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Red Dragon VT3-30C 500,000 BTU Propane Torch With 28-Inch Handle And 10-Foot Hose
Red Dragon Vapor Torch Kit, 500,000 BTU, Kit Contains: Vapor Torch, 10' HP10C LPG Hose, UL Listed, P3200W UL Listed Excess Flow P.O.L. Fittings V334 Adjusting Needle Valve & Pipe Thread Compound, L2002 Spark Lighter, Rugged, Steel Construction, Lightweight, Ideal For Burning Weeds & Stumps, Sterlizing Cages, Clearing Irrigation Ditches, Heating, Thawing, Drying & Other Agriculture & Industrial Uses, CSA International Certified.
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Red Dragon VT3-30C 500,000 BTU Propane Torch With 28-Inch Handle And 10-Foot Hose Reviews
The instructions warn against using the torch near conifers (like Evergreen-type shrubs, bushes, topiaries), so I stayed about 5 feet away from those. I roasted a few of my bushes, but thankfully, they've started to come back. I highly recommend this for weed burning, camp fire starting, party tricks, and hot dog cremation. Well, after that, I just had to screw around with it. OK, "cooked" is the wrong word.
Someone else mentioned having to roast your weeds and then come back to weed by hand a week later. Then, I decided to use it on the weeds at home. That's totally unnecessary. Not only did it melt those ice patches faster than a hooker drops her panties, it melted a five foot section of snow (about 3 inches deep) in front of the nozzle. We just had a few inches of snow here in Chicago and I drove over it in the driveway. With this handy-dandy roaster, I had a bonfire within a minute or so. It stunk, but man it was cool to watch it turn into a gelatinous pile of stink.
And next week, I'm going to head over to my mean, old, crotchety neighbor's house in the middle of the night and burn "A-Hole" into his lawn. Just hold the flame on the weed for about 10 seconds and it'll kill it, burn it, turn it to ash, and then burn the ash into smaller ash. Our firewood was a bit damp and I was having trouble getting the campfire started.
I ended up with icy patches of packed snow and figured I'd pull out Satan's air conditioner. The roots will be dead and the weed will never return. It's been nearly 2 years and nothing has grown there. Man, I can't wait till my kid's hamster bites the dust. OK, maybe it will, but I roasted a section of stone in my backyard that had weeds growing up. I cooked a frozen hot-dog in less than 30 seconds. I bought this thing while I was camping.
Well, this thing is hotter than the blazes of Hell and Damnation itself. Since that was fun, I tried it with an old cell-phone I had laying around. Yeah, it sounds like a jet engine when you fire it up, but it's awesome. I turned a frozen hot dog into a pile of ash.
I had a 4" slab of ice in my parking area this winter and was able to carve a drainage trench in it pretty quickly. I rarely open the valve all the way. The heat is plenty for the toughest jobs. I bought this higher BTU torch because it seemed to be a better value than the lower rated ones. It's power is impressive. Still, the propane consumption seemed very reasonable. When I do, it sounds like the NASA test range.
It only works in areas where you only have weeds (as fire could kill other less sturdy plants) and where it is not easy to start a fire (need to be careful about it - may want to use it after it rained. Also, don't think it is fast (takes as long as weeding by hand)or that it kills all weeds. I personally prefer then weeding by hand and remove the roots rather than just weakening. Basically you need to flame the weeds, wait a week and finish the job by weeding by hand.
Overall the Red Dragon does the job. What it could have to make handling easier would be a hand grip with perhaps a trigger.
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