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skypilot · 09-01-2008, 03:46 AM

Colleen: Your last sentence answered the question -- I have a neighbor that is doing the same thing -- basically running straight veggie oil (yesterday he was filtering peanut oil from the turkey fryers used at the football tailgates on Saturday). He has to start his truck using diesel then switches over to a second tank that contains the veg/peanut oil. Before shutting his truck off he switches back to diesel and lets it run (he says he normally does this about 2 blocks before he gets home) -- that way he has diesel in the lines and pumps for when he starts.

I asked him yesterday why he doesn't 'convert it' to biodiesel and he said he was looking into that but so far he hasn't had any problems. It is an older Dodge PU...mechanical injector pump and all.

To all: Spike TV's Extreme 4X4 had a show on yesterday demonstrating a biodiesel kit from 'Extreme Biodiesel'; same basic thing as the Trucks show. Went to their website and you are looking at over $ 3000 for the basic unit. The model they had on the show is listed at over 8K... they claim that you can make your own biodiesel for 1.20 per gallon -- obviously doesn't include the cost of the equipment though. Would take a lot of biodiesel production to recoup the cost of the equipment.

Thanks.

09-01-2008, 03:46 AM	#10
skypilot Montana Master Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Manhattan Posts: 1,144 M.O.C. #1846	Colleen: Your last sentence answered the question -- I have a neighbor that is doing the same thing -- basically running straight veggie oil (yesterday he was filtering peanut oil from the turkey fryers used at the football tailgates on Saturday). He has to start his truck using diesel then switches over to a second tank that contains the veg/peanut oil. Before shutting his truck off he switches back to diesel and lets it run (he says he normally does this about 2 blocks before he gets home) -- that way he has diesel in the lines and pumps for when he starts. I asked him yesterday why he doesn't 'convert it' to biodiesel and he said he was looking into that but so far he hasn't had any problems. It is an older Dodge PU...mechanical injector pump and all. To all: Spike TV's Extreme 4X4 had a show on yesterday demonstrating a biodiesel kit from 'Extreme Biodiesel'; same basic thing as the Trucks show. Went to their website and you are looking at over $ 3000 for the basic unit. The model they had on the show is listed at over 8K... they claim that you can make your own biodiesel for 1.20 per gallon -- obviously doesn't include the cost of the equipment though. Would take a lot of biodiesel production to recoup the cost of the equipment. Thanks.