flame thrower
what is your recommendations for flame thrower or torch for burning brush piles or fields ?
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Drip torch. Uses gas and fuel oil mixed. Adjust the end for the amount of fire you want to trail.
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dunbarboyz: 30484936648219/comments/30484924335643
Drip torch. Uses gas and fuel oil mixed. Adjust the end for the amount of fire you want to trail.
If burning fields combine the drip torch with a gas fired backpack leaf blower. It'll direct the flame where you want it or blow it out where you don't want it.
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Sure-Seal™ Classic Double-Bottom Drip Torch
Heavy-duty 15-gauge aluminum canister with welded double-bottom for extra-long life. Full-length handle. Meets D.O.T. approval for transport of flammable fuel UN# 1B1-Y-150. Safety features include a “Big Mouth” design for easier filling. A fuel trap on the spout prevents flashback into tank. A check valve in the cover provides a second level of protection against flashback. Breather valve, oilproof gaskets and sealed outlets prevent spills and fuel-slopping.like this one?
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I bought a propane torch with the ignitor from Harbor Freight for about 35 bucks and it works great.
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I use one of these on a 20 lb propane tank. They used to call them a roofer’s touch. 6 or 8 feet of hose and a 3 foot wand.
It has a valve on the user end of the wand so you can set it and put the business end in the brush pile and don’t need to hold it while it gets things started.
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Propane Torch with Push Button Igniter
Amazing deals on this Propane Torch W/ Push Button Igniter at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.6 -
Propane Torch with Push Button Igniter
Amazing deals on this Propane Torch W/ Push Button Igniter at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.or old school 😁
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All you gotta do is take a big can of gas and dump it on the brush and sling it around. 😀
That's what one of the guys did that I used to work with. Then by the time he went and sat the can down and came back to throw a match on it the fumes had surrounded him. It was a flaming inferno all around him! Burned his eye lashes off and singed his britches.
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Dad used to throw enough gas on a pile of garden residue that you could see it lift 6" off the ground when it ignited😉.
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We use a smaller version of the camper bottle sized weed burner. It uses a small 12-16 ounce propane stove bottle making it much lighter and easier to handle in the field. It has a piezo striker, a 3' wand, and is controlled by a small thumb wheel on the handle.
+1 on the leaf blower for fire control. We have two ECHO's. One is their biggest backpack model and the other is a mid-size handheld for which I made a shoulder strap. This allows me to lock the throttle control on wide open and control the nozzle with one hand w/o the strain of carrying the weight. The smaller one works but is far less capable than the big boy which can easily beat down a raging grass fire.
The strategy goes thusly when setting a back blaze: Grandson starts with the torch, Son follows blowing the fire back on itself with the backpack blower, and I take care of anything he misses or that flames back up using the smaller blower. We can burn a buffer 10' wide and 1/4 mile long in less than 15 minutes
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Old motor oil with a little gas mixed in. Take that, new green deal. Throw a couple of tires on 8t for good measure.
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jimdeere: 30484936648219/comments/30484949532827
Old motor oil with a little gas mixed in. Take that, new green deal. Throw a couple of tires on 8t for good measure.
That's what I do, less the tires, but a bunch of styrofoam packing smokes up really well.
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Smitty500mag: 30484936648219/comments/30484912236699
All you gotta do is take a big can of gas and dump it on the brush and sling it around. 😀
That's what one of the guys did that I used to work with. Then by the time he went and sat the can down and came back to throw a match on it the fumes had surrounded him. It was a flaming inferno all around him! Burned his eye lashes off and singed his britches.
lol
when we bought our fist house it had a old barn on the property so after work each day I would tear down a little more and make a pile and then burn it off using gas of course 😣
one day the fire burned out so I just took my 5 gallon plastic gas can ( there was still a little smoldering from the fire ) I walked out into the middle of the burning area and did as you say just started doing circles around in a spiral motion. then it happened I heard the unmistakable sound of POOOF when gas goes up I did not look back I knew what had happened I dropped the gas can as it was on fire 😲 I ran about 10 feet away and started checking my body parts and and any sign of fire on me .
don" t ask how I knew what gas sounds like when it explodes in a ball of fire " been ther done that too many times and lived so no more
after that I started and still use diesel fuel some times with a little gas mixed in
as for the torch I did buy one of the smaller ones that use the 1 pound can of propane agree it is a lot smaller and easy compared to a large tank of propane to carry around but have not used as of yet but the larger version like I posted I have used many times
the small one looks like this
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Mine is like Ditchrunners. Cant beat it for the price. Works good on weeds on sidewalks etc.
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thanks everyone I have 3 big brush piles I am going to have to burn
they didn't burn very much yesterday morning using burnt motor oil and diesel and my wife's leaf blower
I reckon I will try again sometime in the future
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Once you get it started, the leaf blower really helps. If they let you add a tire that would be the answer. I burned 13 large green piles last week. No more snow on ground burning is over for me.
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Yep all the old tires you like until EPA drives by and asks you how"the heck did you the those brush piles to burn so good in this wet weather". Be sure to answer " I had a truck load of old tires I needed to get rid of".
I do actually know person that did that. His pocket book got real light all at once.
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I have been told a tire helps
not sure how though
I know when I was a kid and we camped out a house shingle or two sure helped get a campfire started
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green brush burns fairly well once you get it started. use some kindling, paper, and fuel oil or kerosene. Once you get a fire going it heats and drys itself, and the blower acts like a blowtorch! Once coals develope I take the tractor and push the edges in. Next day nothing but ashes. Im burning mostly oak and white pine on my tree farm.
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