No Profanity *** No Flaming *** No Advertising *** No Anti Trappers ***NO POLITICS
No Non-Target Catches *** No Links to Anti-trapping Sites *** No Avoiding Profanity Filter


Home~Trap Talk~ADC Forum~Trap Shed~Wilderness Trapping~International Trappers~Fur Handling

Auction Forum~Trapper Tips~Links~Gallery~Basic Sets~Convention Calendar~Chat~ Trap Collecting Forum

Trapper's Humor~Strictly Trapping~Fur Buyers Directory~Mugshots~Fur Sale Directory~Wildcrafting~The Pen and Quill

Trapper's Tales~Words From The Past~Legends~Archives~Kids Forum~Lure Formulators Forum~ Fermenter's Forum


~~~ Dobbins' Products Catalog ~~~


Minnesota Trapline Products
Please support our sponsor for the Trappers Talk Page - Minnesota Trapline Products


Print Thread
Hop To
CNG fueled trucks ....question #6641895
10/17/19 11:40 AM
10/17/19 11:40 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 9,729
Northern Illinois
M
MChewk Offline OP
trapper
MChewk  Offline OP
trapper
M

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 9,729
Northern Illinois
I saw a nice used truck for a decent price...low miles. Saw that it had a CNG label on truck side with a mounted tank in bed. My question is can these vehicles ALSO be run on regular gasoline? And if so is there a switch to ALLOW either gasoline to be used or CNG fuel? Is there anything to be aware of with these type of fuel systems??? Thanks ahead of time....

Re: CNG fueled trucks ....question [Re: MChewk] #6641901
10/17/19 11:52 AM
10/17/19 11:52 AM
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 14,796
Greene County,Virginia
R
run Offline
trapper
run  Offline
trapper
R

Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 14,796
Greene County,Virginia
Was it a Ford? I think you can run regular gas but I don't have 1st hand experience.


wanna be goat farmer.
Re: CNG fueled trucks ....question [Re: MChewk] #6641906
10/17/19 11:54 AM
10/17/19 11:54 AM
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 14,796
Greene County,Virginia
R
run Offline
trapper
run  Offline
trapper
R

Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 14,796
Greene County,Virginia
If you have the money, I would buy it. Buy first, ask questions later.


wanna be goat farmer.
Re: CNG fueled trucks ....question [Re: MChewk] #6641910
10/17/19 11:57 AM
10/17/19 11:57 AM

K
krispcritter
Unregistered
krispcritter
Unregistered
K



Yes you can run on regular gas.Typically they start on 1 tbsp of gas before switching to CNG. I should be set up to switch over when the CNG pressure is to low. My father in law builds CNG systems. In process of sending one to Brazil right now.

Re: CNG fueled trucks ....question [Re: MChewk] #6641913
10/17/19 11:58 AM
10/17/19 11:58 AM

K
krispcritter
Unregistered
krispcritter
Unregistered
K



There is a web sight that lists all the CNG filling stations Ours is Barcelona, NY.

Re: CNG fueled trucks ....question [Re: MChewk] #6641948
10/17/19 12:35 PM
10/17/19 12:35 PM
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,369
Green County Wisconsin
G
GREENCOUNTYPETE Offline
trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE  Offline
trapper
G

Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,369
Green County Wisconsin
24 years ago , we were talking about CNG cars , they even had a small compressor you could hook up to the natural gas at your house and fill your CNG vehicle right in your own garage in trials at the time.

many cities and county parks departments have switched to them

all our school buses run propane now .

much cleaner burning much longer on an oil change last a long time and these places have a fill station onsite.

it makes a lot of sense if you can find a place close by to fill up or if they ever got the home compressor approved for sale


America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
Re: CNG fueled trucks ....question [Re: MChewk] #6641952
10/17/19 12:45 PM
10/17/19 12:45 PM

K
krispcritter
Unregistered
krispcritter
Unregistered
K



We have a fleet of new garbage trucks that come out of Michigan to fill up on their way to NY city and New Jersey.

our station

We get a lot of tractor trailers too that top off. Diesels I believe run 60/40. Still a huge savings for a company. Our CNG is like $2.00 a gallon equivalent.

Last edited by krispcritter; 10/17/19 12:49 PM.
