I’m looking all over for the price of Compressed Natural Gas, I’m sure that it was 27.9 @ junction 9 this week but just wanted it confirming.
Also has anyone any experience of CNG, either running or driving one.
marlow:
I’m looking all over for the price of Compressed Natural Gas, I’m sure that it was 27.9 @ junction 9 this week but just wanted it confirming.Also has anyone any experience of CNG, either running or driving one.
Never driven one myself, but although price the is a lot lower than petrol they are not as economic, so you would have to way up the conversion cost along with increased consumption, and the fact that if too many convert then Gordon will no doubt add a bit more to the price, look what happened to diesel. Would be intrested to see how you get on if you decide to go ahead 
The guy who owns Caratrans in Crewe, who pull tilts from there to Purfleet, was in the local paper this week saying how good his fleet of gas wagons is. Reckons it’s saved him a fortune in fuel.
marlow:
I’m looking all over for the price of Compressed Natural Gas, I’m sure that it was 27.9 @ junction 9 this week but just wanted it confirming.Also has anyone any experience of CNG, either running or driving one.
saw price in Whitwood truck stop was 27. somat this week.
Only ever driven a Sherpa that had been converted. You couldn’t tell the difference in performance, also KPL was the same as for petrol.
Deaks:
The guy who owns Caratrans in Crewe, who pull tilts from there to Purfleet, was in the local paper this week saying how good his fleet of gas wagons is. Reckons it’s saved him a fortune in fuel.
Hmmm… That’s the second time I’ve come across that name today, he also supply’s LNG in crew. Have you got a link to the article or the name of the local rag?
eddie snax:
Never driven one myself, but although price the is a lot lower than petrol they are not as economic, so you would have to way up the conversion cost along with increased consumption, and the fact that if too many convert then Gordon will no doubt add a bit more to the price, look what happened to diesel. Would be interested to see how you get on if you decide to go ahead
I’m trying to make head ner tale of the conversion figures ngva.co.uk/index/fuseaction/ … on_id/5048
As far as the duty’s concerned I think it will be many years before they will be able to steath us on it at the moment there busy telling us it will save the planet.
I’m doing some figures at the moment that show I could reduce the £920 weekly fuel bill down to £200. (only draught figures and I guess the total saving might not be the full £720/week but there looks to be scope)
I run a wagon and drag so have plenty of room on the chassis for the tanks. The filling network for LNG has a decent coverage and Whitwood truckstop as a local filling point.
I’m just trying to find the big catch in it, but to be honest there don’t seem to be one.
marlow:
I’m just trying to find the big catch in it, but to be honest there don’t seem to be one.
Oh yes there is.
It centres on the fact that there are numerous diesel fitters who can get you going if it packs up at the roadside.
On the other hand, ‘Gas’ fitters are few and far between (at present). Therefore any breakdown is likely to involve Recovery and a greater downtime.
Try looking at ‘dual fuel’ options. Smaller savings, but if the Gas side packs up, the conventional system kicks in. In the longer run, it could be just as cheap.
You have a couple of choices, either go the Chive Fuels route
lng-cng.com/chivefuels/natur … s_ngvs.htm
or the caratrans cng route
cngservices.co.uk/cng/1/crewe.htm
But be careful of the powershift grants that are NOT available
Natural Gas has less energy per volume than gasoline, so those ‘dual fuel’ conversions result in you losing 25% of your horsepower whenever you throw the switch to CNG. Also, since those tanks hold 4500psig pressure, they weigh a lot!!
A dedicated CNG motor will have a higher compression ratio, so horsepower should be comparable to gasoline, but you don’t have the flexibility to use gas. Also, over in Canada, compressed gas vehicles are banned from underground parking garages and tunnels.
AlexxInNY:
Natural Gas has less energy per volume than gasoline, so those ‘dual fuel’ conversions result in you losing 25% of your horsepower whenever you throw the switch to CNG.
Knew i’d heard that some where
i dont know about american fuel prices,but in the UK,fuel is so expensive that gas is a cheaper alternative.
i finished truck driving and went into the taxi trade.
my diesel car does 40 mpg.
fuel cost @ 95 p stg per ltr[1.80 dollar] over 7 dollars a gallon.
these are UK prices.
gas or lpg as it is more commonly known as, is 32 pence a litre.
2.60 dollars approx a gallon.
the milage per gallon will go down marginally,typically 12/15 percent.
but the price well makes up for it.
and then theres the enviromental impact.
no carbon emmisions,at least 80 per cent lest hazardous. emmisions.
all in all its well worth in the UK,america,i dont know.
your engine will last a little longer as well,as it doesent gst so carboned up and your oil has less work to do in cleaning,it wont lose its viscosity so soon.
we been using gas cars in ireland for 30 yrs. again i dont know how sucessful it is on diesels.
as for losing power,yes that is true,but when driving a truck on a straight road,what matters,once the vehicle gets to the top of the hill.
I shipped through cherbourg on Thursday night and there was Chive Fuels tanker waiting for a ferry, Im not sure whether he was empty or loaded, have they got a cng site in France? or do they buy the gas from France?