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My husband rode in this truck, while I followed in our Toyota truck. They were not burning gasoline, while our truck was.
Wayne Keith has been reworking his bio-mass fuel burner since he first built and used one, I believe in 2002 or 2003, and now has it running even better. He used the bio-mass burner on his farm equipment, and told us he has even ran his tractors on it now.
A great guy, Wayne is more than kind and helpful. He brought his 'green truck' to a tiny GO GREEN event in Thayer, Missouri, where I saw it on a Saturday. I asked him if he would still be there on Sunday, but he wasn't sure, a he needed to get back to the farm. Called his cell early Sunday morning, and he and his wife were already starting back to Alabama. I asked him if they could (would) just stay put where ever they were, we would drive to them. I wanted my husband to see this truck. Very kindly, they pulled over and waited, and when we met up with them, as they wanted to keep heading home, they offered that my husband ride with them while I follow.
This truck accelerated fine from a stopped position when pulling out on the highway, and it drove normal, standard speeds just like anyone else, and when a fairly steep hill was to be climbed, it did not lose any power or speed.
There are some things that maybe could be considered a draw- back, but minor.... One, a big block motor is suggested, due to the loss of about 25% horsepower. He has put it to a 6 cylinder test, and reaches speeds of about 65 MPH, which would be fine for many applications.. but if one wanted to be on the open freeway, the power gained by using a big block might be missed.
When he originally suggested the bigger the horsepower the better, I flinched, until he stated the up side: running on bio-fuel, and anything burnable. Not comparable to the cost of the gas I was using in my vehicle to follow them!
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#1 - Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:05 PM ESTVery interesting AKG . Clearly you need to have a source of scrap wood to utilize
for fuel so this is not for everyone . But it can be practical for those with a lot of spare wood pieces .
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#2 - Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:41 PM ESTThe owner, Wayne Keith also said he can burn all his trash and any other trash: if he is low on 'fuel', he can utilize any gas station dumpster, where they throw all their cardboard boxes, too. He does not need to though, and neither would we. It will burn any scrap wood, which is fairly available, even in cities. If 1 Million people in a city tried it though, I think a new business would be born. Can run it on pellets, too, but costly.
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Wayne Keith has been reworking his bio-mass fuel burner since he first built and used one, I believe in 2002 or 2003, and now has it running even better. He used the bio-mass burner on his farm equipment, and told us he has even ran his tractors on it now.
Very impressive innovation.
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#3 - Sun Nov 20, 2011 8:16 PM ESTI agree! I was totally impressed, and knew my husband had to see it and touch it too, not just me. How could I really ever explain what it was that I had seen, and do it credit?
Then, he was able to RIDE in it, and ask all the questions he wanted. Wayne Keith 'did good'. In fact, awesome! And we are having it, the minute we are able to purchase a truck that is not fuel injected.
Every time we fill our little Toyota pick- up now, we think ..."there goes another $25.00 that we would not need to be using for GAS!
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I feel it every time we fill our Acura. VTec Engine - only high test! Always a lot of money. I know we are going to buy a hybrid in the next year or two. I hate giving the oil companies any money at all, but I know it won't be a Volt because GM screwed with the electric car way back, and who thinks they won't do it again...
I know it won't be a Volt because GM screwed with the electric car way back, and who thinks they won't do it again...
I don't . There were some serious flaws in that EV1 . They have been corrected in the Volt . If you want details , ask away .
Nah, I am going with the Lincoln, I think. I like Ford to some extent. I won't do another Japanese car because of the whaling. Each time we purchased one in the past, they were at the table swearing off, but it was a lie. Plus, all three of our cars were built in Japan and were excellent machines during a time when Detroit was not producing excellent machines. Ford is back up there and I've never liked GM, even if they've turned the corner, too. (The 3 cars mentioned lasted 14+ years with no serious mechanical failure - excellent machines.)
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My point was that you have been mislead about the EV1 . I think we've all seen the mini-movie "Who Killed the Electric Car ?" . It was ill informed . And you have apparently swallowed that misinformation whole . That said I think GM could have handled their public relations better than they did .
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Actually, I've never seen the movie. Read a few articles. I don't like GM because of Roger and Me. And when I liked muscle cars, I always picked the Mustang over the Camaro; the Shelby over the Vette. That's my bias, non. It has nothing to do with my step-dad liking Fords and Chryslers and not liking Chevys. And all that being said (even though I've driven Acura for a few decades now), I want the money for a Porsche. I wish I'd never sold my '65.
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Lots of people who haven't driven one! Ah, well, I was young and didn't have a clue how valuable it would be today (and I wouldn't have sold it anyway).
We are definitely going with this fuel adapted, bio-energy type. No supporting oil companies, no charging batteries, no high initial vehicle costs. We can have ours upholstered and painted (and purchased for less than $3500.00 total, and the set up for this bio-fuel is under$400-$500.00. No worry about gas rationing, power outages, can burn our trash, or any dung. Passed California emissions, too!
Burns clean, renewable bio fuel, and opens the way for fuel to be developed from animal waste, or even corn stalks. This is for us!
#4 - Sun Dec 4, 2011 2:10 AM ESTRaisedByWolves: You can get the info, schematics, and everything from this article... Wayne Keith is a tremendous man, and has put drawings, specs up for public domain, if you cannot locate them, he would be more than happy to e-mail you with location. My husband worked aircraft for most of his life, and that is why I wanted him to see this- I knew he would rip it apart, see things I probably would not. He 'ripped it apart'- looked it all over and UNDER, saw how it is all done, corrected MY beliefs as to the fuel, looked over every inch of it, rode in it, and came up with GOTTA HAVE IT! Revolutionary, and brilliant is what he said! I thought it was manufacturing ...liquid' fuel, then burning it, but it isn't. It is producing a bio-fuel vapor- complete burning of a bio- fuel, and using THAT for the fuel. It could be transportation of the future, because as animal wastes increase, this will burn .... nearly... anything, and produce fuel.
A whole future group of jobs could be designing and producing the bio-fuel needed here. Contact Wayne- great guy!
#5 - Mon Dec 5, 2011 12:17 AM ESTThank you. I realized after I posted that I could just get more info out of the article. Sometimes, I am sooooo dense! :-)
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I am sorry to not get back to you sooner. Here I am trying to get things up and running on the new Mac and I'm having trouble with printer drivers, NV's passwords, etc. I'm working on it and am embarrassed by how much time it is taking. After all, I was a computer operator on the Apollo Project - getting guys to the moon and back!
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That's O.K., I can still barely post on here, and I get little time, as is. Now this. I've been too busy right now to be here, and by the time I do get here, I am falling asleep trying to read, so........ Again, tonight, I feel like a child, falling asleep in their dinner plate...
This is basically the pyrolysis process. When you do it without any oxygen and heat it to 350 to 500 degrees C quickly, you get natural gas and liquid fuels too and little to no hydrogen or carbon monoxide. These are easier to store and higher in stored energy. And the process can use grass as well as wood.
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