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Posted: 05 March 2008 12:38 PM   [ Ignore ]
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Gotta hand it to those Finns--they know how to make an American muscle car “green.”

Personally, I like the “El Kamina.”

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Posted: 05 March 2008 02:51 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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Posted: 05 March 2008 03:44 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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For more on wood powered vehicles, trucks, tractors etc. try http://www.farmshow.com.  Their farm news has at least one vehicle per issue, all home made in the good old US of A.  Farmers rule.

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Posted: 05 March 2008 03:47 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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I didn’t notice any wood storage on those vehicles!

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Posted: 05 March 2008 04:00 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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They look like chip gasifiers to me, Craig. Or maybe pellets. I’m guessing that’s what’s in those big stainless steel tanks.

How about a wood-fired skidder? Never run out of fuel.

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Posted: 05 March 2008 04:20 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]
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Eric Johnson - 05 March 2008 04:00 PM

They look like chip gasifiers to me, Craig. Or maybe pellets. I’m guessing that’s what’s in those big stainless steel tanks.

How about a wood-fired skidder? Never run out of fuel.

That would be good with me! If fuel prices keep going up I am going to consider a hay & oat powered skidder.

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Posted: 06 March 2008 12:40 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]
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I had one of those El Caminos too.  Wonder how much wood it “burns”?

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Posted: 10 March 2008 09:02 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]
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colebrookman - 05 March 2008 03:44 PM

For more on wood powered vehicles, trucks, tractors etc. try http://www.farmshow.com.  Their farm news has at least one vehicle per issue, all home made in the good old US of A.  Farmers rule.

I recently bought their back issue CD. Lots of cool stuff in it if that’s your cup of tea. There’s also quite a bit of things related to wood burning, repowering tractors, farmer inventions, etc.

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