My gasifier WILL NOT LIGHT….Arrrrgggh

[ForbiddenTuna (Cody Edison Tate)]

Here’s some of the lawn tractors that people have put together.

Don Mannes:

Don"s Charcoal Lawn Tractor

I have been hi-jacking the Simple-Fire thread when showing my attempts at charcoal gasification so now that I did the walk around video I promised, I thought I would start its own thread. Sorry Gary. Every time before when I started the tractor it started right up and stayed running but you know it never does that when videoing or showing somebody. I had the throttle closed when trying to start it for the video Here is the video: [Charcoal tractor walkaround]

Jeff’s “Air Carbon Fuel Cell”:

Air Carbon Fuel Cell

This is where I’ll post stuff about just my gasifier design not the filters, engine or etc. Basically it’s an updraft producer that uses a grate. The grate makes it easyer to clean out and eliminates a clean out hatch that could leak air. It started out as a small hole about 3/4" like a nozzle then about a 2" hole with a grate then a much larger grate area and now back to the 2" hole/grate area. Below is a photo of the newest version. The producer is upsidedown. I’ll keep adding photos as I g…