I have seen that thats why l asked. Thats good news. How did you fuse the ends of the rope?
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I didnât. I just pressed the rope down into the grove.
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JO; I, as usual, could ask several questions, but I will just say ââ interesting postââ. TomC
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I believe there is a thread somewhere on the DOW from Russia that had a gasifier boat
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Tom, I know youâre familiar to both snow and woodgas rides. But I donât mind. Questions are welcome.
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JO; I guess the most pertanent question was, "how much did you have to pay in a deposit of those cans/bottles you got $6 for. TomC
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Tom, a deposit is always included in the price. Eq to 10c for aluminium cans and small plastic bottles. 40c for big plastic bottles.
I read about the doubtful benefits of recycling, but at least the deposit system keeps streets and ditches clean. Also, it provides kids and poor people with some cash. Except in cheap belts, like around here 
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JO. That sounds like a good system. We collect âârecyclablesââ but the all get dumped into one hole in the wall, and I donât know what happens after. We have no deposit on them, so we are just glad to have a free place to dump them. "Thatâsââ what we call âârecyclingââ TomC
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We have a deposit system here on beer bottles and aluminum beer cans. And they are very seldom seen laying around. Back in the early 70s there was a ten cent deposit on glass pop bottles. That was the same as the price of the drink. Kids were very happy to find one of them in a ditch.
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Yes Garry, that is how we got spending money buy finding soda bottles. Back then they were cleaned and refilled. A gold mine was when we found a milk bottle-- it was something like 7cents, but the glass was thin and didnât stand up to being thrown in the ditch. Never heard of a âaluminu canâ back then. All cans were used for food products and were tinned metal (?). One tin can would get me into a Saturday matine move. Neighbors would save news papers for me and I would load them in my wagon to drag a mile across town to sell at a scap yard. I was 6 or 7 and my folks thought nothing of me trotting off across town. Those were the days. TomC
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Wow , my computer has really slowed down . It takes just about a full day to put up a 4-5 min video 
Below are just a few minutes of several hours DOW.
Thanks
Wayne
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Why are you going to the fields? Do you have fertilizer?
You look to live in a beautiful landscape, with both fields and forest.
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because everyone and their grandma is surfing the web these days.
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Thanks for the comment Jan.
I have been going to the hay fields and pastures to hoe down some sticker bushes that try to start up each year.
I try to fertilize a little each year . Video below .
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This morning the wife and I went out on a nice country back roads drive 
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It has gotten hot in Alabama . I try to get a lot done before noon and slow down in the afternoon .
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99% of my driving is within one hopperâs range.
Yesterday wife and I went for a 280 mile (450km) trip to visit friends. Two refueling stops each way.
Flat terrain where we were going and constantly cruzing at 55 (90) (which is mostly the speed limit anyway) seems to be what this little gasifier can handle. Almost no char slipped. Collected only a gallon of dust mixed with very small char.
Burned 75 kg (160 pounds) of wood and not enough hybriding to register on the fuel guage.
Believe it or not, but not one single hickup. Nothing but a big smile.
Oh, and $70 worth of gasoline saved.
Pic1 Fuel status at departure
Pic2 Buying a gift. Blending in at the parking lot
Pic3-5 A few shots from their place
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Thanks for the pictures and video . I find myself smiling with you
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That is an inspirational trip and cute dogs!
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I think our youngest fellow would agree about their little gray lady. He couldnât take his eyes, or nose, off of her all day She had been clean for 2-3 weeks but obviously she still smelled deliciuous
On another noteâŚthis guy was in the air-force during the 70s and told me he had actually driven on woodgas in ground-crew vehicles at the time.
Later on he became head of security at the air base but was ordered to scrap all the gasifiers. Even several dussins brand new ones, still in boxes and never used, were hauled away and melted down 
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