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Barry
08-12-2008, 02:23 PM
http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216217
This will be formatted according to iddee's post:
http://www.beesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=293274&postcount=22
Once all the topics are covered well, a couple of us will pull it all together to create a very thorough article/faq.
tedstruk
08-16-2008, 07:51 PM
Are there any good internet form sites to record your apiary work?
iddee
08-31-2008, 08:48 PM
Are we ready for a safety thread?
I smoked a hive to move it about 5 mile tonight. On the way home, the smoker turned over in the bed of my truck. A small plastic bottle of two cycle oil melted and caught. I had an oil fire running down the length of the truck bed.
How many others have had smoker fires?
drobbins
08-31-2008, 09:03 PM
>>I had an oil fire running down the length of the truck bed.
dang bud:eek:
dodo happens don't it
you've certainly warned a bunch of beginners about what not to do
live fire and hydrocarbons in the back of the truck is a no no:)
hope you didn't damage the paint to bad
Dave
Barry
08-31-2008, 09:27 PM
iddee, yes, I'll add a few more threads this next week.
iddee
08-31-2008, 09:43 PM
Dave, Rhino Tough bed liner. No harm done.
Beginners, do as I say, not as I do. :rolleyes: :eek: :D :D
odfrank
08-31-2008, 10:32 PM
You should know by now that smokers refuse to stay lite until you drive home with them in the bed of your truck.
I was with a beekeeper who started a grass fire lighting his smoker, almost burnt down a house.
I smoked a hive to move it about 5 mile tonight. On the way home, the smoker turned over in the bed of my truck. A small plastic bottle of two cycle oil melted and caught. I had an oil fire running down the length of the truck bed.
How many others have had smoker fires?
I drilled and pop-rivitted a coper 3/4" pipe threaded nipple into the tip of my smoker, and put a 3/4 pipe cap on it whenever I'm done with it. That snuffs it right out.
Michael Bush
09-01-2008, 09:11 PM
I bought the metal smoker box from Betterbee. It works by itself, but I also plug the spout of the smoker with green grass.
tecumseh
09-02-2008, 06:08 AM
iddee writes:
I had an oil fire running down the length of the truck bed.
tecumseh> I wonder what that look like for those driving behind you iddee?
iddee continues with: How many others have had smoker fires?
tecumseh looks down at his lap and twiddles his thumbs while whistling 'dixie'.
Alex Cantacuzene
10-02-2008, 10:20 AM
Hi, well my smoker gets a wine bottle cork in the funnel when I'm done. It goes out grinning......Take care and have fun