Pre war experimental charcoal truck. The man in the white coat is Swedens first motor-journalist, John Nerén. The man to the right of him is Axel Svedlund himself. Around 1930.
Late woodgas truck, Scania-Vabis L10, in front of Scania factory in Södertälje, built just after war ended, but liquid fuels needed about a year to start “flowing” again.
The indicator was to be mounted through the hopper wall at a certain height, when fuel level gets low, radiating heat from the hot zone, makes a bi-metal switch to light up a indicator light at the dash.
A luxury device from the woodgas era.
Another find of woodgas history.
Because of increase in wildfires, caused by careless woodgas drivers, leaving ash, slag, charcoal at the roadside, it became required by law to carry atleast 10 liters of water on any woodgas powered vehicle during april to october in the woodgas era.
Buckets and glass bottles was not very practical, and soon these where on the market:
10 liter water tank, for quenching any ashes after cleaning.
These was made cheap, using only tinplate, the fact this one never was in use saved it from rusting away.
There was also a model “corrugated” close to the ends, advertising stated it was “freezing protected”, by the possibility to expand.
The feet or stands also acted as hangers, a holder with hooks and a leather strap could be bought extra, to hang the tank, for example behind the cab on a truck.
göran , always interesting your history stuff, we appreciate it…more , more, more…!!!
the summer quiz with gasifier fotos you have not given the solution yet…
Well, i forgot about the quiz again… but here is another history piece: a starting carb, used to start up easier, and drive out of garages before lighting the gasifier, using a minimum amount of liquid fuel.
Had to do some research, but found it in a book, made by Scania-Vabis, Swedens oldest truck brand, still in business (i worked at a Scania shop for 16 years, which makes it more fun to own this)
Here is a Scania-Vabis 4 cylinder diesel, converted to woodgas, 1944. The same type carb could be seen.
This one started up with “Motyl” a brand name for a ethanol gasoline mix, it was necessary because of the strong compression.
The WOODGAS POWERED X-RAY MACHINE.
yes, this woodgas powered bus was special built for diagnosing tuberculosis in place, small villages and rural places.
Observe the woodgas pipe along the roof line.
The bus pulled a small trailer with a separate wood gasifier and a electric generator, powering the x-ray machine and indoor lights.
1942, built during ww2, because a noticeable raise in tuberculosis cases in war-time.
Built by Hagglunds (today known for their tracked vehicles) built on a Volvo “bulldog” (cab-over-engine) truck chassis.
The speed of development back in the days always amazes me. I guess it has something to do with necessity and lack of bureaucracy at the time.
In February 1856 the Swedish king gave the order to build the main railroad between Stockholm and Gothenburg. A couple months later, in April 30st, they started digging and in 1862 it was all finished. By 1890 all Swedish main tracks were in place - all still used today. And this was during hard times when 1/3 of the population fled across the pond due to crop failures and starvation. How was that possible? Nowdays they are debating for dacades how to finance upgrades on short stretches.
Edit: And Sweden isn’t flat like Indiana. It meant bridges across rivers and blasting through hills and mountains. All with manual labour, horses and buggies. Impressive. Makes you feel like a slacker
Haha! There might be some thruth to that, but I get the feeling that dabate is more alive on your side of the pond. Noone here hardly raises an eyebrow and those people don’t get the attention they look for.
Interesting! I’ve been thinking that’s what they really want too. Makes me wonder about Putin… Someone once told me that in ancient times all the great heroes were gay.
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TomH./J.O. instead of picking out one readily idenifiable segment . . . I think it is more the about the now current trend to think and care that feelings and beliefs will rule over physics; masses, and molecules.
It took Grunt working to drain the low spots and fill; grade out the slopes; drive tunnels through hard rock for those railroad grades.
I ran into disconnect with supervisors back in the 90’s who skull-sweated, chair-slaving away at digital reports to satisfy the needs of upper management.
Meanwhile I and others were continuously walking fast from machine to machine pushing processes and materials through. Nope. We “molecules movers” could not have managed consumables replacements ordering, or projected works scheduling. But . . . only maybe one out of four managers could actually operated the process machines. And do this on 12 hour shifts day after day. Sacrificing our family life’s. We threw away a balanced life just as much as the management. Neither side cared one bit about a persons hair, tats, piercings, birth place, or religious/political leanings. It was laser focused on; can you work effectively?? And can you do this in mixed team settings?
And this was at a for-profit, very practical, pragmatic company association.
Ha! Collective endeavors prioritizing F-e-e-ling’s and B-e-e-lief’s?? No chance in hell getting things enduring accomplished. Ms Greta and others of the same Feelings & Beliefs bought-ins, “We Must; So you Must too.” The great noises they make are just smoke.
It amazes me too. We have laws and rules against everything. Environmental studies to property rights. It takes roughly 10 years to get the permission (if successful) to run a high voltage power line. It can take 50 years to get a new road built.
it is.
Here is an interesting/scary article about gen z. While nbc is focusing on marriage and children. If you poke down and look at “Which of the following is important to your personal definition of success?” look where ‘emotional stability’ ranks. To me, it is basically saying the kids on the left, don’t think of themselves as emotionally stable and one of their top priorities in life is to just become stable.
