A grease 'Bird

[Gregory OConnor]

The BioFuel movement is more an inventors exchange of ideas then a
green movement. The green alternative to a 5 mpg motorhome is a
tent. Too much drama and stress to try and beat road tax and
squeeze $1.10 out of a dollar. Like any hobby it looks like many
folks have fun with it. I found a website about a BMC greaser,
maybe it is the same bus?

http://www.liquidsolarpower.com/

GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCA


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Al" wrote:
>
> Yes he put this setup in his bird back in '06. Several flaws with
this:
>
> 1) You can't pickup oil in an oil renderers bin like he shows in
one of
> his pictures. If the renderer would have pulled up while this
> operation was transpiring, someone would have gone to jail and the
> vehicle would have probably been impounded as evidence. Once the
oil
> goes into the bin, the resturant does not own it anymore, it
belongs to
> the oil renderer.
> 2) He reported that he had several hits on his bird on the BMC
forum
> during his maiden voyage. My guess was his attempt to get close
to
> these bins to take the oil from the oil render bin. Anyway, looks
like
> coachworks or some other outfit repaired and repainted his mishaps.
> 3) Advertising that he is not paying road tax on a vehicle getting
3 to
> 7 miles to gallon is asking for the DOT guys to come knocking with
a
> huge tax bill for not paying the road tax.
> 4) I would never ever rent out my bird for any price.
> 5) He says the rental does not include the diesel but makes no
> reference to the waste oil usage. I guess he can't charge for
that
> since it is free until you get caught sucking from an oil
renderer's
> bin. Then who pays the legal bill and towing charge when the
vehicle
> gets impounded?
> 6) He also does not tell you want he does with the water and food
that
> gets sucked up in his tank. My guess is it hits the ground or
gets
> dumped into someone sewage system.
>
> Bottom line, you can not outfit a vehicle like this and travel
across
> th country sucking oil from an oil renderer's bin. That is what
is
> wrong with this world now. The oil renderer have spent a lot of
money
> to put a bin out so someone can come in and take the oil from it.
This
> is what hurts the biodiesel movement and the businesses that are
tryign
> to make an honest living. Now if you make trips on an on going
basis
> and spent the money to put your own containers out, then you are
> welcome to do this.
>
> Ok off my soapbox now.
>
> Al Johnson
> '96 BMC B75
> Louisiana
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman" <sforman@>
> wrote:
> >
> > See this ad on eBay featuring a BMC with a full on-board waste
> > vegetable oil system. I wondered how long it would take for
someone
> to
> > do this.
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Alternati...gy-WVO-RV-
Motorhome-
> > diesel-bus-
> >
>
RENTAL_W0QQitemZ110215225031QQihZ001QQcategoryZ50056QQssPageNameZWDVW
QQr
> > dZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> >
> > Scott Forman
> > 86 PT38
> > Memphis
> >
>