Check this out: I may have found the only diesel Toyota pickup truck in the U.S.! As if it couldn't get any better, it's already been converted to run on Straight Vegetable Oil!Robin and I flew out to Bozeman, MT for the weekend to take a look. The whole thing was a risky proposition, but the trip turned out to be a total success. Todd (the seller) was extremely helpful and hospitable, and it became evident that just about everyone in Montana had the same disposition. The local grease coop filled us up with 50 gallons of filtered, dewatered veg. oil, and we drove the more than 1,000 miles home all on SVO.
The truck was worth ever dollar of the asking price: a recently rebuilt engine, 4-wheel drive, bed with shell/storage/and sleep space, mp3 player + speakers, new tires, etc. I plan on writing more about the SVO stuff on vegtruck.blogspot.com.We had a few notable stops, including a bluegrass festival in Missoula, MT, and an incredible hot springs in the Clearwater National Forest in Idaho (must return to that forest sometime).
Made it home safely and now just have to work out a few kinks and sell the old truck.
I may have finally found the perfect machine...
Check out Robin being baptized into the SVO club:
