anyone ever tour in a veggie oil van[views:4186][posts:11]_____________________________________________ [Mar 17,2008 2:17pm - the_network_booking ""] Ok any hippies out there that have toured in a converted bio diesel van for extended periods of time (tour)... We are starting to enternain the idea of becoming hippies and are looking for others that might have made the dive into vegan pot brownies and alternate traveling. I know bands do this...but is it really feasible?...do you actually save money? Does it make you grow dreads? |
| __________________________________ [Mar 17,2008 2:22pm - archaeon ""] theres an indie band from around here called piebald and they were big advocates of the veggie van. might wanna send them a message. http://www.myspace.com/piebald |
| _________________________________ [Mar 17,2008 2:22pm - W3 nli ""] haha Hail the Leaf did this and destroyed two cars in the process, i dont know if you save money or not |
| __________________________________________ [Mar 17,2008 2:24pm - thegreatspaldino ""] it takes time to store up the fuel to use, or else technically you would still be buying fuel if you're on the road and i dont think it would be any cheaper if you just bought the veggie oil. its like 4.50 for a gallon of veggie oil. |
| _________________________________________________ [Mar 17,2008 2:25pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] An Arrow In Flight from CA did this, too. I dunnow what the benefits are, I guess it smells like french fries in the exhaust. You have to filter and clean the oil every time, and you also need to heat it, too. |
| _____________________________________________ [Mar 17,2008 2:37pm - the_network_booking ""] We have a chance to purchase one of these for real cheap, I just wanna make sure it makes sense...I know you can go to restraunts on the road and go directly from there holding tank thru a filter into your bio diesel tank...I know it takes some time to do this and while on tour this would def be an inconvience but the money you save seems worth it. I'm just not convinced yet though. |
| _________________________________________________ [Mar 17,2008 2:55pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] It would be better to rig up some solar powered / electric hybrid thing Alex always wanted to do it, we just had some irons in the fire that the idea never got its due |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 17,2008 3:41pm - Mike_Giallo ""] I think Fruit Salad did this. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 17,2008 7:24pm - bradmann ""] Mike_Giallo said:I think Fruit Salad did this. yeah in a converted school bus no less. i think the drummer from Terminal Youth facilitated the whole deal...he might be a good contact. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 17,2008 7:43pm - xanonymousx ""] i believe the band SLUTS were trying to sell one a while back... check out their page. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 17,2008 7:45pm - xanonymousx ""] and i don't believe you can just use veggie oil it has to be something like wasted veggie oil |
| __________________________________ [Mar 17,2008 8:18pm - bradmann ""] xanonymousx said:and i don't believe you can just use veggie oil it has to be something like wasted veggie oil yeah and there's some time-consuming siphoning process that has to be done as well. if you're planning on touring in this thing, the time spent acquiring and siphoning the oil should be factored into the schedule. it seems to me, if you're a band on tour, time is precious. as cool and "eco-friendly" as a veggie oil van would be, it's not very time-friendly. just sayin. |