Just curious if anyone else has looked into, or started making their own fuel...i wouldnt put it past you kopecki
I put together a setup over spring break and havent paid for diesel since March 10. Since then I've logged a little more than 4000 miles without issue. I actually noticed that, except for the addition of the straightpipe, the engine started running a little quieter, and no power loss. I spent about $1000 on the setup...$300 of which was on a Fuel Rite pump to get the stuff into the truck, which was more or less optional. So as of now i've pretty much broken even, 4000+ miles / 16mpg avg = 250 gallons of diesel i would've bought * $4.25/gal avg diesel price since then $1062.50. It takes me about 3-4hrs actual work time to make a little more than 50 gallons which is almost a month's worth of fuel for me w/o any special trips. I have a friend who is manager of a restaurant where I collect their used soybean oil. End cost is just under $1/gal
Here's the setup:
The rest of the pics are on my gallery if you wanna see the build and learning process
http://www.texasoffroad.net/galleries/lonestar/album309
Most of the information I got was from here:
www.biodieselcommunity.org
You can make a setup more cheaply than I did but I had to get everything together in a week and had to pay a little more for some parts