[Vwdiesel] Cinco De Mayo

[peter blake]

Brian,
 Sounds like a good plan to me, keep us posted and take some pics!
Peter

--- On Sun, 5/6/12, Brian and Ruth Decker <decker at toledotel.com> wrote:

> From: Brian and Ruth Decker <decker at toledotel.com>
> Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] Cinco De Mayo
> To: "'peter blake'" <pila47 at yahoo.com>, "'Bryan Belman'" <dieselwesty at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "'diesel'" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Date: Sunday, May 6, 2012, 11:22 AM
> 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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