# Getting Started on my First Gasifier! **URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/getting-started-on-my-first-gasifier/3142 **Category:** General Discussion **Created:** [March 28, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/getting-started-on-my-first-gasifier/3142 "2017-03-28T17:46:49Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 10
### Author: ![Chris](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/chris/32/56161_2.png) [@Chris](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Chris) #### Post date: [March 29, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/getting-started-on-my-first-gasifier/3142/10 "2017-03-29T17:44:06Z")
My thoughts on why woodgas RVs for roadtrips are a bad idea. I’ve posted this before, and I agree with Wayne above. > [@Newbie questions - Woodgas camper](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/newbie-questions-woodgas-camper/1779/3): > > Motorhomes are not the best choice for gasification for a few reasons. They are usually underpowered and slow on gasoline - woodgas will be twice as slow, since you’re losing about 30% of the engine power. Expect a top speed of 45-50 MPH. You need a large gasifier to make enough gas for the heavy load, which will itself add weight and length to an already heavy and long vehicle. Plan on burning 16-20 lbs per gallon… if you get 10 MPG now, you’ll need about 2 lbs per mile on wood. A 1,000 mile trip will be a full ton of wood, which you must chop, dry, and bag before the trip. > Then you need fuel storage - this will have to be towed on a trailer, or inside the vehicle. If you aren’t going to stop by home base to refuel, you’ll also need wood processing equipment on board, like a table saw. Any green wood needs to be air-dried for a while, so your travel range will be limited to the amount of dry wood you can procure. --- _[View the full topic](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/getting-started-on-my-first-gasifier/3142)._