Killingly man runs truck on wood, leaves

NorwichBulletin.com
By JOHN PENNEY
Posted Jun 08, 2009 @ 11:51 PM

Killingly, Conn. — A Killingly man has spent the last few years resurrecting and modifying a 130-year-old technology that allows him to run a 4,000-pound truck on wood, leaves and trash.

Five years ago, Dave Nichols, fed up with the rising cost of fuel and wood waste disposal and concerned with the amount of emissions produced by traditional gas-powered vehicles, began constructing a biomass gasification system for his 1989 Ford F150 pickup truck.

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