Alternative fuel said to attract bear
06-05-2005 | 03:37 PM
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Alternative fuel said to attract bear
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WINSTED, Conn. -- A Winsted man believes the sweet smell of the vegetable oil he uses to fuel his car attracted the bear that damaged the vehicle while trying to get at the biodiesel.
Larry Joy, a 53-year-old electrician, said the bear shattered a window on his 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit, tipped the plastic fuel tank on its side and gnawed on the car hoses. He said the evidence included muddy paw prints around the broken window and a pool of cooking oil on the rear floorboards.
''I knew what it was after," Joy told The Sunday Republican of Waterbury. ''I think it's cool that bears do whatever they want."
Joy uses a combination of diesel and vegetable oil left over from restaurant fry vats to power his car. He says it gets 44 miles per gallon.
The car needs to be started using regular diesel, because vegetable oil is too thick for the engine to handle. When a gauge indicates the engine coolant is at 90 degrees, it is warm enough to thin the biodiesel, and Joy can flip a switch to change fuel tanks.
When the coolant hits about 150 degrees, Joy said, there is a sweet smell.
''My neighbor said it smells like cheeseburgers," he said.
The state Department of Environmental Protection told Joy he should discourage the bear from returning by using bad-tasting bait. The agency recommended the placement of a balloon filled with water and ammonia and covered in cooking oil on his car.
Joy said he had no plans to get rid of the Volkswagen. ''I love this car," he said.
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WINSTED, Conn. -- A Winsted man believes the sweet smell of the vegetable oil he uses to fuel his car attracted the bear that damaged the vehicle while trying to get at the biodiesel.
Larry Joy, a 53-year-old electrician, said the bear shattered a window on his 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit, tipped the plastic fuel tank on its side and gnawed on the car hoses. He said the evidence included muddy paw prints around the broken window and a pool of cooking oil on the rear floorboards.
''I knew what it was after," Joy told The Sunday Republican of Waterbury. ''I think it's cool that bears do whatever they want."
Joy uses a combination of diesel and vegetable oil left over from restaurant fry vats to power his car. He says it gets 44 miles per gallon.
The car needs to be started using regular diesel, because vegetable oil is too thick for the engine to handle. When a gauge indicates the engine coolant is at 90 degrees, it is warm enough to thin the biodiesel, and Joy can flip a switch to change fuel tanks.
When the coolant hits about 150 degrees, Joy said, there is a sweet smell.
''My neighbor said it smells like cheeseburgers," he said.
The state Department of Environmental Protection told Joy he should discourage the bear from returning by using bad-tasting bait. The agency recommended the placement of a balloon filled with water and ammonia and covered in cooking oil on his car.
Joy said he had no plans to get rid of the Volkswagen. ''I love this car," he said.
06-05-2005 | 06:20 PM
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I have heard somethin similar for wild hog huntin, and the truth is it actually works!! I heard from an old rancher one time, that Hogs LOVE THE SMELL of used motor oil.. I did not believe this one bit, but bein skeptical i just had to try it. I went over to an area in an old lease that we used to hunt in that hogs would roll over and root up in, well root up at least, and i poured a couple of quarts of old oil in there. I was told by the old rancher that hogs can smell anything from a mile away. Is this true? i dont know but i had to try it. Sure enough the next morning, i was sittin in that deer stand and low and behold there were a couple of hogs rolling over in the oil spill mess, what in the world? i thought. Needless to say the fridge wound up full of hogg meat. however we made sure to skin them and really wash them well right away. i have yet to try this again due to not wantin to really destroy the land or wildlife forage, but i can assure u that it works..
As far as the bears go, when i was in montana, i learned if bears like the way somethin smells, they will get to the root of it.. literally...
Best of luck..
Tx
I have heard somethin similar for wild hog huntin, and the truth is it actually works!! I heard from an old rancher one time, that Hogs LOVE THE SMELL of used motor oil.. I did not believe this one bit, but bein skeptical i just had to try it. I went over to an area in an old lease that we used to hunt in that hogs would roll over and root up in, well root up at least, and i poured a couple of quarts of old oil in there. I was told by the old rancher that hogs can smell anything from a mile away. Is this true? i dont know but i had to try it. Sure enough the next morning, i was sittin in that deer stand and low and behold there were a couple of hogs rolling over in the oil spill mess, what in the world? i thought. Needless to say the fridge wound up full of hogg meat. however we made sure to skin them and really wash them well right away. i have yet to try this again due to not wantin to really destroy the land or wildlife forage, but i can assure u that it works..
As far as the bears go, when i was in montana, i learned if bears like the way somethin smells, they will get to the root of it.. literally...
Best of luck..
Tx
06-05-2005 | 07:47 PM
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