Running a Diesel on WVO wast veggie oil

[clark123456]

What did you use to flush the water lines?  Chlorine, lemon juice, etc

[mrmike1964]

Well we use bottled water for drinking and just use the bus water to wash dishes and shower and flush the commode. So a good 1/2 cup of bleach with about 20 gallons of water.   

[clark123456]

Are you going to insulate the wvo tanks?

[mrmike1964]

Are you going to insulate the wvo tanks?

No I don't have to I have a tube heater that will heat it up as fast as the WVO flows through it.

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[mrmike1964]

We replaced the tires on the trailer yesterday and repacked the bearings. We put some bearing buddies on to help keep the bearings packed on the ride. Jon did some welding on the tow hitch of the bus for me.  There was a couple bolts in the frame that had broke off. He also fixed the step going into the bus where it was rusting out and getting soft when you stepped on it. Matt helped Cheryl clean the inside of the bus and started loading some of the things we will be taking with us. He also helped me work on the trommel. We needed to replace the 5 horse motor with a 8 horse. We tested and ran the new motors for the dredge. We changed the oil in the spare motor for the dredge and ran it to. We changed the oil in the generator and ran it as well. I tried to fix the old back up camera but it's no good anymore. water got into the camera and rusted the circuit board. I have to see about getting a new one. It's good to have it so I can see what's happening back there on the trailer while we are driving. Today we worked on putting some more things on the bus. We put the dive gear and wet suits and dry suit. We put installed the TV and speakers.

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[tcdawg]

So cool to watch all this come together. Lots of work!

[mrmike1964]

Today Matt and I got the dredge up on the bus roof. We had to take it all apart to fit it. Matt carried the motors up the ladder to me and I put them in the roof rack. It took both the racks to fit everything for that 6" dredge! I have enough room to fit a tote with dive gear and six 5 gallon gas cans. We also put some more supplies in the bus like rain gear and heaters. Todays temp was 38* for a low last night and 69* for a high to day. That was in Fairbanks Alaska.Tomorrow I hope to get the trailer hooked up to the bus and see how much room I will have on the trailer with the Jeep. I still need to put 4 spare tires on the trailer as well as a 8' by 4' trailer with axle. I can pull the tires off the axle then flip the small trailer over and slide it under the Jeep. We mounted the generator on the front bumper with the 60 gallon water tank.

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[Scott F.]

 //SLAMIN// //BEER//

This is awesome. Two things I love, being self sufficient And going prepared. Wish I could go on an adventure like this!

[Jeepster1407]

I agree!


Sent from my neighbors wifi!

[mrmike1964]

Well we have the trailer hooked to the bus and we had to take the dredge trailer (4'x8') apart to fit it under the Jeep. We got a set of fenders for the Jeep trailer and used the frame we made to hold the fenders on to hold up the dredge trailer under the Jeep. It gave us enough room to fit the spare tiers under the dredge trailer. Now I have enough room for the trommel to ride in front of the jeep.
 
We have a total of 680 gallons of WVO 5100LBS
 70 gallons of Diesel
 Total length is 62feet.
 GVW is around 31,000LBS

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[clark123456]

Awesome!  What day do you head out?  Have any networks/programs contacted you?

[Big Dave]

No wonder it only gets 4 MPG.