Lack of wood chips: Alternatives?

[Thunderbird30]

Hi all,
Due to the lack of wood chips up here (but not wood) I wondering if it would work to use coarse grain oak sawdust in a Weber smokebox? Wood chunks would be too big and I don't have the cash to get a heavy gauge wood chipper and there are none to rent in my area.

Would I be correct in thinking that the sawdust would combust too quickly?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, as this Christmas I'll be using a Weber Q2200 gasser instead of my ECB Bullet. to do racks of ribs.
I've never used a gasser before,but am interested in the speed advantage when cooking other stuff.

[Stewpot]

If it were me, I'd just wrap the dust up in tin foil, (cigar shaped) and prick it a couple of times to let the smoke out. Restrict the air supply and it wont burst into flames.

Easy-peasy

Cheers

Stew

[Thunderbird30]

I've finally found a supplier ,but thanks for the suggestion