisMo I am editing my always too long of previous posts on this thread so it will load faster and to better highlight Justins (and yours) work on this outstanding Just 'Gitter Done driving system. Still the only example I know of yet so far gasifing and driving one of the later Ford Modular SOHC V-8 systems.
Outstanding work guys!
Regards
SAteve Unruh
Such sad news Chris, we are sorry for your loss. We too have been there. Many people pass through our life and some stay for a very long time to influence us, and our life forever. We miss them when they are gone, but never forget the life, the love, the person.
Chris, The richness of the love for a lost friend will never diminish with time. My condolences to you and your friend’s family.
Chris,
It’s tough to lose the people close to us. We’re all grateful that you “introduced” us to your great friend Justin. Reading about your guys’ project was inspiring and humorous. The firefighters and the oil filter bubbler made me laugh.
So sorry for your loss, our prayers are with you and Justin’s family.
Regards, Tim J
he sound’s like he was a good man…
it brings to mind the words of a song, “only the good die young…”
God’s peace to you and his family. i’ll keep you all in my prayers.
Very sorry to read this Chris. Thoughts and prayers are sent.
A sudden loss of a childhood friend that is still a close friend years later is like loosing a brother, my condolences to you and family.
Thoughts and prayers are with you.
Thank you guys for the very thoughtful reply’s, It means a lot to me and Justin’s family.
He was a brother to me, I am glad we had spent the last bit of time we had together on this
amazing project, these memories will always stay with me.
Be safe out there everyone,
Chris Seymour
I am looking to build a tralier-based woodgas system like yours for a similar van. I am still learning about wood gasification, and want to know if a charcoal burning system could be modified to run biomass (dry chips, weeds, paper, wood shreds, very flexible fuels). Please get back to me ASAP.
I am sad too about Justins death.
Sorry for the tragedy that ended conversation on this project. If it is possible to learn more details about the gasifier construction and charcoal making and processing with photos perhaps, I’d be interested in learning more.