I’d heard about shooting acetylene down the ant bed and lighting it
8
…aaand every one of the little bastards survived. But now they’re pissed.
40
Andro works great and no landscaping involved!
5
The dogs!
16
Abysmal ignorance of simple gaseous exothermic reaction characteristics.
You have a great deal of control over combustion of a flammable gas by varying the pressure and flow at an orifice or chamber where it mixes with an oxidizer, commonly air or oxygen, and is externally ignited. With the right control setting, the combustion is continuous and steady.
But when you mix the flammable gas and oxidizer and let it accumulate without dispersion and THEN give it a spark, what you get is all that combustion at once. In other words, BOOM!
14
I destroyed my patio doing that exact thing while trying to kill a yellow jacket nest. I hooked a hose to my propane tank and stuck it down the hole they were flying out of. I pumped propane in for a few minutes. That was probably enough to just smother them but the teenager in me thought I would finish them off with fire. I removed the hose, put the bottle at the other end of the yard and then lit a rag on the end of a stick and dropped it over the hole. It went off with a boom that scared the crap out of me. I didn’t see the concrete rise up, but it cracked into four sections.
25
Your supposed to yell FIRE IN THE HOLE! first
17
BIG Bada BOOM
17
OK, I’ll say it.
That’s Hillary trying to ignite her candidacy in 2020.
16
What did that guy use for fuel? My guess is gasoline. He was probably counting on a slow, hot burn.
7
remember: you only need 4 things to have a fire … fuel, heat, oxygen
… & an idiot
(I’ve qualified more times than I care to elaborate 😉 )
17
Your close Ann, that was the methane in Romney’s fake Twitter account.
11
Did I make a mistake and instead of IOTW button I hit the LiveLeak button??
This looks very Russian to me, look at the size of the TV dish next door!
I feel bad for those Beagles(?), the younger one on the right felt a blast and ran back around a little structure, to the right and turns back in a SPLIT second, to investigate.
The older one on the left took a bit more time to react, maybe three seconds to turn around and say:
“thhhhe fuck was that about?”
I suggest watching at half speed…
5
Yep, I did that when I was a teenager in the 70’s. I poured a gallon of gasoline into a fire ant mound. I waited about 10 minutes and started flicking lit matches at it. It blew up almost like that. No more Ants and the ground was prepped for a rose garden.
9
How do you say: “Hey Y’all watch iss” in that guy’s language?
5
Simple secret; dump gasoline down the hole, cover, leave overnight as the fumes alone will do the job…..No matches.
10
Advice to splodey dude: remove dirt and tell your wife you finally started on the backyard Jacuzzi.
There’s always a cover story.
Lucille Ball and 33 years of “oops” in the bug biz taught me that.
9
Perhaps he qualifies for an Darwin award – honorable mention plaque.
5
“Honey, didn’t we have FOUR dogs?”
13
FIY, frack it yourself.
4
Why work a tiller?
Just blow up the garden
– A little raking you’re good to go
6
dammit, now the dogs have to rebury all the bones.
5
In Texas, doing that just pisses off the fire ants.
10
Hambone OCTOBER 21, 2019 AT 11:01 PM
In Texas, doing that just pisses off the fire ants.
It’s funny because it’s true.
7
Tsquared OCTOBER 21, 2019 AT 9:46 PM
Yep, I did that when I was a teenager in the 70’s. I poured a gallon of gasoline into a fire ant mound.
Where did you live at that time?
If they were South American Red Imported fire ants, that would be a pretty rare possibility in America back in the 70s.
3
I had a friend who blew up about 5 acres of his orchard with propane trying to kill ground squirrels! He did it early on a Sunday morning to make sure everyone was up and ready to go to church!
6
Actually this gives me an idea about how to tear out some bad sod in our front yard. I’ve put too much time, energy and money into trying to rehabilitate some bad sod. It would be a lot of fun to blow it up.
2
Hold my beer…
AA, want some help, I have matches.
1
@Bugman
The US Gubberment destroyed the coastal Georgia crab fishery back in the ’60s by air broadcasting a granular poison for fire ants.
Myrex, bad stuff in a fishery.
The planes would fly over marshes and drop it.
Why they were dropping in marshes, haven’t a clue, sure it involved money.
Had a childhood friend who’s family went from well off to broke, almost overnight.
The entire Pin Point community suffered greatly.
They sued the government, never went anywhere.
I use boiling water, it’s environmental friendly, doesn’t make them move.
Besides, all the instant gratification of seeing those piled up dead bodies.
Keep doing it until you boil the queen, that’s the end.
! Don’t wear sandals !
3
CNN reports that is actually a Turkish soldier attacking a house in Syria…
6
All that’s missing is someone to hold they guy’s beer.
3
Gotta love those ANTICS
1
@ OTD
When I started in the biz back in the 80s, fire ants were a fairly new phenomena to Dallas and Texas in general. They weren’t as understood as well as they are now. Texas A&M did one study where they blanketed an acre with a standard chemical meant for treating ants. Wiped out all ants, of every species, completely.
Not only did the fire ants come back first because they breed rather well. They had no competition and the acre became infested with them in the extreme.
So the angle of targeting them specifically and not harming other life became the goal. Truthfully, that’s a tenet in the biz anyway.
This led to an invention of a steam machine that injected it into the nest. Worked well and the advertised angle was since it didn’t use chemicals they didn’t need to go through the multi-million dollar approval process as chemicals do.
Wrong. If you use anything – it needs to be approved and the use of this machine proved that point immediately.
Boiling water kills the plant roots. Landscapes were immediately damaged with dead spots. Boiling water turned out to be less environmentally friendly than something that breaks down within a month or two.
Then there is the personal risk of dealing with steam and boiling water. You can cause yourself damage just taking the boiling water off the stove and toting it to the site of application.
Not plausible at large scale for above reasons. Much easier and safer for you and the environment to apply approved products as the label directs.
Not all products and people that apply them are equal (won’t follow directions). So results may vary.
2
Demon WP is great stuff.
1
and… he has flip flops on.
I wish there was sound.
1
“Demon WP is great stuff.”
Agreed. One of my faves. VERY effective. Picked up very easily by insect feet. It’s like other stuff is just pretending when comparing efficacy.
Can’t use it everywhere, though. For various reasons. Label restrictions and unsightly on finished surfaces. Especially dark finishes.
Also hard on a spray nozzle if you use it a lot professionally. Any wettable powder is abrasive. That’s what the WP stands for.
The only way I would use it on fire ants, though, is by drench method. Still – professionally speaking, not the best or most economical tool for that job.
For treating ant trails Taurus or Termidor is best. Fipronil – active ingredient.
I’d heard about shooting acetylene down the ant bed and lighting it
…aaand every one of the little bastards survived. But now they’re pissed.
Andro works great and no landscaping involved!
The dogs!
Abysmal ignorance of simple gaseous exothermic reaction characteristics.
You have a great deal of control over combustion of a flammable gas by varying the pressure and flow at an orifice or chamber where it mixes with an oxidizer, commonly air or oxygen, and is externally ignited. With the right control setting, the combustion is continuous and steady.
But when you mix the flammable gas and oxidizer and let it accumulate without dispersion and THEN give it a spark, what you get is all that combustion at once. In other words, BOOM!
I destroyed my patio doing that exact thing while trying to kill a yellow jacket nest. I hooked a hose to my propane tank and stuck it down the hole they were flying out of. I pumped propane in for a few minutes. That was probably enough to just smother them but the teenager in me thought I would finish them off with fire. I removed the hose, put the bottle at the other end of the yard and then lit a rag on the end of a stick and dropped it over the hole. It went off with a boom that scared the crap out of me. I didn’t see the concrete rise up, but it cracked into four sections.
Your supposed to yell FIRE IN THE HOLE! first
BIG Bada BOOM
OK, I’ll say it.
That’s Hillary trying to ignite her candidacy in 2020.
What did that guy use for fuel? My guess is gasoline. He was probably counting on a slow, hot burn.
remember: you only need 4 things to have a fire … fuel, heat, oxygen
… & an idiot
(I’ve qualified more times than I care to elaborate 😉 )
Your close Ann, that was the methane in Romney’s fake Twitter account.
Did I make a mistake and instead of IOTW button I hit the LiveLeak button??
This looks very Russian to me, look at the size of the TV dish next door!
I feel bad for those Beagles(?), the younger one on the right felt a blast and ran back around a little structure, to the right and turns back in a SPLIT second, to investigate.
