Well Norman, I guess it is a damn good thing you decided to make your system around a true W.K.
With each and every one of it’s evolved features.
Wayne has said that he is kinnda’ “humid” where he lives.
His driving in the rain videos shows this.
An absolutely great wisdom from a young gal that I saved from earlier this year:
“You cannot wait until life is not hard anymore, to be happy.”
I am glad you are happy with your system.
Steve Unruh
Where do you drain the clear water from, do you have tanks under the hood?
The clear water was from the hopper drain, it is a small tank right beside the the gassifier that catches the tar although I have not yet seen any tar come out. There is a hole cut through the bed of the truck and the drain for the hopper condensate and the tar drain stick through the bed where I can drain it underneath
Thank you Marcus! Very good video.
I would have thought I didn’t get it right if you told me you drained that amount after 70 miles 
I would have expected a gallon tops from the hopper and only a few cups downstream.
I wonder 
Don’t get me wrong here - I don’t want to sound “annoying” 
Well, you can’t do much about the total amount unless the wood (and air) is really dry, which is the hardest part to ashive. But, the ratio - hopper to downstream condensate… It seems to me it’s an unnecessary drag on the system to force that amount of steam through the charbed.
What does your hopper cirkulation look like? I see you’re using WK-tubes. Should be very efficient. But what about re-circulation openings in the lower gutter/funnel area? I’ve noticed your hopper temp runs pretty low. More flow should increase the hopper temp and the amount of hopper juice, which would mean less downstream condensation.
Congratulations Marcus.
With my wood and weather I would expect to create about 1/3 the condensation that you drained .
My post gasifier condensate ( hay filter and tank under the truck ) I like to drain on my lawn . Wherever I put this condensate it seems to perk up the grass. The hopper juice seem to do just the opposite so I drain it on my drive way while on the move from the cab.
With time your hopper juice will become very black .
Yes you are saving money and having fun but the most important part is that you have gained the knowledge and learn a skill that might save your ass if the SHTF . Do you realize you are one in a few million that knows the skills .
I think my hopper temp may be lower then most because I allowed the hopper to sit about 6" above the cab of the truck, I didn’t want it to be short range drives and lots of refueling but also didn’t want a sail above the cab for extended range so I compromised with just some over the cab. So wind hits it pretty hard and my front windshield visor is a old school design that forces air across the top of the cab through vents, one of which is pointed directly at the hopper so I think I am getting a lot of wind cooling effect. But even in traffic morning and evening I have a ten mile stretch that takes 1/2 hour to get through and temp in the hopper rarely gets over 90f. When I was running stationary breaking the system in I would regularly see 200f in the hopper so I really don’t know why it runs so cool. I have six hopper cooling tubes on the rear side of the hopper and I have not yet found the right material to add fins to them so I’m sure I could condense out more in the hopper and if that were the case I think I would need a much larger tank to catch it all. The current one is about 2 gallon capacity with the bottom third being for tar. Or a in cab dump valve to empty on the fly for how much more I would be producing
That truck must be fast if the saying is true “pi$$ like a race horse”
IV still got a lot to learn and a lot to build but I can’t tell you how thankful I am to have found this forum and purchased your book. I have been sharing my videos on a few other platforms and I made a statement yesterday on one of them that a little self reliance in the back pocket is good to have for shtf. I’m really looking forward to becoming more and more self reliant and teaching my wife and kids to do the same. Side note, has anyone noticed that the hopper juice smells exactly like the product called liquid smoke? I use it all the time marinating meat 
not the juice the product
That gave me a good laugh Don thanks reminds me of my grandpa’s saying about rain on a barn roof " sounds like a cow pissing on a flat rock up there!"
I’ve noticed when funnels are new (leaky), hoppers run hotter. When tar and debrie start to cover the gaps, smoke flow decreases and so does the temp (and the amount of juice).
so good Marcus. I just want to tell you how pleased I am for your results and thankful that you took the time to detail the whole process of your build so well. I admit that I have been living a little vicariously through your efforts and now almost feel like your success is all of ours.
When Steve and Wayne pointed me to the construction videos everything made so much more sense to see it done and then I saw where @Chris had added in some pictures from other people’s builds as other ways to do things and I thought I would detail my build as best I can then maybe it will help someone else see something down the line that they didn’t understand or catch in the book or the videos
A lot of disinformation out there before I found this forum who says woodgas can’t climb hills 
I am impressed and all on wood no Dino fuel.
Bob
Hey Marcus .
Down here in my wood burner and flat land driving I think I have come up with an easy idea so I could drive about 10 or 15 mph faster.
Petition the state and county to raise the speed limit 10 or 15 mph
Congratulation !!
Hey Marcus .
You are making us all smile . Keep the videos coming.
I think that mix of the high calorie doug fir and pine with the slow release hardwood is what’s really helping.
Right now I’ve got 4 bags of red oak jenga blocks so I can’t wait to get this thing finished.
Looking forward to your project Cody, and some videos of it running with a big smile from you!
There is a place up the peninsula from me that makes Architectural trim. Custom stairs, railings, mouldings. Stuff like that. They have huge piles of scrap out back. Maybe you could find a place like that around you. I wish I could give you some of my wood. Maple, Ironwood, Ash. It will go punky before I can ever get it all cut up for myself.
