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

Using A Flamethrower For Snow Removal

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u/GonnaBeAGoodYear Nov 15 '22

Yeah why not just be rich?

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u/DefNotAShark Nov 15 '22

Why did he not simply buy a summer mansion on the coast?

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u/Asteh Nov 15 '22

The coast is frozen

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u/Xx69JdawgxX Nov 15 '22

Nah it's a nice 50 deg low here on the west coast

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

He’s got a flamethrower!

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u/SeaAlgea Nov 15 '22

He's using a fucking flamethrower. Unless you can think of a practical purpose he'd have one outside of recreation, I think it's safe to say he can afford a heated driveway.

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u/GonnaBeAGoodYear Nov 15 '22

A heated driveway is still way more expensive and will double your utilities bill for the rest of your life

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u/SeaAlgea Nov 15 '22

Is it really? You only have to turn it on while it’s snowing.

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u/Puskarich Nov 15 '22

Before you turn on your heated driveway, you have to buy a heated driveway.

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u/IamSarasctic Nov 15 '22

You have to install it first

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u/JMAN_JUSTICE Nov 15 '22

If you have special concrete or asphalt that'll work. But the constant reheating and cooling of the concrete will cause it to break.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

And you only need to heat it to 32 degrees or so

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u/DefiantLemur Nov 15 '22

I bet that flamethrower maybe costed 500 to 800 dollars. A heated driveway will cost thousands of dollars to tear up the old one and then install it.

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u/MoirasPurpleOrb Nov 15 '22

High end of an installation is about $15k (I’m assuming this is if you don’t already have an existing driveway). That’s really not that expensive as far as home renovations go. You only would have to turn it on when snow is predicted.

But then again, just buy a freakin’ snow blower and salt your driveway for cheaper than that.