Sunday, January 30, 2011

Propane upgrades for small engines

We are thrilled to be offering AltFuel propane conversion kits for small gas engines. All components are made in the USA, and the company is run by two young entrepreneurs from Ohio.

All kinds of equipment can be quickly, easily, and inexpensively converted to clean, green, domestic propane by anyone with basic tools and knowledge of small engines 1-45 hp. ATVs, golf carts, mules, log splitters, generators, power washers, backpack blowers, snowthrowers, string trimmers, leaf vacs, mowers of all kinds, wood chippers...
For more information on all of the benefits of propane as an engine fuel see: AllPropaneMowers.com
So, if you are already running propane mowers or trucks and want to switch over your other existing equipment, this is a great way to do just that. Or, if you want to check out propane as an engine fuel, this is an easy, cost effective way to do so. (The kit can be removed quickly and you're back to the original gasoline engine). You can also run your engine as a dual fuel engine (either gasoline or propane) The kits are transferable to other equipment, only needing a different "adapter block" if it is a different engine type.

Depending on the size of the engine, you can use recyclable 1lb cylinders(available widely at camp, hardware and variety stores), the NEW refillable 1 lb cylinders from Manchester Tank(coming soon), 5-10 lb cylinders, grill tanks or forklift cylinders with adapters.

Here are a couple of video links...
 
Our old tiller is converted to propane

 
Alex at GIE explaining the basics


Overview of the conversion process


Monday, January 10, 2011

2 great gardening events in Virginia

First, Michael Dirr will be at the Piedmont Landscape association's annual seminar in Charlottesville. Michael Dirr is the author of several essential gardening tomes that we became familiar with while taking Ian Robertson's Horticulture classes.
http://www.piedmont-landscape.org/2011SaveTheDateFlyer.pdf
THEN, the next day in Danville we have Eliot Coleman at the VABF(Virginia Biological Farmers) conference. Eliot has also authored several books on organic vegetable growing which he does year round-in MAINE:
http://www.vabf.org/annual-conference
Exciting times for gardeners in central Virginia!!