I have a 96 Dakota that l could get there could the truck be built by the book and build in sections by who wants to be involved brought to build site and assembled there.lt would give the builder more time at home plus five days to put together at the site and dile in the truck would be at Argos next year.This way it would give drive on wood credit plus it would be done by members. I don’t know how much the parts package cost but would be willing to come up with funds if doable . Dan
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Ever since that show did the gasification truck segment. People have recognized my truck as a gasifier truck. I let them know that it really works, and that the tv show had planned it all out for the gasifier truck to not work for tv ratings.
Do Not expect this kind of technology to catch on until we run out of gas or the price of gas hits $10.00 a gallon. Then everyone will want a Electric car to drive. Face it, theres not very many people out there that like to get their hands dirty and like to smell like wood smoke in the USA, and also the maintenance that is involved in the operation of a gasification vehicle. How about the wood sweat of making fuel. Not until people have to, is how the same old story goes. But some day it will happen.
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Bob, l think thats not the point most of us try to make. Geting masses to drive on wood is utopia and from a enviromental and economical wiew probably worse thain burning dino. I think the goal is to show people there are other ways. Its not all black and white. With what we do we show people we care by doing SOMETHING.
Edit: havent heared from you in a while Bob! Hope you are well and healthy.
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hi matt no i didnt figure you would do it but like the people here are saying it is somthing to bat around and talk about. I am sorry to say I didnt see the mountain men. but if they didnt makes it work we have our answer. like yous were saying a charcoal gasifier would work for a short time any way.
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I Agree with you, my point is not all but in general the American people are spoiled on the most part. You People on the other side of the pond are not. Some day the silver spoon will be taken completely out of the Amercan peoples mouths then you will hear us cry. At least the ones who are not ready for it to happen. The hand is on the spoon and is ready to pull it out.
Everything is going well here. We have Been busy working up on the new mining claim and the old ones on Blewett Pass, in Washington State you have to do your work reports on each claim every year to keep the claims valid and open to work. The new laws just went into affect on June 15 for how we can work the claims, the name of the game “compliance with the new laws” and working with and around them, with out breaking them. Lol wood/charcoal Gasification is simple compared to Washington State mining laws.
SWEM prospecting/mining.
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The on-DOW Mountain Mens Woodgases Truck topic is still in our info here.
It was back in June 2014 started by Danny Cox
There is still a down loadable viewable short YouTube on the finished “working” truck finable under the tile search of; Mountain Men Eustace’s Gasifier Truck
Rereading this DOW topic I am struck how many member names done and gone now.
Remember Peter the hotrod car truck and motorcycle builder member here?
Maybe it is time for a motor-head presentation.
Just not gonna’ be me doing this entertaining anymore.
And with my force 'em past mandatory testing emmisions scofflaw history 1980’s thru . . . . much later; vehicle woodgasing for me in Washington State was never a possibility. A sure $$$$$$ fine then with possible jail time for me stepping outside my agreement box.
Ha! And I’ve never been able to convince Wifie to move out of state to leave my past behind.
So the Wife?
Or vehicle woodgas zoom-zoom?
I chose the Wife.
Actually know of three other fellows went the other way now. Sad Sad.
S.U.
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Here’s the link to one of the short “Eustace” videos:
As usual, they have to make things look as bad as possible.
I’m an amateur blacksmith and that kind of treatment reminds me of why I quit watching “Forged in Fire” after the first few episodes. Every time a smith drops a piece of work onto the floor, you’d think the world had come to the end.
P.S. I deleted my just previous post because I had copied the wrong video link!
Pete Stanaitis
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Planned failure show. Notice how the camera is perfectly framed at the 01:32 explosion. Notice the bright orange flame of pyrotechnics, not the almost invisible bluish-orange woodgas flame… 
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Yes Mike I noticed the same thing . Also when I happen to have a hopper puff ( never a hopper explosion ) it is more like a elephant fart vs a fire cracker.
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It’s a great thing we aren’t Mountain Men, and are looking for successful build.
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Them mountain men build had some air leaks too iron out, and fix, though i think all lids should have a atatchment cable or chain hook just in case the puff back breaches the clamp lids. only my onist opinion.
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I believe it can be worked out just well.
Been looking into a few episodes of the concept and the goal always seems to deliver a successful build.
Did e-mail in, but no reply , yet…
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Can you be more specific on your code of ethics on the show, then your participation on the participation fees, you recognize, These are specialists that you will have for the realization, I think it is important to discuss the amount of the cachet, as much as you will have people of qualities, and as much your rate of audience will be important, you realize that by the number of years that we have formed, not always paid at its fair value, your broadcast will be the occation and recognition of being rewarded at its fair value an extraordinary know-how, while providing education to the listener on the merits of this type of means of locomotion, producing less CO2, etc … the pleasure of reading you …
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On this video at 42 : 35 the JD tractor is set on fire for some reason ? I use a JD that is very similar but I never new they were so dangerous if happen to catch fire .
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After seeing this video, I don’t believe it is something I’d want to be a part of.
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Haha, I was embarrassed by just watching the intro! Is this show meant for children?
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The ancient Greeks figured it out, when they realized that there only a very limited number of basic stories (themes) you can use in theater plays. Our modern media must obey ALL those same laws of group psychology. They cannot REALLY tell the truth.
Rindert
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Yeah, after watching some more of the shows, we decided it does not have a tone consistent with our values. So we will leave it to others. Billy North
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yeah like i said before we would be smart to leave it for some one else to do. It is below our interlect.
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Seriously? I don’t pay for TV, so never having seen the “Monster Garage” show before, and watching a couple of Jesse James “Austin Speed Shop” episodes (which show Jesse building cool stuff) I purchased out of a Walmart bargain bin, I expected something more professional, aimed at wanna-be builder types. Like the old “Scrapheap / Junkyard Wars” which I really enjoyed. Hard to see how a quality woodgas build would follow an episode like “Alien Crop Circle John Deere Tractor Incineration”. 
Maybe Mr. Teslonian would enjoy that. Too bad the “king of random” is gone. Maybe Nighthawkinlight and Colin Furse are available. Burnt that bridge, didn’t I ??!!!
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