Sunday, January 6, 2013

[papercreters] Re: Tow Mixer Gas Milage Competition

You own your own dozer?

I have major tool envy!



--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Garth & Kim Travis wrote:
>
> Greetings,
> With deep freezers, the amount of food/stuff stored in them makes a huge
> difference. An empty freezer will use up to five times as much power.
> A good reason to keep empty milk jugs full of ice in them, when they get
> low.
>
> Also, the ambient temperature of where they are stored. My new, energy
> saver freezer is twice the size of my old one, and gets better economy.
> This was tested with both full, in the same temperatures. Also, the
> new one has four baskets, so it is super easy to find stuff in. I can
> get to the bottom layer by removing baskets.
>
> We use a 5 horse electric for our mixer. I know once upon a time there
> were pictures of my system on the internet, but that was a decade ago.
> Right now, my mixer is in pieces in my barn. If it ever stops raining
> long enough, I will get the dozer in and have my logs delivered. Then I
> can start doing papercrete again. Since my barn is now half full of
> paper, it will be nice to get it cleared out.
>
> I will post pictures as we go.
>
> Bright Blessings,
> Garth & Kim Travis
> www.TheRoseColoredForest.com
> Bedias, Texas
>



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