DOW Driving Habits

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#501

That big old Dodge V-10 Ram can move out and get down the road. Did I see a 45 mph. Speed limit sign? Thanks for the ride.
Bob

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#502

JO, Sorry, I sure didnā€™t mean to offend you. Just trying to understand the speed that you drive on those ā€˜ā€˜narrowā€™ā€™ roads. TomC

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#503

No worries,Tom. Just kiddiā€™n :smile:

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#504

Hello all.

Rainy and wet in Alabama but the truck has a good heater . Really no where to go so out in the pasture looking over cows.

I have been driving about the last week on 100 % sweetgum which was some trashy stuff I needed to get out of the way of good trees .

Does anyone have experience with sweet gum pros or cons ?

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#505

Wayne, Iā€™m sorry but I only know of sweet bubblegum and a few other gums :smile:
Questions on birch or mountain ash I might be able to answer :smile:

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#506

JO_Olsson,
in Soviet books they wrote a lot about the fact that firewood from mountain ash is not suitable for a gas generator ā€¦ What do you think about that. How does he ride on a mountain ash? :face_with_monocle:

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#507

Oh really? I didnā€™t know that. Did they mention a reason?
I know it dries slowly, itā€™s bulky and stringy compared to birch but more denst than gray alder. Itā€™s a bit smelly freshly cut, but not as bad as some willow. Could it maybe be somewhat acidic?
Iā€™ve noticed no difference in power or anything but just as with gray alder the char is more lightweight compared to birch. Since Iā€™m running without a grate a really hard pull sometimes makes more char slip than I like.

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#508

Hey JO

Could the below be the species of willow you are referring to :smiley:

Salix discolor

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#509

Haha, I had to look that one up, but I know now what youā€™re getting at :smile:
As kids, in springtime when sap started to rise and the bark easily let go, we used to cut whistles/flutes outof them. They were good for a little while until they dried up :smile:

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#510

That is about as bad as that looped rope trick you did at Argos :laughing:

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#511

That sounds like what we have here, smelly, and stringy, white elm, aka piss elm, yep thatā€™s what it smells like. :mask:

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#512

yes sir thanks for the ride.Nothing like the independece of driveing with wood derived engine grade fuel.Is this s10 a v6 or 4 cyl.

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#513

It is a V6 4.3 liter at about 198Hp.

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#514

Thanks for the ride Wayne. I see by your mirror you were insight of the house. How many cows are you growing right now. They look great. Seem to pay the wood burner no mind at all. Just putting on weight for you. Making Monies for you with ever bite of grass they eat.
Bob

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#515

Good morning Mr. Bob.

Right now I have 60 cows and 3 horses . Enough to keep an old man busy. I put about 1500 pounds of hay through them daily . ( enough for about 300 gasifier hay filters )

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#516

Ah yes, Don, l belive Billy got real personal with Mr Waynes knot making technique :smile: fun times

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#517

Thanks jan, i ran a 85 chevy s10 v6 on wood, and it seemed too have enough power for back country, i never tryed it on the big roads or freeways. it would likely travel 55 mph with the gasifier i had in it.

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#518

Do you have a WK, or something else?
Yes, mine did over 60mph last time I tested, strange but after I cleaned the wood storage, it seems to go much better, wondering if itā€™s because I have more charcoal above the nozzles, also the faster I drive the better the car goes , but I think it has to do with the heat.
Glad there are some who drive the S10.

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#519

Hi jan yes my 4.3 liked the hot gasifier too, i may have went over kill on my gasifier, as i used thicker metal on the heat recycler areas and the burn tube too. So i think it takes longer too warm things up. After it got warmed up good maybe few miles down the roadā€™ it would stay idleing better.Allso running good sooner maybe just learning how much moisture that is still in the wood. nice too have the Wk web site too get these units working first time around.THATS FOR SURE.

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#520

Hello all.

With the covid everywhere I try to stay away from folks and have nowhere to go but have plenty of wood . Today I may fire up my old truck and go out and drive in circles :smiley:

Below is a look at the old work truck field to farm , it now has about 8 1/2 years and 60K more miles on it . I donā€™t think the truck has slowed down much but I have :frowning_face:

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