Kevin,
Have our new gasifier innovations become WW3 designs? That is an interesting concept—something to contemplate. It sometimes seems that we are so close, doesn’t it.
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That’s a possibility, extreme heat for the air might deal with the steam crashing.
I’d still want some way to remove the water. I think the WK is a balance of a lot of things done right and made with care and that’s what makes it such a good design. Lotta years put into it.
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I just put up a pic of my exturnal hopper smoke cooling rack,You see any problems with it i should change. I dont have a circular pump hooked up yet- i was going too try it like it is see if draws smoke with out a pump.
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Kevin I think the temperature difference will give it some cycling. It’ll favor that side though from my guess.
I bet it’ll work pretty good though, only one way to find out.
YA well since i had this cooler rack from one of my other builds ,sitting around, figered better give it a try, and my hay filter dont fit that space anyway- time to go mount the other drain tanks and plum the hay filter,so i can head too the motor with the wood gas/ asap this exspencive gasihaul runs right through my vibe…
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Gess we both like trying new ideas for wood gas changes- Its the wood gas BUG.OR i should say we three- cody has quit a few projects cooking too.
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Got my choke plate shelf welded in.
I love welding thick stuff with my inverter welder, I just crank it up to full steam and I have it done in a heartbeat.
I cut out a brake drum to hold up my restriction, that heavy steel donut thing that I found at my old job. Heavy thing and should help with zapping any tar.
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I was finishing the weld to the air jacket and I kept hearing the sound of a weld cracking undone. Tried doing soapy water test and can’t find a leak in any of my welds. Odd. Maybe the open mouth of the hopper was scraping against the concrete.
I’m excited to test this thing out.
I’m starting with a benchmark wood size of roughly 2" either with rounds or blocks cut at an angle. Depends on what I have.
Now the easier part of making the gas jacket. I have a 3/32" plate I’m going to weld to the hopper and gas jacket together.
This is not the final height for the hot hopper. Kept it this tall so I could weld on it standing up.
Edit: the brake drum works as the reduction, kind of a short and wide reduction zone, and the steel donut is the restriction. I wanted to have both be removable so I could check on the grate if I had to.
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Looking good, i might need a bit more metal at the bottom of my burn tube ,too keep the insulation in place, i might have to take a metal sleeve with me, just in case,if i can be lucky enough to make the argos trip this year.I got to put a rotor in the bottom of my burn tube , to keep the intence charbed heat off the bottom plate too.
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If you put the brake rotor in it should give the gasifier a lip to collect ash. It’ll collect around the restriction too. Best to pre fill it with ashes to help seal it up.
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Sounds good THANKS Cody-you are most help full good person.
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Finally got a receiver hitch ordered for the 2011. A Curt brand Class 4 hitch. It’ll handle way more than I’ll ever pull with it I know that much.
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You say that till a friend needs a single wide house moved around the block 
man i beat the snot out of my trucks way beyond their capacities. And I’m the easiest on my rigs in my whole family, I have watched my brother Chris get his full size big block ford f250 AIRBORN pulling logs out of the woods. Have watched my dad with a similar f250 pull a log skidder out of a canyon. My brother Jon hauled a full size truck home on a single axle trailer cross country behind a 4 cylinder s10 pickup. It just runs in the family
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Holy cow.
Yeah I think the biggest this will pull is my mom’s 30 foot camper. She has been pulling it with her 2008 4 cylinder Toyota RAV4 Sport. Takes it to South Carolina and to the beach about 6 hours away.
We have been known to “custom rig” trailers.
One time my mom was wanting an extra long single axle to haul her zero turn with a big leaf catcher attached. Dad told her to just wait and he’d find the right one.
Well she forgot to mention she already ordered a trailer and it was 2 feet too short. Dad had to get a friend to add another 2 feet of cattle grate to the ass end as well as relocate the gate/ramp. We never need to use the trailer kickstand if it’s empty, she just teeters backwards and sits there with the tongue up in the air.
Mom finally found grandpa’s title to his old homemade Chevy Pickup bed trailer. I would like to buy that title off of her and fix it up, the bed is still in decent shape but needs new floorboards.
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Is your family related to the North family in Alabama?
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One time I was hauling 4 tons of rerod on a trailer with a Jeep Wrangler. Going down the freeway outside of Detroit. Trailer started wagging it’s tail a little and before I could do anything I was spun around facing traffic and it rolled the tires right off the rims on one side of the trailer. Not the best time I’ve ever had.
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This hitch brought to you by the Bauer 1/2" corded impact gun. It has as much ugga dugga power as you need.
I used the floor jack and a 2x4 to hold it up for installation.
How interesting, the space between the top of the tailgate from the top of the receiver hitch is just as tall as a 55 gallon drum. How curious!
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I’ve been trying to think of a strong enough swing away mount for people that wish to make a gasifier for a vehicle with a tailgate or SUV style rising door. I’ve seen a lot on the market and the ones rated for the weight we would require are ridiculously expensive but I understand why. Lots of engineering and work go into them.
Honestly something like a Chevy Suburban has the right height to fit a decent capacity Imbert behind it on a carrier but then you lose the capacity to open the cargo door.
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I have been thinking about that too. I have a Jeep Cherokee I would love to convert to wood gas once I get the Dakota done. I was thinking something that could mount to the trailer hitch.
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Is there room behind the receiver for an extended, sliding “ball mount?”
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