COMMUNITY RECORDS VEGGIE OIL VAN
KICKSTARTER IS HERE
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/communityrecords/community-records-veggie-oil-van
This vehicle has been our dream for a long while now. Community Records functions on the wavelength of collaboration. We are an open door to new / positive ideas and participation from friends. We love touring and consider it an essential part of our lives and our music. We also have a difficult time affording to tour (as we think a lot of D.I.Y. bands do). It also pains my heart to think that almost every dollar we “earn” from donations and money from the door out on the road goes directly into the pocket of a person and group of people that we want nothing to do with.
Fossil fuels are detrimental on every level. This van is not a final solution to the problem for us, but is a big step in the right direction. Having the ability to obtain “free” renewable fuel for our vehicle will give us the freedom to travel more frequently. We will also have a less heavy of a burden on our finances. The aim of this project is to do this right, and convert the vehicle to be able to function for years to come.
The kickstarter goal of $7,500 is about the half way mark of what we need to make this vehicle a reality. We have collected about $6,000 in our personal savings, and we are asking you to help us get the rest of the way. Together we will make this dream a reality.
The conversion (with the way we want to do this) will cost about $5,000. The van itself will cost between $7,000 – $10,000. We also want to eventually purchase a trailer. So the whole project will cost us roughly between $13,000 and $15,500 with van/ trailer/ conversion and all. This van overtime will be made accessible to and be used by all of the community records artists. The idea is to have a functional vehicle for the long term.
We have done our research. We are going to work with a company called GOLDEN FUELS who has had years of experience converting diesel engine vans to run on waste vegetable oil. We have also met with a band called THE RAGBIRDS (from Michigan) who are successfully doing this in the way that we want to. They have toured for 4 years this way traveled 150,000 miles and saved roughly $50,000 in fuel costs. As for The Ragbirds experience and suggestion, we want to get a van built with a Ford diesel 7.3 liter powerstroke engine (one of the best for this type of conversion). We will put in a two tank filtration system, and maintain this vehicle with proper attention and care.
Overtime if we network properly we can build a collective of friends across the country that can help us to obtain quality waste vegetable oil (from restaurants who fry anything, even fast food places). We will make our way across the country time and time again with only minimal reliance on fossil fuels and minimal contribution the numerous negative effects of its use.
We have some really fun rewards that you can get for helping us to achieve this. We had our friend OTTO SPLOTCH (artist of the dog logo, all 3 compilations, head above water compilation, and dogzilla design) draw up a mad-max style drawing of our beloved dog driving a van made of corn. Link to photo here. You can win a poster or shirt with this art on it. If we get enough money raised here we will even get a vehicle window decal with this art and the community records logo on it.
Everyone who donates over $10 gets their name handwritten into the interior of this van and printed on the back of the shirt that will be made in association with this. We are also planning the COMMUNITY RECORDS 2013 SUMMER TOUR (with CADDYWHOMPUS & ALL PEOPLE) as the first of hopefully many many tours in this van. Though this kickstarter you can book the tour anywhere across the United States or come on tour with us.
There is plenty of other rad stuff too and if you have any questions at all about any of it before donating, please send us a message on here and ask away. You can also e-mail us at: communityrecords( at ) gmail.com. We will do our best to respond quickly.
This project is only possible if we meet this $7,500 goal that we have set. We know this is a lot of money. We also know that not everyone has extra funds to spare. So no matter what, thank you for reading this, thank you for being here, and thank you for your support. We appreciate any and all help that comes our way.
Peace.
-Greg, D-Ray, Rob, and The Community Records Crew.
http://www.communityrecords.org
