How about a steam powered vehicle? They used to be all the rage (in the 20's!)
Quote from: Steve C. on November 19, 2013, 07:55:53 PMHow about a steam powered vehicle? They used to be all the rage (in the 20's!)How about a hay powered apparatus? I have quite a few of those and I could be talked out of a few fairly cheap. They too were all the rage at different times in history. Should something catastrophic ever happen, I expect they will be all the rage again.Tex
Hey Tex I hear ya. When we had that hay farm up in Deaver, the farmer who came to cut my hay had one of those Cummins 12v engines running the mower IIRC.And yeah, it's largely true about the emissions stuff. But I wouldn't sneer about the urea. At least it is better than the emissions technology it replaced, EGR (it's a pain in the rear to take your intake manifold off every 50k miles or so to clean the grunge out).Make sure you run some biodiesel in those old engines with injection pumps that depend on sulfur for lubricity...To be honest, I like running a clean diesel for my everyday driver. But I know it won't survive EMP. What do you think of my idea for 2 vehicles, with the old diesel truck held in reserve?Another idea is just to get a 2WD truck and put a winch on the bumper for pulling you out of trouble. I think more people have 4WD than really need one. I've never felt the need to pay that weight and MPG and initial cost penalty to get 4WD. If 2WD trucks with the old Cummins are all that are available for a reasonable price, get that.BTW I do love those Cummins engines. We had a Dodge with the 24v version for the ranch, it was something else. Definitely prefer it to the V8 diesels.BTW what's the last year for the 12v without computer? All this talk has me looking in craigslist!