Happy Winter Holiday of your choising, everyone!
Merry Christmas to all
I heartily agree - I hope everyone is warm and safe this Christmas.
Some of you may have heard we’ve had a bit of seasonal weather up this way, it came in two phases. The first was a freezing rain overnight, followed by a warm day of heavily laden trees breaking all over the area. IIt rained all day hovering around the freezing mark. We lost power all over town and throughout the state. Photo 1 is a shot of the truck the morning after. A large smile found it’s way across my face as I looked around and took the second and third photos, then I went to work. I was able to acquire a whole truck load of wood I from several people who were more than happy to be rid of it. We literally had to cut our way out of the block with chainsaws. The fourth photo is the result of my handy work.
We had a day of settling and digging out then the temps dropped and phase two began with a hard freeze that finished off everything weakened by first round of ice. Yesterday morning was absolutely beautiful. The sun finally came out. It shone thru the ice covered trees delivering a truly majestic sunrise, even if it was insanely cold outside. I thought some of our members from warmer climes might enjoy the scene so I took photos 5 thru 10 looking around the block.
Merry Christmas to all!
BBB
Henry: Your “cooling rails” work so well that water just freezes right to them! 
Merry Christmas to all. Here is a little metal sculpture I made for my Brother-in-law who is handicap to remind him that he is a child of God and that he is in the Lamb’s book of life. ( Thanks Brian Ham for the inspiration for making it.)
Denny Mullins
I love it Denny!
Thank you Eric. It was fun to make too.
On Christmas I usually run by the cemetery.
Dad missed getting to ride in a wood burner by only a few months .
On a different note, gonna have to abandon this for a few days and load out a dumpster of scrap with the thing. The Thing is an old military GMC that was made into a bucket loader for a mill up in forks. I paid 200 dollars for it and drove it up on a trailer and took it home. After a little tinkering and a 5 hundred dollar clutch I maybe have a grand into it . It is a beast, but have you priced 4 wheel drive 100 horsepower tractors lately?
That thing is a metal sculpture in its own category! Its worth twice what you have in it all day long.
thanks for sharing.
Denny Mullins
Hey David,
Back in the mid 70s at an auction I picked up a towing vehicle that is used at airports to pull the luggage carts. I turned the seat facing the back and rearranged the steering wheel and other controls , mounted a tractor front end loader on the back and all the hydraulics. My thing looked very similar to your thing.
I had another one exactly the same thing that had a set of huge forks I used to stack cars with, It was built in seattle to dig out a peat bog. I paid 1500 for it but had just missed getting the huge peat bucket with it, someone bought it for 500.I just scrapped it last month but saved the front and rear ends for the thing. The old one was called the Mutant.
I am completly jealous! That thing will do tons of work for you!!! Great find David.
Just wanted to wish everyone here a happy new year,and may 2014 bring you lots of gas(wood gas that is) and new brake throughs for us to share.
Thanks Al,
I also would like to wish all the best for 2014 !!
Wayne
Happy new year folks… stay safe and God bless
May you All have a Happy and Bright New Woodgas Year.
Now All promise:
“I will make an engine run on woodgas this year.”
“I Will make an engine run on woodgas This Year.”
“I WILL Make an Engine Run On Woodgas THIS Year!!”
See . . . .
It works if you just keep saying it over and over and over.
Regards
Steve Unruh
I will make an engine run on wood gas…
i promise
God bless.
Happy New Year everyone!
I promise to make a loaded engine run on wood gas this year.
Bill S
An annual MN tradition to raise money for a charity. The Polar Plunge. They cut a hole through the ice (24" thick) with a chain saw. Today it was -5F. No, one would not even get me to go and observe the event let alone participate. I get cold just watching it on the news.
Bill S