Oooh, here I must speak up
Since our first Christmas married, I’ve carried a Victorinox (old) Tinker. 55 years ago I’d never heard of a multi-tool, and neither had anyone else. My life has been considerably happier and more satisfying having had it in my pocket at least nine days out of ten. The pen blade is really sharp and rarely used, the main blade is sharpened once in a great while and does most of the cutting. A lot of stuff has been fixed on the spot with the other few tools, but alas, the toothpick and tweezers (which admittedly needed touching up) are long gone. Best Christmas gift ever, hands down!
Thanks for your patience, nothing personal (but my knife), rant mode off,
and Thanks for Listening
Good results, Tone.
When I first mentioned I don’t want to do any welding on my thin and rare ss hopper, I had raising the gutter in mind. Tube fins like yours I can do - at least in the front and back and still being able to open up the trunk lids both sides.
I’ve noticed I collect maybe only half the amount of juice on a hopper of wood when cruizing non-stop on longer trips. Going in to town for arrends and stretching out a hopper load for several hours with stops, gives the hopper more time for condensation.
If you don’t mind I think I’ll try your setup on the Volvo hopper. Thanks for the tip.
The last few days it has been quite hot here, the temperature is up to 35°C, but the tractor works a lot, at least 3-4 hours every day. The fan that I installed above the gasifier does its job perfectly, I turn it on when driving slowly or when working on the spot, it is also more pleasant for the driver. Now I use perfectly raw, dry wood, about 1-1.5 liters of liquid is released from the condensation zone per 10 kg of wood, but almost nothing at the front of the refrigerator, the filter is a bit damp. The consumption of wood is approx. 6-10 kg per working hour of moderate load, the energy from wood is really incredible, if I stand back a few years, this would have been impossible for me, but now it is a reality. Slowly it will be time to open a new chapter of a compact unit for a van or truck with power from 5 to 40 kW.
I hope you don’t mind Tone, but I have been working on this with your new light weight gasifier unit. I went over weight on my short wheel base jeep build with the WK Gasifier I am rethinking it now.
I love the WK Gasifier but it is a heavy gasifier and does not burn up the Charcoal in the bottom to make more hydrogen gases like your gasifer does, unless on the WK Gasifier you are on the verge of over pulling on the gasifier. This requires running at full out on the gasifier. Just not practical in most driving conditions in my opinion.
Today I drove into the forest to see the effects of the weather, what it left behind, I have work to do again, some oaks are broken, a lot of fuel is lying on the ground, my Fergie will not rest.
Another activity report:
1.5 liters of liquid is drained from the condensation zone per working hour, the front of the refrigerator is dry
when I release steam and pyrolysis gases after stopping through the “chimney”, more coal remains and the wood above dries better (I recommend using it)
the fire at the exit goes out faster than in the case at the front, the gasifier stays hot longer
Thanks Giorgio, but I don’t feel that way, I just picked up some good info here and applied it to this gasifier.
I didn’t manage to record the action while driving, well, here’s something when I got home.
Good morning Tone.
In the video at the beginning you have a three-point hitch mounted green painted mechanism.
I’ve never seen such.
It appears to be a PTO driven retrieval winch?
With a hydraulic powered swing boom arm and cable log loader?
Yes?
You added the trailer towing hitch to this?
Regards
Steve Unruh
Yes I am wondering how you got the bigger log on that trailer. At first I thought, Well it’s Tone. He probably picked it up and put it there. Then I saw the winch. Watching you use that equipment would be interesting.
Today I disconnected the winch with the mounting lifting arm, I have to disappoint you that there is no video recording with this tool, but there is something for consolation, driving uphill with low revs, you may hear the gas mixer rumble, I am very satisfied with its operation. Before the slope, I only opened the throttle a little more, the rest is done by the tractor itself.
Hey Tone. I tried to hold a few of my saws out with one hand like you did. I’m afraid they all have saw ED. Everyone just drooped and pointed to the ground. Maybe some viagra in the fuel might help.
Ha, ha, … Tom, obviously you didn’t use the right technique, it’s not all about power, you have to hold the handle with three fingers, and with your index finger you add gas,…
Now that I have a circular saw with a tractor drive, I decided to saw some short pieces of quality wood (hornbeam) and split them, fuel in the size for use in WK gasifiers, but maybe some Dutchman or Swede will visit me… there is not enough fuel for the return journey, … who knows.
When I was chopping wood, I was thinking about Goran’s device, about which he posted a video, well, God created man, who is the most universal machine. I prepared about 350 to 400 kg of these pieces, when they are dry, the weight will be about 250 kg, which should be enough for at least 1000 km of driving, or 25 working hours with the tractor.