Re: CNG fueled trucks ....question [Re: MChewk] #6642003
10/17/19 02:12 PM
10/17/19 02:12 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 9,729
Northern Illinois
M
MChewk Offline OP
trapper
MChewk  Offline OP
trapper
M

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 9,729
Northern Illinois
Thanks for all the info...it is a Dodge Ram...it was touched on but let me ask again can a CNG engine ALSO run on reg/premium gasoline?

Re: CNG fueled trucks ....question [Re: MChewk] #6642006
10/17/19 02:16 PM
10/17/19 02:16 PM

K
krispcritter
Unregistered
krispcritter
Unregistered
K



Yes. And a lot of guys forget to run the petroleum gas down and end up with stale gas as they are always running the CNG because it's cheaper.

Last edited by krispcritter; 10/17/19 02:18 PM.
Re: CNG fueled trucks ....question [Re: MChewk] #6642018
10/17/19 02:41 PM
10/17/19 02:41 PM
Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 691
Saltlake city utah
S
Steelflight Offline
trapper
Steelflight  Offline
trapper
S

Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 691
Saltlake city utah
It has to be set up that way. If its not a custom build its a dedicated cng. The problem your going to have is those tanks expire. I had this happen to me once. Check the year against how long the tanks last. You can't get them retcertified Don't fall for that. Most people selling their used cng vehicle are aware of this and dontwant the bill to replace the tanks. I came to hate mine in the end. Half my bed was tank storage because ithad an expansion added on. Your power is decreased by roughly ten percent. Are they cheap? Yes. Do they burn clean? Very much so. But when its time to replace those tanks. Which is as certain as death and taxes. Be ready for a very large bill. I was quoted 3k at the time per tank. Labor was not even discussed.

Just my experience with them.

Last edited by Steelflight; 10/17/19 02:42 PM.

You may think before you act. The question is did you listen to your own council?
Re: CNG fueled trucks ....question [Re: MChewk] #6642025
10/17/19 02:47 PM
10/17/19 02:47 PM
Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 691
Saltlake city utah
S
Steelflight Offline
trapper
Steelflight  Offline
trapper
S

Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 691
Saltlake city utah
Oh and if it is a dedicated and you want to switch it over yes the engine is capable of running on gas.


You may think before you act. The question is did you listen to your own council?
Re: CNG fueled trucks ....question [Re: MChewk] #6642030
10/17/19 02:53 PM
10/17/19 02:53 PM
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 14,796
Greene County,Virginia
R
run Offline
trapper
run  Offline
trapper
R

Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 14,796
Greene County,Virginia
Thanks,steelflight.


wanna be goat farmer.
Re: CNG fueled trucks ....question [Re: MChewk] #6642065
10/17/19 03:36 PM
10/17/19 03:36 PM
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,960
Northern Nevada
B
Bob Offline
trapper
Bob  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,960
Northern Nevada
I work in the oil and gas industry and the amount of natural gas that we just burn off because infrastructure can’t handle it is astounding. With more infrastructure cng would be an extremely cheap way to fuel anything. But that would take politicians to pull their heads out of their rears and approve said infrastructure.


"I have two guns, one for each of ya."
Re: CNG fueled trucks ....question [Re: MChewk] #6642101
10/17/19 04:36 PM
10/17/19 04:36 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 9,729
Northern Illinois
M
MChewk Offline OP
trapper
MChewk  Offline OP
trapper
M

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 9,729
Northern Illinois
Thanks very much for your comments guys...very helpful stuff.

Re: CNG fueled trucks ....question [Re: MChewk] #6642135
10/17/19 05:45 PM
10/17/19 05:45 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 20,958
St. Louis Co, Mo
B
BigBob Offline
trapper
BigBob  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 20,958
St. Louis Co, Mo
Steelflight: Thank You, Good post, very informative.


Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.

Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.

Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread