additional cooling,…
There is a Geo, is Marcus over?
Thanks for the the vid Tone, conclusion is it makes a difference?
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I think if I were to name your tractor/gasifier, it would be the Swiss Army knife. Except unlike the gimmick pocket tool yours actually works 
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Johan, as I already mentioned above, now I only use raw dry wood, so I want to extract a little more water, well, the difference is significant, enough water is drained during driving, so almost no water is extracted from the front of the refrigerator, but still these the aluminum plates do not cool enough if the tractor is working on the spot, but for this case I added a fan. The video was taken after I sawed wood for about 1 hour, my neighbor Janez helped me, and this one drains water really intensively, there was about a spoonful of water in the front, and about 1 liter on the gasifier. Conclusion: aluminum plates dissipate heat from the surface quite well, they are almost as hot as the cover, but when I cool everything together with a fan, this is an optimal effect.
Joep, Marcus,… thanks for your support,… 
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This is really good, not much water/steam through the gasifier besides the part that gets to become hydrogen gas.
I am guessing the fan only gets used when stationary work is at hand, not when driving.
Very good thinking /doing Tone 
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I remember seeing an electric fan on the late Mike LaRosa’s trailer unit. He had it for heavy traffic on the cooling rails.
I’ve been thinking for a stationary unit to find an efficient low amperage DC fan for the cooling rail and to a lesser extent the hopper, maybe the battery charging circuit off the generator would be sufficient.
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I have one for my jeep build, it will bring in additional air to flow around the gasifier area when not moving down the road or on really hot days.
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I was thinking the same for stationary work, but I have that spring fed cold water creek on hand. Usefulness…
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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
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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.
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The drying and torofication of the wood took place high above the hot zone, Mr. Wayne figured that out a long time ago,…. 
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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. 
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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.
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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:
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1.5 liters of liquid is drained from the condensation zone per working hour, the front of the refrigerator is dry
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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)
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the fire at the exit goes out faster than in the case at the front, the gasifier stays hot longer
some more pictures…
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Good to hear Tone, like i thought it would do good for the charbed?
No pushing moisture through it.
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As much time as you spend on that tractor I think we should chip in and get you a more comfortable seat. Maybe with a cup holder. 
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tone, you belong also to the great gasifier inventors-builders in the story of gasifying…
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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.
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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
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