I got a couple barrles I want to use this year to boil and dye my traps.

What burners do you folks use?
What works best?

Thanks
Ken

Set it on blocks and use wood.

I have a turkey fryer base and I only boil my traps in a canning pot and I have a 30 gallon barrel I dye in on wood and after doing some timing this season wood is way faster to boil the big pot than propane to boil the little one. I use propane and the fryer base for waxing so as not to scorch my wax and that works well.

My uncle has one made from the burner out of a gas water heater. Works better than anything else I have personally seen.

I think I'm gonna order a basic setup from Amazon. See if it works.
I don't want to sit at the fire for e hours before the water gets a boil. I dig the fires but it's not efficient.
At least not a fire the size I can get away with in my pit.

I bought one off a guy on here that makes them. Really works well. Devours propane though.

He was from Pennsylvania. Had "Deer" in his handle I thought. Dug around and I believe it may be Deer Lane.

Excellent if you can find one or make one. 7" tall to fit between concrete blocks. It does blacken bottom of barrel; don't know if changing height would lessen sot buildup.

water heater burner assembly will be your best bet for btu's needed to heat 55 gallons of water in a timely fashion. The next problem is a 30 gallon l.p tank wont disapate from liquid To gas fast enough. The tank will freeze up losing pressure. A camper dual tank setup is your best option. A single tank will do around 75 -80,000 btu comfortabley. Most water heater burners are rated for 125-150,000 btus. Ive considered building a few but never figured there was a demand. A guy could also consider building a natural gas one . that could attach to your exsisting gas line. be very careful and have a licensed pipe fitter plumb it in. but ive plumbed them in for bbq grills so why not a trap boiling pot?

I'm gonna use this burner
It's 150,000 btu

ken that will work perfect make sure you use a appliance regulator with it for safety! That's a burner assembly out of a turkey frier isn't it?

That is the same one I bought.

I cut a 55 gal drum off at 2/3. Tack welded it on the bottom, cut two slits through up to near the bottom of the barrel and bent IN (less to cut yourself on) for 8 inch wide upside down V opening. One for the torch, the other for more air as the 40 holes I shot were not nearly enough. Works slicker than coon fat on the shed floor.

You guys should look into these. Up to 140,000 btu and it's variable. Holds a 30 gallon barrel on top. I use it to make beer and it boils 10 gallons in minutes.

I think it's for home made BBQs.
Most of the turkey fryer burners seem to be low pressure that I have found.
I did run into a website that sells American made burners called Tejas Smokers.

ken your correct on the turkey fryers being low pressure ive never checked the w.c pressure they operate on but its lower then a appliance regulator

I made this propane boiler out of an old hot water heater burner many years ago. It does work OK, but I prefer wood...





Here's the Trap boiler I use now, it is awesome!

I run the exact set up as your last pic rendezvous. Works great, i end up using about a wheelbarrow full of wood.

Rendezvous and wylee I use a very similar set up except I took a propane tank that is the same size as the 55 gallon drum and cut it at the weld on the top flipped that over and welded it together. It works well but it isn't as fast as a pot on a rim fire pit. But that could be due to lack of ventilation / draft.

I still dont have the cojones to cut on a cylinder...i know it can be done and know how but i have bad luck with Murphy's law. That barrel set up works like a big rocket stove and i havent looked back.
Its a shame though i have a couple old very large cylinders id like to turn into bells.

Yeah I was sacred &#@_ less to cut it but I rinsed it out with dish soap a few itmes and then just filled it with water and went for it. It works well that way. I just don't know if my fire is too far from the bottom of the pot to get it boiling quick but it works well for dying traps where as I don't have to boil the due as I do for cleaning.

Iv'e had that same unit for 35 years, it was called the hot one made by a guy in Pa. I think. Gets stuff hot quick...

Did 80 galons of waxed sand, dyed and waxed all my land traps on one propane tank.