We were pleased to report in “Homemade Motor Fuel Through Wood Gasification” that our experiments concerning the use of wood scraps for vehicle motor fuel showed promise. But little did we realize, at ...

Carry full sheets of plywood or large pieces of furniture without scuffing them against a dirty bed or rough liner. Hauling a full 4 by 8-foot sheet of plywood from the store to your home is a task ...

Wood gas, or wood gasification, is a decades–old renewable energy technology that converts chunks of firewood, wood chips or other cellulosic biomass to charcoal, volatile and combustible gases, and ...

Last month, we worked on the sheetmetal portion of our F-1 truck project, fixing the stake pockets and bedsides. This issue, we're wrapping it up by installing a wood floor kit from Bed Wood and Parts ...

When Fred Williams and Dave Chappelle found the old van sitting derelict on a friend’s ranch, they figured it was time to resurrect the old van and build it into a workhorse ranch truck. As described ...

From electric automobiles to solar wheels, hybrid cars are the wave of the future. But what about a truck that runs on the energy of the past? An unconventional doctoral student is determined to make ...

While many passionate truck fans believe they can build a better truck if they were given the opportunity, rarely do they follow through. For one man in South Dakota, his passion and craftsmanship ...