[AT] Woodburing Truck

[Chuck Saunders]

Your fire is cooking a tank of wood and you engine is burning the volatile
wood gas while making charcoal. The charcoal can then be used to cook more
wood.
Chuck

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Ray Trimble <farmall_1947 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> On the TV show Mountain Men Eustace powers his truck buy burning wood and
> pipe
> the smoke to the engine. Does anyone know the principle behind this? What
> do you
> have to do to the carburetor, or is it diesel? I was unaware that there
> was that much
> energy left in the gases of a fire.
>
> Growing up in Louisiana in the 50's 60's, when we came upon a vehicle
> smokeing
> badly, someone would ask something like, What is he burning wood knots. I
> just
> assumed they were jst being humerous, but now wondering if there is some
> substance to it.
>
>
> Ray
>
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