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   dovetail97128 | Mar 30, 2007 08:52pm | #1

   Take a trip down to your local propane supplier and ask them.

   Best place to get info and parts.

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   BossHog | Mar 30, 2007 10:00pm | #2

   What do you think of the thing? I've wondered how well they work.

   I'm On The Eat Like There's No Tomorrow Diet

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   kbd | Mar 30, 2007 10:39pm | #3

   Boss,

       The machine has made my backyard and deck useable. I have had it for three years. Before the MM I could not eat out there and had to use Cutter's to mow the yard. Now, I can eat out there without being bitten. The trick is to start the MM early in the season and continue it. The pain is  the 20lbs containers. They last about three weeks. I have a big propane tank for the house and would like to use that but the company will only comment on 20 lbs cans. The propane supplier wants technical info that I can't get from MM. That is why I am posting.

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   woodguy99 | Mar 31, 2007 12:38am | #4

   How big are the house tanks?  There may be an issue with regulating the pressure.  I would like to do the same thing with my gas grill though. 

    

   "This is a process, not an event."--Sphere

   And I'm a legitimate certifiable Tool Whore.--Dieselpig

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   DanH | Mar 31, 2007 02:54am | #5

   All they should really need to know is the regulator pressure. The flow rate is inconsequental -- 20lb every 3 weeks, running continuously.
   So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin

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   JeffBuck | Mar 31, 2007 03:57am | #6

   U shoulda went to MikeFest ...

   U coulda asked the inventor.

    

   Jeff    Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa

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   BossHog | Mar 31, 2007 03:02pm | #9

   "U shoulda went to MikeFest...U coulda asked the inventor."

   Which would be....... ???
   Q. What is the hardest job in China?
   A. Skywriter.

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   JeffBuck | Mar 31, 2007 08:54pm | #10

   Mike's cousin Bruce.

    

   Pete posted some pics of fishing with him.

   Jeff    Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa

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   holy hammer | Mar 31, 2007 04:05am | #7

   I hooked up my MM last spring and it worked great. The propane company did the install for me. They hooked up the grillzilla, smoker, and MM. No more cans. I got a hundred gallon tank and they give me a break on the price for buying bulk. I want to get a gas powered generator for hurricane season. The propane guys said they'd pipe that for me when I get it. Most of the fittings were purchased at the local Ace Hardware. The only new regulator needed was for the grill. The others worked out fine.

   Constructing in metric...

   every inch of the way.

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   Bing187 | Mar 31, 2007 05:28am | #8

   If others have done this, then I guess it's ok to hook up to house. Only thing I'm curious about is that It have a few friends with them, and they've all said that while they work great when it's still, they need to move them when it's breezy. I guess because  Kinda hard if they're " hard -piped"

   Bing

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   MikeSmith | Mar 31, 2007 09:42pm | #11

   Cousin Bruce says it'll work fine if you get the right regulator

   Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
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   JeffBuck | Apr 01, 2007 09:04am | #12

   so I remembered right?

    

   all I knew for sure was he's a nice guy and fun at a picnic.

   Jeff    Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa

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   kbd | Apr 02, 2007 03:59pm | #13

   Well cousin Bruce's company is not helpful on the phone, they will not give any info except 20 lbs tanks. They would not tell me anything about the right regulator. There is no info on their web site.

   I have never moved mine and it works fine. The only trick I know is starting early to break the breeding cycle.  

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   MikeSmith | Apr 02, 2007 10:58pm | #14

   i'm surprised they're answering the phone.... they're in bankruptcy court , about to be sold..

    the product will  remain on the market, but someone else will own it

   wanna buy 3000 shares of stock  ?

    Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   kbd | Apr 02, 2007 11:02pm | #15

   I talked to them last summer. The product is good just trying to make it easier on me and my wallet.

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   JeffBuck | Apr 03, 2007 12:58am | #16

   I bet it's all Pete's fault.

    

   Jeff    Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa