Leftover Gasoline for snow removal

Re: Leftover Gasoline for snow removal

PostBy: Freddy On: Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:52 am

"When you're stupid, you're stupid for a lonnnnng time"


Years and years ago I went to a friends house to help him burn his field. He thought tossing tuna fish cans of gas to spread the fire while holding a gallon gas can in his other hand was a smart thing to do. He said "I'm real careful to make sure the liquid is disconnected from the tuna can before it hits the flames". I told him he was forgetting about the fumes and I was leaving if he didn't stop, that I wasn't going to watch a friend get burned. He started setting the gallon can aside, but he did let me leave. Before I was out of his yard he came to me with singed arms, apologized, and ya know, here it is 20 years later & he still mentions how I saved his life.

Kerosene, OK, gasoline, NO!

Staying on subject.... it takes way more heat than you think to melt snow. Just shovel it.
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Re: Leftover Gasoline for snow removal

PostBy: Joeski On: Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:38 am

Hambden Bob wrote:Hell,If we're 'gonna bust one loose just to shake the Cabin Fever,what could go wrong with taping an M-80 to a full can of Instant-Start (Ether) and tossing it at the offending snow drift.........Chrissake,I'm 'gonna puke..... :nono: :no2: :stretcher: :bang:

Now that would be either, Silly, cool or crazy?
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Re: Leftover Gasoline for snow removal

PostBy: Joeski On: Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:15 pm

So after doing research here is what I ended up getting. It can be used to kill weeds and melt ice.
http://www.flameengineering.com/Heavy_Duty_Vapor_Kits.html
I am putting it together this afternoon and giving it a try a little later. I got the $208.00 kit with the dolly.
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Re: Leftover Gasoline for snow removal

PostBy: AA130FIREMAN On: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:48 pm

Joeski wrote:So after doing research here is what I ended up getting. It can be used to kill weeds and melt ice.
http://www.flameengineering.com/Heavy_Duty_Vapor_Kits.html
I am putting it together this afternoon and giving it a try a little later. I got the $208.00 kit with the dolly.

I would be careful heating up cement, I know welding on in floor metal studs makes the cement pop apart,could it crack ??? and mecadam would be a no no.
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Re: Leftover Gasoline for snow removal

PostBy: Joeski On: Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:27 pm

Thanks AA130FIREMAN for that tip. I'll be using this thing carefully.
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