Weed Burner - What Size???

[cheez59]

HF here, too. It's almost like having a flame thrower. Great fun using it at night.
20% coupon makes them very economical. I have the one with the igniter - the trick is to just barely open the valve when firing it up.

^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^

It is 500,000 BTU's but you don't have to use all of them to warm up a cabinet or sanitize the grates. I run mine about 1/4 throttle and it works great. Now if I were actually burning weeds I would let it eat.

 

[Groundhog66]

I own a Horror Freight and do not recommend it.

Why is that?

 

[BeerNBrowns]

I got mine at Harbor Freight as well. I used it to burn my UDS when it was just a barrel. Works really well.

 

[Doug Crann]

Harbor Freight has them for about $20 and a 20% off coupon is available. I've used them for years....sure they don't last forever but I'm going on 4 years with my current one with knock on wood no problems. They get PLENTY hot enough....

No point in spending a ton of money on something like this. I have a HF one as well. Think I paid $20 for it 5 years ago. I volunteer my time trimming the trees on our roads. The HF burner has 0 troubles igniting freshly cut Ponderosa Pine...makes short work out of the Mesquite chunk charcoal and the KBB....

 

[Drunk Monkey]

Harbor Freight here as well. I had the one with the ignition first which worked for about a year, the torch started leaking pretty bad after that. I went with the cheap one after that and it has been rock solid for probably 3+ years now. It is rusted, looks like hell and does exactly what I need it to.

 

[mrboy]

1+ on the handheld torch at Lowe's. I Q almost every weekend and the small propane canisters are convenient, cheap and last almost all season. Wave your torch over the coals for about 30 seconds and away she goes.

http://www.lowes.com/pd/BernzOmatic-Lawn-and-Garden-Handheld-Torch-Head/50126417

 

[Bigr314]

My wife bought me a big one that goes with the 20# tanks, works great but a pain to lug around.

I went to lowes and picked up one of these http://www.lowes.com/pd/BernzOmatic-Lawn-and-Garden-Handheld-Torch-Head/50126417 reviews say the igniter fails quickly but a lighter works, this is my go to now.

Same one I have. Easy to carry around. It is perfect to fire up my Shirley.