Biodiesel, Tractors and Jay Leno’s Garage
This week I made a trip with Joe Jobe (left), CEO of the National Biodiesel Board to Jay Leno’s Garage. Jay’s on the New Holland tractor and next to him on the right is New Holland head of industry affairs, Gene Hemphill. We were there to tape a video for Jay’s website which should be published there sometime in the coming weeks.
Jay has a New Holland Boomer to move cars around in his garage. He’s got quite a collection (over 100). He likes the fact that New Holland has been a leader in promoting the use of biodiesel.
One of them will be running on 100% biodiesel which he had custom designed by General Motors. It’s called the EcoJet. It actually has a jet engine in it and it’s scheduled to go on tour nationally at the end of the month.
So Jay did his video segment with Joe Jobe and they talked biodiesel. I got to talk with Jay afterward and have a short interview with him that you can listen to. Jay says that making fuel out of a renewable resource like soybeans just makes sense for America. As he says on his website regarding his EcoJet, “It’s the perfect vehicle for the harvest season.”
Here’s my interview with Jay Leno: jay-leno-garage-07-leno.mp3
I took photos while I was on location at the Garage which you can find here:
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6 Comments »
Amleia Gooding
When will Jay talk about this on his show? Thanks!
Cindy Zimmerman
The biodiesel interview will be posted on http://www.jaylenosgarage.com sometime next month, they tell us.
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jim murray
oh it’ cute!
but when you talk to the manufacturers it’s a different story. “if you use it, it will gum up your block,it will glaze your injectors”. in essence, “don’t use it”! older systems can’t take the BIO in the rubber parts, just like you can’t use the alky in a boat system, it will turn your fuel system to jelly. it sounds good but it means the same old thing, you have to buy all new, at 45K+ you still can’t use 100% Biodiesel. and if you can’t use 100% what is the use? you are still at the mercy of the refineries. with 100% bio you could, if you wanted to, make it at home. cherish the thought, that the average man could be free of the oil empires!
i wrote the injector company Stanadyne, they make the system for GM. the answer was one of shear panic, oh no, it will destroy the injection sys! enough said, if the car companies and refineries can’keep their hand in our wallet, it’s BAD for the american public!
enough said, prove me wrong.
jim
BioConvert
Jim,
There are a number of fleet users here in the northeast with experience running B5-B10 through a range of weather conditions, including public works trucks, garbage trucks, fire engines, school buses even the Air National Guard, where the vehicles tend to get up there age wise. Have noticed over eh last three years the engine/component manufacturers are slowly changing their tune in putting the dear of god concerning the effect of biofuels. Keep in mind that generally they will not cover damages fomr a bad batch of petro either!
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Dear Jay, My nae is Wayne Stump my step brother Brett Stump (a County Sheriff in Table Rock, MO), has a bike you were interseted in and also informed me you are a lover of old fire trucks. I recently worked on a ’56 Ford fire truck with less than 40,000 ml. on it in Scio, OR. I’m a self emploed/ motivated lover/ enthusiast/ recontrutive tech of the old and odd. He suggested contacting you and I agreed this could be interesting. If you wold like we could exchange pictures, ideas, and information. I’m also always looking for a nother project to get my hands dirty with. Please feel free to contact me via e-mail or by phone @ 503-400-2879. I’m looking forward to hearing from you. GOD bless and have a wounderful day.
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