http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/automobiles/06TROOPER.html
Just cause
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July 7, 2008 10:13 a.m. seann New Reader
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July 7, 2008 10:32 a.m. Dr. Hess SuperDork
My mother was almost killed by one of those during WWII in the Netherlands. She and her cousins were in town. A car powered by one of those things burning wood was trying to cross the railroad tracks and the thing died right on the tracks. The train hit the car, sending it into the group of girls and killing my mother's cousin.
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July 7, 2008 11:56 a.m. GameboyRMH Dork
Did anyone else notice the fart can?
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July 7, 2008 1:35 p.m. Kramer New Reader
Kinda like this, but not...
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July 7, 2008 1:56 p.m. John Brown SuperDork
If you put fresh cut wood into those could they be called the Green Movement?
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July 7, 2008 3:07 p.m. Strizzo Dork
i'd say no, what you posted appears to run on steam produced from a wood fired boiler. this guys truck gassifies the wood to create something the truck can burn in the engine like gasoline.
this is more like when on mythbusters they unhooked the fuel line to the carb and just vented propane or acetylene near the carb intake.
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July 7, 2008 3:22 p.m. curtis73 New Reader
How does a 2400-degree furnace produce hydrogen without burning it before it can be collected and used in the engine?
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July 7, 2008 3:46 p.m. Strizzo Dork
curtis73 wrote: How does a 2400-degree furnace produce hydrogen without burning it before it can be collected and used in the engine?
no oxygen = no combustion
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July 7, 2008 4:15 p.m. Kramer New Reader
Strizzo wrote: i'd say no, what you posted appears to run on steam produced from a wood fired boiler. this guys truck gassifies the wood to create something the truck can burn in the engine like gasoline.
this is more like when on mythbusters they unhooked the fuel line to the carb and just vented propane or acetylene near the carb intake.
That's why I said "not". The steam engine is a early 1900's Port Huron model, about 25-30 horsepower, mounted on a early '70's C50 chassis. But hey, it's a wood-powered (or coal, or tires, when the wood doesn't want to light) vehicle.
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July 7, 2008 4:30 p.m. Strizzo Dork
aha, i thought you meant a steam engine in a truck chassis, but not looking like a train. carry on
