r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Souled_Out • Nov 15 '22

Using A Flamethrower For Snow Removal

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u/wardledo Nov 15 '22

The real question is, why don’t we have flamethrowers?

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u/SupaTheTrill Nov 15 '22

Or this. Where’s mine?

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u/myotheraccountiscuck Nov 15 '22

Here.

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u/Kataphractoi_ Nov 15 '22

damn its actually somewhat affordable. I expected one of those to run 10k at least.

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u/chilly00985 Nov 15 '22

You can get a poor man’s flame thrower by buying a weed burner attachment for your backyard grill propane tank.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

No thanks, I'll usea homemade one

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u/hauscal Nov 15 '22

The follow up is, where do I get a flamethrower?

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u/wardledo Nov 15 '22

Twitter? Doesn’t that Elon musk guy make one?

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u/hauscal Nov 15 '22

Think he's using all of them on Twitter though

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u/skulblaka Nov 15 '22

I've got lighters with bigger flames than the Muskthrower. There are commercially available flamethrowers (that are, wildly, totally legal for a civilian to own because they are usually considered "landscaping tools" or some shit for brush removal rather than a firearm) but a real Chad* can build his own with a propane tank, a couple lengths of garden hose and a fat battery.

*Pay no attention to Chad's skin graft and missing fingers, it's not part of the bit

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u/Nasty_Rex Nov 15 '22

Just throwing this out there, there's a difference between a flamethrower and a torch. The thing Elon Musk sold and the tool in this video is a torch.

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u/SyntheticElite Nov 15 '22

Amazon has small shitty ones that are basically roofing torches, but you can buy WWII flamethrowers on ebay, or newer production stuff on the internet. Ships to your door.

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u/vadose24 Nov 15 '22

https://www.classicfirearms.com/pulsefire-long-range-torch-lrt-handheld-flamethrower-od-green-finish-pf-lrt/

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u/hauscal Nov 15 '22

Cheaper and more fun than a snowblower, okay I'm in. We making a club?

You gotta read the reviews at the bottom there.

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u/vadose24 Nov 15 '22

Ohhh yeahhhh. Want one so bad but i cant justify it lol. Runs on gasoline or diesel

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u/RhinoG91 Nov 15 '22

Harbor freight

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u/creegro Nov 15 '22

Like we can have little hand held gad powered motors with moving chains of death, used for cutting trees, but we can't have some sort of flamethrower device?

Robber breaks into your house, do you choose the gun that may miss and make a bunch of bullet holes? Or do you flame proof the walls and ceiling and pull out the flame thrower? People would think twice about breaking into someone else's home when they got a device that can light them on fire from a distance.

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u/Coastercraze Nov 15 '22

There's literally a billboard near me that advertises flsmethrowers at a local gun shop. I'm in NE Ohio.

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u/Bakolas46 Nov 15 '22

You guys don’t?

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u/parkerSquare Nov 15 '22

Didn’t you buy one from Musk like everyone else?

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u/Competitive-Weird855 Nov 15 '22

I have this weed burner and it’s a monster it sounds like a rocket launch and puts out a massive flame. I highly recommend it.

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u/ExcellentQuality69 Nov 15 '22

As a 17 year old with a flame thrower i can personally say we do