Virginia Man Uses Flame Thrower To Clear Driveway Of Snow
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Hold the matches.
Via WRIC:
One southwest Virginia man got a little overzealous when tasked with clearing his driveway after this most recent snow storm.
Nathanael Caplinger decided to leave his shovel in the garage, and use his flamethrower to melt the snow instead.
Caplinger told ABC affiliate WSET that he hates shoveling snow. So, after reading an ad in a magazine about a blowtorch, which advertised its usefulness in clearing snow, he decided to try it out.
He bought one after researching the state and local laws and consulting with local officials.
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Stupid is as stupid does
What's the stupid part? He had a problem (not wanting to shovel snow) and found an imaginative solution. Many of us have the same problem but have a more prosaic solution (we buy snowblowers). His solution might be more fun but I'd rather not burn up my lawn to get snow off the sidewalk.
Yes, I too have a snowblower, whatever floats his boat I guess, to me it's right up there with trying to thaw frozen pipes with a blow torch
From the video it looks like a snowblower would be faster. But not as much fun.
A decent snowblower would be just as fast and much cheaper on fuel. I spent $2.00 worth of gas to clear the snow and maybe 1 hour of time. He likely spent $20.00 on fuel and then he has to salt the driveway because the water refroze.
pressurized propane and gasoline
What could go wrong, lol.
One can always buy more sod/s
Remind me this July 4th not to invite him to be grill master at our BBQ.
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So people can buy flamethrowers? Nothing could go wrong with that...
Can't wait until the first idiot thinks it will be a great way to clean up a leaf pile.
I'm not sure what they do in other parts of the country, but burning piles of leaves in Ohio will result in a 100.00+ ticket. The police used to ignore it if people were roasting hot dogs or marshmallows, but that doesn't work anymore.
Quick, grab a hotdog... haha
One still can in my area. Unless it is really dry and they will put out a burn ban.
The usual course of action was to make s'mores or to stand around the fire with a package of hot dogs and sticks and put one in the fire if the cops drove by.
Wouldn't work at my place the melted snow would refreeze in seconds leaving behind a sheet of ice (with me probably frozen to it)