A pleasant surprise this morning while driving out to feed cattle. (25 mile round trip)
Down here it is said that a seven coarse meal consist of a POSSUM AND A SIX PACK. Looks like a substitution will be in good order!!
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The V-10 has some very low gears but also some high . Below is a 30 second clip showing high gear.
2100 rmp and 80 mph.
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Is that Beaver? Heck Wayne and you can make a new cap too… tell your gal to get out the sewing machine!..lol
And forgoodness sake dont try it in the Gasifier…we know how you are…Smile!
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Yes Neil,
A young tender one !!!
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Wayne, I am doing a 460 ford… what diameter and length burn tube do you recommend?
Thanks, Russ
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Hello Mr. Fuller,
I would look here in the fire tube -sizing , http://driveonwood.com/premium/firetube-sizing and build similar to my V-10 Ram 488 CID. The first picture is the dakota fire tube and the second picture is the V-10.
The construction videos are based on building the gasifier for a dakota 318 but one can scale up very easily . Here are some pictures of the v-10 , mostly components out side the gasifier. http://driveonwood.com/premium/v10-build-photos
Here is a short clip from this morning taking my son to school. No one could help noticing we were hauling hay but no one knew we were burning wood.
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Hey Wayne
Looks like the cows were gonna get a drink and feed in every bite…Hey how much does one of those roll weigh?
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Hey Neil,
I can roll the hay in different sizes and can go on up to about 1200 pound but I think most of mine will be 800-1000 pounds.
Neil ,
Did you ever find the culprit that got under your hood and got away with the two cylinders ??
BBB
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YEP! the EPA…lol
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I hauled cattle this afternoon with the Ram. It was a 36 mile round trip , no gasoline was used except to start back up after being shut down while loading cattle . I can’t remember going over half throttle , no car passed me nor was I holding up any traffic running near the speed limit 55 mph.
I believe it’s the best it has ever performed ? Used dry pine for fuel ( or as dry as it will get here in Alabama )
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As you can tell from the below photo with water standing on the containers it is a wet rainy day in Alabama. Truck ran great while feeding cattle and a 20 mile trip. I will be putting about another 20 miles on it this afternoon.
SWEM even in rain,rain,rain and mud,mud,mud.
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The worst part is when you go fast, all that sooty water blows all over the back of the truck!
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Wayne
I need some of that rain down this way. It’s been way too dry
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I got some snow you can have. Take it all!!! 
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The wife and I just cut a load of fire wood and set the trailer down in the barn. As soon as we use the wood on the trailer beside the porch I will switch out trailers.
I must admit we used some gasoline, about a pint for the chain saw but none for the truck.
We live close to Mother Earth, our out of pocket heating expense ( fuel cost ) for a year is near $10 also no fossil fuels are used and no tree was cut for heating. All is scrap material.
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Wayne
where is your restriction located to the holes?
Is the goal to have no restriction plate between holes and grate?
Hello Loyd ,
I ‘m not sure what you are asking but the restriction plates, choke plates are on construction video # 36.
http://driveonwood.com/construction/36
In this area we force a restriction of the gasifier . Many times we talk of a restriction occurring than may not be planed ?
Wayne
I have been looking at all the videos you show putting in the brake drums and then its 11 inches from the holes is that where a expert would be after many miles driven or is that where I would start? I also noticed it was quit large opening in the center of the restricting plate again is that where I would start I think after reading I start with about 7" center and then work outward (wider) and pull downward away from the holes?
Thanks
Hello Loyd .
Yes I understand now . Lot of discussion here at this link and I have added comments
http://driveonwood.com/premium/firetube-sizing#comment-10456
Wayne
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