We finally ordered our biodiesel equipment today! After about a year of research and learning how to make biodiesel, we came to a deceision to purchase a complete system. Adam was ordering tanks to make his own setup and he was asking a lot of questions. They referred us to Sonicbiodiesel.com and their complete processor is not much more than building it yourself. Not to mention all the time it would take to track down all of the components. So, we're hoping by June to be running biodiesel in most of our vehicles. Now, the problem is collecting enough waste vegetable oil. We have already started gathering it from the donut shop but it is not enough. We have a verbal agreement with one of our customers (Wienerschnitzel) to get their oil but we need to provide them with a drum first. Still, we need more. We need to make about 100 gallons per week so we need about that much oil. The demand is way up too so we are not the only people asking for it. I'll probably start canvassing the area's local restaurants to see what I can get. We are excited to get started! Yesterday, diesel was $4.79 a gallon in town!!!! At worst, we have to buy unused, crude grade vegetable oil at $2.00/gallon. Even with the cost of the methanol and lye, it is still almost half the price of the gas station. We'll keep you posted on how the whole system is working out and how much we are saving. Here's a picture of the equipment we ordered:
