"Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message
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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?
--

Eggs


I've been using a hav-a-hart and then shooting them in the trap with a .22
and then shoving the carcass down the hole. That discourages other chucks
from staying there. But now they've moved under several of my sheds so it
might be time to sit quietly for a half hour and use the 12 guage again.