[Vwdiesel] Cinco De Mayo

[Brian and Ruth Decker]

HI Peter;
	I figure with the lightweight aerodynamic trailer I will build plus
the 110 gallons of cleaned (centrifuged) WVO it will come to about 1500 lbs.
That and my 2100 lb VW Fox Turbo diesel wagon combined should weigh under
4000lbs and I don't think my 1.6 Turbo diesel will have too much trouble
handling it. I will be a little slow in the mountains starting out but
remember I will be about 20 lbs lighter every 100 miles. 
Back in the late 70's and early 80's I built a lightweight box trailer and
made more than a few cross country trips hauling 7 or 8 dairy goats using a
1971 Datsun 510 sedan for the pulling power.
Brian Decker

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of peter blake
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 10:21 AM
To: Bryan Belman
Cc: diesel
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Cinco De Mayo

Bryan,
 I just did a google search and came up with 418 pounds for the oil and 40
pounds for the steel 55 gallon container. That's a total of 458 pounds per
barrel. Heavy but doable in my opinion if they are trailered correctly.
Peter

--- On Sun, 5/6/12, Bryan Belman <dieselwesty at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Bryan Belman <dieselwesty at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Cinco De Mayo
> To: "Brian and Ruth Decker" <decker at toledotel.com>, 
> "vwdiesel at vwfans.com" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Date: Sunday, May 6, 2012, 9:38 AM
> Brian, I estimate a drum of WVO to be
> about 650 lbs.  I just moved 3 of them in the past few weeks.  you 
> want to cart 2 of them behind you in a trailer for a major trip.  not 
> the way to go.
> stop at local restaurants and filter as you go.  not ideal, but the 
> only way I can see to do it.  tough to do unless the wife is Really 
> into you setup.
>  
> 
> Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
> 04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp -- running :<)
> 92 Jetta 1.6 Eco-Turbo Diesel, 5sp -- running :<)
> 82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA -- running :<)
> 70 Type 1 stock Elm Green Beetle -- Under Restoration :-)
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Brian and Ruth Decker <decker at toledotel.com>
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> 
> Sent: Sunday, May 6, 2012 3:21 AM
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Cinco De Mayo
> 
> Hi Folks;
> 
>                 Today is a day of celebration. I finished my two tank 
> heated Veggie system in my 1990 VW 1.6 Turbo diesel Fox Wagon. I have 
> a 24 gallon WVO tank mounted where the back seat was. I have a 
> centrifuge
> (simplecentrafuge.com) to clean the used fry oil from a local 
> restaurant.
> About the only difference I can see in  running on veggie is that if I 
> stand outside while the car is idling it smells like French fries.
> The power seems
> the same.  As a preliminary assessment I believe it has lowered my EGT 
> when I'm hard on the throttle by about 50 degrees over running diesel. 
> I still have a fully functioning diesel setup. I figure that it will 
> take me about a years worth of driving on WVO to amortize the 
> investment in the centrifuge and the conversion cost. Since that is 
> money already spent I'm going to really enjoy every time I fill my 
> veggie tank for almost nothing. Ruth and I have a summer trip planed 
> to Western Pennsylvania which will mean about
> 5000 miles round trip. My next project is to build a box on a boat 
> trailer I have so that I can haul a couple of 55 gallon drums of 
> cleaned WVO. With that and my 24 gallon onboard tank I should be able 
> to drive
> 5000 miles on
> less than  one tank of diesel which will be used when shutting down 
> for a period of time. On cold startup I should be able to switch from 
> diesel to WVO after 5 or 6 miles. Let me see. Toledo Washington to 
> Slippery Rock Pennsylvania and back for less than 40 dollars worth of 
> diesel. Now that sounds reasonable.
> 
> Brian Decker
> 
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