SteveB said:
> I finally got my pocket gopher killer working. This is the third
version of
> it, and I believe this one is a keeper. It uses a welding torch handle
and
> some other fittings to put propane and pure O2 down a gopher burrow.
Then a
> spark. The concussion kills them, removes the oxygen, and collapses a
good
> bit of the tunnel. Go to Rodenator.com and look at their videos.
Theirs is
> $1800, and no tanks or regulators.. Mine was from parts I had, and
could be
> built for $50. Tanks and regulators extra, bringing the whole deal to
about
> $500.
>
> Yesterday, I was working in the driveway, and one was shoving dirt out
of a
> mound. Why that cheeky little guy! I went and hooked up the gopher
device,
> and within a few minutes he was in gopher heaven.
>
> I've used poisons, traps, flooding, but this works.
>
> Steve
$500 to kill a gopher. LOL
I got a gopher this afternoon with my $30 spade. Then I used the spade to
cut out some sod, where a garden bed will go. Tomorrow, I'll use it to put
a nice edge around a few other beds. I could probably find some other uses
for it. What else can the gopher killer do, for all the money that it
cost?
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Eggs
Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground, and I'll show you a man
who can't get his pants off.
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