What Kristijan said about stacking long wood in the gasifier so that it will not get bridged . Also hot reloading is a pain in the ass.
The video is the truck Mr. Bob was referring to . 94 1500 Ram V-8 4WD.
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I hate to do it Wayne but I know 80 is over the speed limit. Iām going to have to call Citizenās arrest.
Hay Tom .
That offence must happen in your presence , also the statue of limitations lasts only a year and it has been 10 years. 
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I agree with Tom on this, but one more accusation, the fuel gauge does not go down, which means tax evasion when buying fuel. 
In our country, there is a very instructive story āThe Goat Judgment in ViÅ”nja Goraā, where a goat was tried, which sinfully looked at the cabbage over the fence into the neighborās garden, well, the verdict was pronounced by the beggar, who sentenced him to nine blows on his shadow, the owner of the goat but he had to watch it blindfolded,ā¦
Lukež Drnulja, his goat Lisec and Andraž Slamorezec lived in ViÅ”nja Gora many years ago. One day, when Lukež was collecting leaves, the goat ran away from him because it was always being harassed by dogs and ViÅ”njav children. He ran and came to a garden with a wooden fence, owned by Andraž Slamorezc, the city councilor. The Fox Goat looked lustfully at the delicious lettuce and cabbage growing in the garden. He didnāt and didnāt know how to get into the garden. This was noticed by Andraž Slamorezec, who had just drunk some sour milk for lunch. He wanted to scold and beat the goat, but Lukež stopped him when he was looking for his goat. Andraž Slamorezec sued Lukež and his goat. Andraž and Lukež did not like each other, there were old grudges between them, so the task of the court was even more difficult. City councillors, the mayor and judges came to the verdict. They did not and could not decide who was to blame. At that time, the beggar and fortune teller Flera Krivostegno came by. In the end, the people decided to let a wise man judge. After much deliberation, the shrewd man made up his mind and made a decision. Kozel should be hit nine times on his shadow, and Lukež had to watch all this with blindfolded eyes. Andraž Slamorezec jumped and squealed with joy
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Kristjan and Wayne, these are very enlightening words regarding filling and stacking large pieces in the gasifier, even with my gasifier it is not very convenient to open the lid and load the wood while the thick smoke is rising, ā¦ as you have noticed, I installed a small āchimneyā above, through which I release moist smoke when I stop, it is also a very useful thing when I start, when I blow air on the nozzles, and here the steam comes out so that it does not cool the charcoal, well, if I installed a more powerful, robust blower here, could suck out almost all the smoke from the magazine and push it high into the air, so filling could be done in a shirt and tie. 
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Ha, funny coincidence. We talked about this story just today with my wife, she forgot cornbread pizza on the counter andā¦ wellā¦ you can see what happened. I sent her those 2 pictures
Its a joke ofcorse, l meant no harm to the cat and its none of his fault to be what he is, so we too agreed he gets whipped on his shadow for the crime 
Edit: looking at the picture, the cat realy looks like he is suffering but l asure he doesent even know whats going on no animals were harmed in making of this comedy
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I misread that. I was trying to imagine you in like a 3-piece suit trying to fill a gasifier without accidentally flexing your muscles and busting the seams of the suit apart, and couldnāt do it. Then I realized, you didnāt imply you were going to be the one in a shirt in a tie by saying āso I could fill ā¦ā Then I realized it was only a shirt and tie. 
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A pretty good video of building a Ben Peterson. I think it was one of those kits that Benās channel did not recommend. Neither this one or the first one in the video gave credit to the originator. The guy doing the talking needs his selfie stick taken away and someone needs to beat him with it but otherwise a good video. I noticed some micro-hydro stuff on their channel as well.
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All in all a reasonable video promoting OffGrid winter living. Using wood as your primary energy input. See the wood stack in the back ground at ~13 minutes.
Some very good self-diagnosing of the initial problems too.
Neat to seeing girl-power out welding the guy-mouth.
Now we will see the adapt over to actual IC engine generating on thier made woodgas.
There will be mistakes. Setbacks.
As we all whoāve done it know there is no-free-lunches turning wood into electrical power.
And I do wonder . . .
Will offgridder-SteveH., who never ever shows IC generator loaded running be able to handhold guide them thru this phase too?
Will they have to ādiscoverā Ben Petersons book WOODGASIFERS BUILDERS BIBLE. book detailed out best-use wood fuels prepping; and engine adaptation modifications to guide them??
Discover us here on the DOW for loaded working woodgas operating guidance???
Or have the try; tar; fail; fix; try-again perseverance that some YouTubers have shown to have???
Iāll bet #4.
so says this original Steve. Steve UNRUH.
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Having a good flare is like successfully completing kindergarten . Successfully operating the gasifier daily requires a phD 
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I think it is AI generated. They advertised it in another video.
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where phD == Positively Humorous Dialogue
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I thought phD mean a "positive human DISCOVERY "
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I suppose that is better then PostHumous Dialogue.
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@Wayne, according to YT, all you do is pick up the wood, chuck it in the engine, and then youāre good to go!
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