The older one on the left took a bit more time to react, maybe three seconds to turn around and say:
“thhhhe fuck was that about?”
I suggest watching at half speed…
Yep, I did that when I was a teenager in the 70’s. I poured a gallon of gasoline into a fire ant mound. I waited about 10 minutes and started flicking lit matches at it. It blew up almost like that. No more Ants and the ground was prepped for a rose garden.
How do you say: “Hey Y’all watch iss” in that guy’s language?
Simple secret; dump gasoline down the hole, cover, leave overnight as the fumes alone will do the job…..No matches.
Advice to splodey dude: remove dirt and tell your wife you finally started on the backyard Jacuzzi.
There’s always a cover story.
Lucille Ball and 33 years of “oops” in the bug biz taught me that.
Perhaps he qualifies for an Darwin award – honorable mention plaque.
“Honey, didn’t we have FOUR dogs?”
FIY, frack it yourself.
Why work a tiller?
Just blow up the garden
– A little raking you’re good to go
dammit, now the dogs have to rebury all the bones.
In Texas, doing that just pisses off the fire ants.
It’s funny because it’s true.
Where did you live at that time?
If they were South American Red Imported fire ants, that would be a pretty rare possibility in America back in the 70s.
I had a friend who blew up about 5 acres of his orchard with propane trying to kill ground squirrels! He did it early on a Sunday morning to make sure everyone was up and ready to go to church!
Actually this gives me an idea about how to tear out some bad sod in our front yard. I’ve put too much time, energy and money into trying to rehabilitate some bad sod. It would be a lot of fun to blow it up.
Hold my beer…
AA, want some help, I have matches.
@Bugman
The US Gubberment destroyed the coastal Georgia crab fishery back in the ’60s by air broadcasting a granular poison for fire ants.
Myrex, bad stuff in a fishery.
The planes would fly over marshes and drop it.
Why they were dropping in marshes, haven’t a clue, sure it involved money.
Had a childhood friend who’s family went from well off to broke, almost overnight.
The entire Pin Point community suffered greatly.
They sued the government, never went anywhere.
I use boiling water, it’s environmental friendly, doesn’t make them move.
Besides, all the instant gratification of seeing those piled up dead bodies.
Keep doing it until you boil the queen, that’s the end.
! Don’t wear sandals !
CNN reports that is actually a Turkish soldier attacking a house in Syria…
All that’s missing is someone to hold they guy’s beer.
Gotta love those ANTICS
@ OTD
When I started in the biz back in the 80s, fire ants were a fairly new phenomena to Dallas and Texas in general. They weren’t as understood as well as they are now. Texas A&M did one study where they blanketed an acre with a standard chemical meant for treating ants. Wiped out all ants, of every species, completely.
Not only did the fire ants come back first because they breed rather well. They had no competition and the acre became infested with them in the extreme.
So the angle of targeting them specifically and not harming other life became the goal. Truthfully, that’s a tenet in the biz anyway.
This led to an invention of a steam machine that injected it into the nest. Worked well and the advertised angle was since it didn’t use chemicals they didn’t need to go through the multi-million dollar approval process as chemicals do.
Wrong. If you use anything – it needs to be approved and the use of this machine proved that point immediately.
Boiling water kills the plant roots. Landscapes were immediately damaged with dead spots. Boiling water turned out to be less environmentally friendly than something that breaks down within a month or two.
Then there is the personal risk of dealing with steam and boiling water. You can cause yourself damage just taking the boiling water off the stove and toting it to the site of application.
Not plausible at large scale for above reasons. Much easier and safer for you and the environment to apply approved products as the label directs.
Not all products and people that apply them are equal (won’t follow directions). So results may vary.
Demon WP is great stuff.
and… he has flip flops on.
I wish there was sound.
“Demon WP is great stuff.”
Agreed. One of my faves. VERY effective. Picked up very easily by insect feet. It’s like other stuff is just pretending when comparing efficacy.
Can’t use it everywhere, though. For various reasons. Label restrictions and unsightly on finished surfaces. Especially dark finishes.
Also hard on a spray nozzle if you use it a lot professionally. Any wettable powder is abrasive. That’s what the WP stands for.
The only way I would use it on fire ants, though, is by drench method. Still – professionally speaking, not the best or most economical tool for that job.
For treating ant trails Taurus or Termidor is best. Fipronil – active ingredient.