2018 - Volume #BFS, Issue #18, Page #47
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Engine-Powered Gopher Killing Machine
Pumping engine exhaust fumes underground to kill gophers, woodchucks, and other burrowing pests is a lot easier with this simple new device.
  The “Predator Gopher Killer” comes with an insulated handle and uses a small 3 hp. 4-cycle gas engine mounted above an inverted 14-in. dia. steel pan, to kill rodents with carbon monoxide. You just set the pan on top of the gopher hole and start the engine to fill the pan with exhaust. The exhaust is delivered up to 300 ft. away into rodent dens and runways.
  “It’s simple to use, very effective, and affordable,” says inventor Steve Raguse. “It runs quiet and weighs less than 30 lbs., which makes it easy to move from hole to hole. It’ll cover a 2,500 sq. ft. area around the engine. We recommend running the engine for 15 to 20 min. per hole.
  He says the unit purposely does not use a tube to blow concentrated smoke down into the hole. “The trick is to put carbon monoxide into the tunnel system so that it settles by itself. The Predator puts out about 20 lbs. of pressure, and since carbon monoxide is heavier than air it sneaks up on the rodents and puts them to sleep before they have time to react. There’s no big cloud of smoke to drive them away.   
  The Predator sells for $495 with free shipping.
  You can check out a video of the Predator at FARMSHOW.COM
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Steve Raguse, 6978 CR 16, Wheaton, Minn. 56296 (ph 320 815-0865; www.predatorgopherkiller.com; raguse@traversenet.com).


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2018 - Volume #BFS, Issue #18