🔥 Caplinger told ABC affiliate WSET that he hates shoveling snow. 🔥

[underpants]

Virginia man uses flame thrower to clear driveway of snow

Nathanael Caplinger decided to leave his shovel in the garage, and use his flamethrower to melt the snow instead.

Caplinger told ABC affiliate WSET that he hates shoveling snow. So, after reading an ad in a magazine about a blowtorch, which advertised its usefulness in clearing snow, he decided to try it out.

He bought one after researching the state and local laws and consulting with local officials.

Public safety officials in Amherst where Caplinger lives said that while Caplinger's method worked, it may not be for everybody.

The official encouraged anyone who is thinking about using such a device to contact local officials first.

https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-man-uses-flame-thrower-to-clear-driveway-of-snow/1078285017

[manor321]

1. Make sure to clear under that car real good. No need to move the car.

[Ponietz]

2. Yeah, just spray that shit into the street--the river will wash it away. nt

[WeekiWater]

3. Seems like it might increase the risk of serious injury.

But I imagine shoveling or snowblowers come with their own risks. I would think he would have to use it to the point the water evaporates or else he would simply be creating a ice rink.

No matter how you do it be safe my friends. I don’t envy you.

[pecosbob]

4. sure...pump a few more gallons of petroleum distillates into the watershed

x 1000 and then you too will be able to light your tap water on fire. Every storm sewer grate in my city warns of pouring chemicals into the local watershed.

[Sneederbunk]

5. Rural Virginia?

[haele]

6. Does it also dry the driveway?

Looks like he's got an asphalt driveway, too. Flamethrower will probably soften it up.
I'm just wondering what happens after he "clears the driveway" and drives off to go to work...

Haele

[pecosbob]

7. Now you have black ice with a petroleum residue on top...

sounds like a broken hip in the making.

[WhiteTara]

8. Then when the water from the melted snow freezes

he can just slide down the drive.

[SoCalDem]

9. What a wuss...

There's not all that much snow there

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. An inch or two of snow? In Virginia? Just wait a day or two.

The sun is a far better "flamethrower" than that little toy. The snow will melt all by itself, moran.