Firing up the woodgas truck

Loading woodchunks into the gasifier and lighting it off in preparation for a trip to town.
The fuel for this trip was a 40lb sack of prunings from Apple,Pear,Plum and Cherry trees gathered this Spring from our property.Wood cut from sawmill waste is a typical fuel for the truck.

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Science & Technology

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• woodburning
• truck
• woodgas
• holzgas
• gengas
• biomass
• alternate
• energy
• fuels

[pharosfilms]

How long will the truck run on that sack of wood?

[oldplaner]

One forty pound sack of wood is roughly 40 kilometers or 25 miles driving in my truck.

[flaviusicafsz]

please help with adivece on my new project, watch my video wood gasifier...

[oldplaner]

I sent you a message with some links that I hope will be helpful

[ChrisPCrunchy]

How many miles to the tree do you get?

[oldplaner]

25 miles per 40 lb sack of wood

[dirtTdude]

your still missing the point bro... This system may not be practical for you for 5 min trips to the market in suburbia or for a long trip to grandmas house but I'm sure that if you put your mind to it you could see the practicality in rural areas or say for example a fuel shortage... If for some reason, say for example a natural disaster prevented you from buying gas you would be riding a bicycle as that wood gas truck passed you.

[dallasbub]

I think most people miss the point entirely. This sort of build is not for when you can just as easily stop at the 7-11 and fill up for $3 per gallon. It is OBVIOUSLY for when there IS NO GASOLINE to be had or for when gasoline is $20 per gallon. At that point pulling over to toss in another bag of coal or wood chips makes you the smartest coolest guy in the county...

[biminitwst]

Do you use gas to heat the wood?

Why not just use propane to run the truck?

[lysolbombs470]

Can't wait for this to become popular again.

"Yeah I get about 25 miles to the 40 pound sack of wood chips."

How much I would give to hear someone say that in casual conversation.

[hmpeter]

Woodgas cars were quite common in the 1930s and again after WW2 over here.

Nice to see this again in modern times!

[purpleravenstar]

American engineering FTW :)

"Improvise, adapt, overcome"

[contentlocked99]

does a smaller engine have better fuel economy? id love to be the guy who laughs at everyone else when petrol becomes scarce or nonexistant. i just think its still not really practical, having to stop and cut timber when your on a long journey to find food or water isnt ideal but its still better than fighting over a half a gallon of gas or something...

[molinobeer]

@ChrisPCrunchy

80.5km/kg? How? I made the calcs it's ~2.2km/kg

[ProSimex]

This guy is ready for the collapse, I wanna see what his canned food and ammunition stockpile looks like.

[videodude4]

I am interested in gasification. Where can I begin something like this?

[sasop117]

@dirtTdude what about electic wood gas hybrid, electric for short trips, woods gas for long trips, the batterys could also be using for starting the wood gasification

[kotdrop]

Can you send me some links or instructions on how to build a Wood Gas Generator and plans to attach it to a car. Thanks!