Fifth Wheel Puller Flys on French Fry Oil

When New York resident Walter Little takes his family out fifth-wheeling, he sticks a little extra fuel in the cab of his truck: A couple of 35 gallon drums of vegatable oil. Little fires his Ford F250 with bio-diesel--and a fillup doesn’t mean a stop at the nearest fuel station, it means running a hose from barrel to tank.

Walt doesn’t just let bio-diesel affect his vacations--he builds, sells, and installs bio-diesel retrofit kits so other folks can run their rigs on this environmentally friendly fuel. How much does he pay for his fillups? So far he’s never had to pay a nickle for the Ford’s fillups--friendly restaurateurs are happy to have him haul off their old fryer oil for free.

What’ll it cost to convert your RV to run on french fry oil? Well, you can’t do it on a shoestring--Little charges between three and five thousand dollars. But if you can get your fuel for free, it may pay off in the long haul. Visit Little’s website for more information, or check out a story from The Journal News.