Wayne, that is a nice view. That looks like a wide ancient river bed down there. What kind of soil is found on your farm? Do you have to use 4 wheel drive much in the V-10?
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You had a “Good” day, Wayne. It’s a great land you/we live in. Wood/trees must be our greatest renewable resource. What a treat to look out over the land and see it all.
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Good morning Mr. Don.
My farm is in what is known as the " flat woods " section of the county and very poor land . OK for growing grass and trees but too muddy in winter and too hard to plow in summer .( clay ) However in this valley floor is very good farming . ( where I was born one frosty morn )
About a mile away from where the above pic was taken I have an additional 40 on the mountain side. The elevation goes from 700 to about 1400 feet. It seems the whole mountain was under water at some point .
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The old trimmers called this section of the bluffs the ( goat penitentiary) .They claim the goats would jump down on some of the ledges to graze and couldn’t get back up. Down was death or injury .
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That was Noah’s flood when the fountains of the deep were opened up and mixed with living things that became fossils and settled back down in layers. If you look at those rocks with “educated” eyes you see millions of years but how do you explain fish and clams at the top of the mountains?
Sorry we are getting away from the V-10 here.
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Thans for the pictures. When ever you or someone takes us on a ride in your woodgas vehicle, yes the gages are interesting. but the surrounding view is what I like to watch best. I had no idea from your other videos that your terrain could be so rocky. Pretty. ( I know that isn’t a manly term, but it works best )TomC
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Who is the young man? Last picture I saw of Tally he was taller than Lisa. Thanks for the picture tour of your area
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Or that the colliding of tectonic plates pushed former seabed up into large “crumples” (e.g., look at the hood of a car that crashed head on into something). See: “convergence zone without subduction”
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I’ve seen similar rock formations around Logan, Ohio. Great pic of the fossils!
Pepe
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Those fossils are in great condition.
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Typical use of the ole work truck 
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Trying to save the paint job on that log skidder?
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Typical use of the ole work truck .
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I like the tree stand wayne I just wish my vehicles wore out like yours . there are no box left or floor or anything bellow most moldings 
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Really looks like a loose goose dear blind.Are their many big wild cats out your way.swem
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There are many here in the “Rust Belt” that would be happy to find a Dakota with bodywork in that nice condition!
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" Like l sayd, there are good and bad to sides of charcoal. It depends on what you need and what you can work with.
My needs are driveing 20km to work and back and l dont want to spend half a hour in the morning filling and lighting and smoking with wood, and exspecialy not when l go from work. I need to sit in the car and drive like nothing ever happened, and that can only be done with charcoal. "
Hello Mr. Leitinger .
With some wood gasifiers it is possible to have them start up pretty fast and with no smoke . After reading the above I went out and video my first start up this morning . Also fired it up again in a couple of hours to run the wife shopping.
I think in some cases if I have open roads I could be 40-50 km down the road in the half hour you mention .
Thanks
Wayne
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Ha! Wayne, you beat me to it.
Kristijan, I do the exact same thing as in the first video when I’m in the parking lot at work. I leave with a no more than 2 min delay. Another 10 s of gasoline on the fly and the fuelpump is shut off.
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Hallo Mr. Keith
Looks like an apology is in order. I underestimated your sistem. Amazeing performance. Had no idea you make such clean gas at startup.
Do you kill the fan(s) bevore you start your car on petrol or does it still pull gas out while you drive?
A while ago I found a video of you starting the truck without a fan. Is my memory correct? But if l remember right you sayd you dont use that methode often. May l ask why? Is it bad for the engine?
And thanks for the video, enjoied it!
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Good morning Mr. Leitinger and thanks for the comment sir.
Clean gas at start up has to do with the state the gasifier and char bed was left in at the last shut down . Good deep char and starting the fire on the charcoal and avoiding non chared wood with you starting flame .
Most of the startups I will kill my fans before pulling gas to the motor . The fans will pull about 2-4 inches of water on the system . The big gasoline motor is capable of pulling up to and beyond 60 inches depending on rpm , throttle setting and char bed density .
If the fan valve and fans are left on and pulling with the motor at the same time the motor will over power the fans very easily and be drawing air in at the discharge vs exiting it. If I kill the blowers and valve and pull just with the motor I can draw on the gasifier much harder
My start up procedures depends on many factors .
Knowing the state of the char bed. Good deep bed vs shallow and small .
The price and availability of petrol . Right now it is $1.83 a gallon . in the past it has been near $4 a gallon.
I think the main factor with my starting method will be how big a hurry I am in . There have been times when an hour could be worth several thousand dollars . ( hay on the ground and rain on the way ) but most of the time it is worth almost nothing , 
If I think there is fire in the gasifier I may drive on petrol until the gasifier kicks in .
Thanks ,
The below video shows starting my ole tractor . I did start it on gasoline but used gasoline only a few seconds .
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This made my eyes pop out. Here over the pond prices are at (calculated) $5,5/gal today!! 
but it has been $8/gal.
I think l do not need to write anything more on why l DOW 
Love your tractor! Do you allso use hay as a filter media on it?
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