On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 22:34:13 +0000, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 08:53:09 -0800, "Lloyd Sumpter" wrote:

Hi,

Thought I'd contribute to the on-topic stuff here...

Last night, put down a cheque for $4500CDN as deposit on a Shiny New
Universal M25XPB and matching Campbell Sailor 14x10 prop (dealer suggested
14x9, but others varied from 14x10 to 14x12 to 15x11 - I'm guessing he doesn't
want me to load down the new engine).

Very nice - I love diesels - have one in my pickup in fact.

Do you use the bio fuels (diesel mixed with used fry oil)?


I was thinking about using the old engine for some tests before using an
unknown fuel on a $10K engine. But, the dealer agreed to take it in trade...

Donno about biodiesel. Looks good on paper, but...A guy on Bowen Island
wanted to sell some to the local gas station. The gas station said "OK -
guarantee 1000 gals/day" (which is about how much gas he sold). That's a LOT of
McDonalds fat-fry oil!

Reality is, in order to make enough to satisfy our craving for crushed
dinosaur, you'd have to have square miles of corn to make the corn oil (and have
you noticed how expensive vegetable oil is compared to gas or diesel?)

Lloyd