You must excuse me for referring to an article that is over 25 years old(!), but it is about an interesting topic - wood gas used for running a truck, and the article also contains links on how to go about constructing one - so I thought it might be worth a read for many of you.
Wood chips or firewood can be gasified into fuel for trucks. With a wood-gas generator, you can tap a proven and decades-old alternative fuel.
In short, says the article, for a total cost of about $125 (that's 1981 $ by the way!) — and a fair amount of cutting and welding — the team has come up with an alternative fuel power system that not only moves their rig down the road as smoothly and reliably as any conventionally powered automobile, but does so at zero fuel cost!
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