| There's no question that it's extremely expensive to | | | | grease for the remainder of the ride. Most fast food |
| travel in an RV. With the rising costs of fuel, most | | | | joints and restaurants are more than happy to give |
| families cannot afford to take that classic American | | | | up their waste oil for free. They have to pay special |
| trek across the country. The typical RV averages | | | | waste disposal companies to come and haul the stuff |
| just 3 to 8 miles per gallon in even the best of driving | | | | away, so they'll be more than happy to have you do |
| conditions. Even the hybrid models that are set to hit | | | | all of the work. |
| the market next year only get slightly better mileage. | | | | The Adler family had enjoyed RV trips in the past. |
| Fuel costs are prohibiting many RV enthusiasts from | | | | On a number of occasions, they rented a large RV |
| hitting the road this summer. One family is seeking to | | | | and traveled different areas of the country. They |
| change that. | | | | began to consider another trip, but the rental and |
| Steve Adler had experimented with waste vegetable | | | | fuel costs made it financially difficult. After |
| oil vehicles before in the garage of his Rhode Island | | | | brainstorming, Steve and his wife came up with a |
| home. He bought a diesel Mercedes and implemented | | | | crazy idea. What if you could eliminate the fuel cost |
| a WVO kit produced by a small Portland, Oregon | | | | completely by running an RV on recycled vegetable |
| company called Frybrid. Within just a few weeks, he | | | | oil? |
| was up and running on grease. Steve was very | | | | After consulting Frybrid and shopping around, Steve |
| excited about this new venture. Fast food joints | | | | located an RV for sale in Oregon. The family got one |
| became the new gas stations. | | | | way plane tickets and their journey began. Though |
| The technology is rather simple. Large fuel tanks are | | | | the family was faced with a number of hurdles in |
| filled up with filtered waste vegetable oil. A small | | | | both the conversion process and on the road, they |
| amount of diesel fuel is used for the initial engine | | | | managed to get their dream up and running and back |
| start up so the grease can be heated. Once it | | | | to Rhode Island. In order to help recoup some of the |
| reaches the proper temperature, a switch in the fuel | | | | costs, the grease guzzling RV is now available for |
| system transfers the lines over to nothing but waste | | | | rental. |
| vegetable oil. The vehicle will continue to run on the | | | | |