Dan's post got me thinking.
Has anyone ever attempted to measure precisely how much gas they burned while towing a papercrete tow mixer?
Just in case someone is uncertain how to measure it, here is one very simple method for measuring it. (There are probably a dozen different methods to go about this. I'm only listing this one because it requires no particularly special equipment and fairly is simple to do.)
1. Fill up the gas tank of your tow vehicle at the nearest gas station.
2. Drive to your worksite.
3. Top up the gas tank of your tow vehicle to the very brim using a gas can.
4. Attach your tow mixer and mix several loads (the more loads, the more reliable your data will be.)
5. If your gas can has an accurate volume scale that shows how much gas is in it, note how much is in it. If not, weigh your gas can on a bathroom scales.
6. Top up your tow vehicle gas tank to the very brim using the gas can after having mixed papercrete.
7. Note how much gas is still left in your gas can.
8. Subtract the amount of gas you recorded in Step 7 from the amount of gas you recorded in Step 5. This difference is the total amount of gas used. Gasoline weighs around 6lbs per gallon depending upon the temperature (using United States gallons).
9. Divide result of Step 8 of gas by the number of mixer loads to get gallons per mixer load.
10. Report the results of your measurement to the rest of us on Papercreters BY RESPONDING TO THIS POST, OR BY including "MIXER GAS MILAGE" in the subject of your post. (Everyone using these words in the subject will make it easy to look up everyone's results for comparison in the future.)
Whoever performs and reports this measurement first to the group will receive a hero's thanks. They will be a trailblazer. The trend setter. A true leader worthy of love and admiration by all.
If multiple people report their results, whoever mixes the most papercrete with the least amount of gas, will be recognized as the "Most Efficient Papercreter Mixer" record holder.
Yes... bragging rights are on the line.
Do you think you have what it takes to be the best? PROVE IT!
The record holder of this never ending competition can expect flowers thrown at their feet when they walk into the room. People will flock to get your autograph. Songs will be written about you. Offers of marriage... romantic rendezvous... ticker tape parades... adulations from across the globe... all can be yours.
What? Did I go too far? Yeah... probably so.
Okay... maybe I can't guarantee all that fame and fortune stuff. In fact I can almost guarantee you'll get hardly any of that.
However, I am more than willing to document the record holder on the Papercreters home page for all to see and appreciate.
I think it would be fun to see how much energy is required by different mixer designs, different methods, different power sources, as well as different types of papercrete mix.
Remember, only one Papercreter can be first to post their measurement. That is a distinction that nobody will ever take from you. Everyone remembers Neil Armstrong because he was first to step on the Moon. A lot fewer remember Buzz.
Put yourself along side Neil Armstrong. Be the first to report your Papercrete mixer gas milage.
--- In
papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "danclarke95076" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm collecting parts for a tow mixed but mindful of the energy ( cost of gas ) to tow it around,
------------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/join (Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
papercreters-digest@yahoogroups.com papercreters-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
papercreters-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
