New Propane Engine Conversion Parts and Tools

We're adding some new propane engine conversion products including engine diagnostics gear!
In order to meet market demand and improve engine performance we are offering commercial grade parts and diagnostics gear to help you achieve the performance you need. To help insure a successful conversion of your gasoline powered engine to clean, ethanol free fuel we are changing the way our propane engine conversion products are offered at WayCoolTools.com.

Here is our new three step process that will help you do a successful propane conversion on your gasoline powered small engine.
1) Tell us what engine you would like to convert from gasoline to propane.
2) We will send you an email to specify the key parts you'll need for your conversion and make suggestions for parts you will need to convert your engine to propane.
3) You can then go Here to order the parts you want for your propane engine conversion kit.

We're here to answer your questions by phone or email and look forward to hearing your success stories to share with others who want to go green like you.

Flame Weeding

Weeding is fun!

I'm looking over the array of carefully selected seed varieties that are promising a bountiful crop of vegetables, flowers & herbs in the coming growing season. Then I survey the garden beds. Winter weeds have taken over the garden, crept in right under our noses, or Roses as it were :-). So much work to be done before the fun of planting can begin!

Wouldn't it be great if your could just erase the old leftover plants from last fall, the grasses and vines along the fence line, dandelions and thistles that have stealthily increased in population, those prickly berry canes that try to sneak into your garden? Make it a clean slate, so to speak.

That can be a daunting task though, and backbreaking work to prepare the garden. You want to focus on the growth of spring, not laboring to clear the past! (Especially if you let things slide a little in the fall ;-)) It's tempting to resort to “easy” chemicals to knock back the spring weeds, or use pre-emergents...but are they really as safe as we've been led to believe? And what is the long term effect on your garden, soil, and your food?

The intense heat of the propane flame destroys the cell structure of living plants,causing them to wither and die within a day or so. While it doesn't immediately kill the deep roots of perennial weeds, repeatedly knocking back the top growth will eventually exhaust the plant. Additionally, weed seeds and overwintering pests and their eggs are killed by the heat and cannot become resistant to this form of control. Flame weeding takes the power of heat, and uses it in a controlled and efficient manner.

And you know what? It's fun! (shhhhh!)

I LOVE WEEDING... with my Red Dragon garden weeding torch. I can slip on my handy backpack tank  for rough terrain or just pull a grill tank on the dolly-cart in the tamer areas.

First I can clean up the gravel driveway of any weeds that have popped up since last fall.

Then attend to the mulched areas around the ornamental and fruit trees and bushes.

I no longer waste string line when trimming the grass and weeds along the stone walls, patio or walkways. A clean sweep with the flame weeder is all that's needed. Fence lines are another chore to look forward to..... Well, it's true if you're flame weeding! Then clean up the veggie garden, turning last year's leftovers into soil building ash and bio-char. And, at the end of a chilly spring day, light a fire for marshmallows with the kids.

Now string trimmers do have their place. There are times when a weed whacker is a wiser choice than a weeding torch. If you are working near highly combustible materials like pine needles, around plants like Poison Ivy or certain evergreens, or under very dry, windy conditions.

(You might consider converting your motorized 4 cycle trimmer to a low polluting, low emissions fuel: propane.

Find out more about converting your small engine equipment, including lawn and garden equipment, generators, and more to propane: click here.)

 Just call me the Hank Hill of gardening!

Red Dragon Flame Weeders are made with pride in the USA .

Buy flame weeders from WayCoolTools.com

Going Green with Congressman Roscoe Bartlett in Frederick, Maryland

Doug MacMaster of Thompson Gas in Oakland Maryland invited us to join him and exhibit our propane mower at the Go Green Energy Conference in Frederick Maryland which was sponsored by Congressman Roscoe Bartlett. Green was the theme and there were lots of interested people from around the region who turned out to see the environmentally friendly innovations ehibited at the event.
Solar solutions had a large showing there as well as the propane powered vehicles and machinery exhibit we were blessed to be a part of. There was a propane powered Rouch F-150 pick up truck and Blue Bird school bus which ran smooth and quiet with no smelly fumes. The exhaust pipes are cool to the touch even while running, and only water vapor is emitted- none of the black soot that we see with gas or diesel fuel systems! The LEHR Eco Trimmer once again received a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and we saw lots of people sign up for the Thompson Gas prize drawing. First prize was 200 gallons of clean, green propane. Second prize was a LEHR propane Eco Trimmer and third prize was a free 20 LB gas grill tank refill. I'll let you know, a lot of the folks there wanted to win second prize.
Congressman Bartlett stopped by our exhibit and was happy to see the solutions that clean burning propane offered to our current environmental concerns. The propane mower and flame weeder were familiar to him already as he is aware of the new technologies that offer real, immediate solutions to our environmental concerns.
Like all the people we met from his Maryland district and areas around the region he enjoyed trying out the LEHR Eco Trimmer.

Thanks again to Doug McMaster and the folks at Thompson Gas for the invitation and a special thanks to Congressman Roscoe Bartlett for sponsoring this event.

We are very optimistic about the benefits that clean burning propane offers as a motor fuel.
It is technology that is available Right Now.
For more information on the benefits of switching to environmentally friendly propane instead of gasoline or Diesel please contact us via the WayCoolTools.com contact page.

Propane Gas at the 60th Annual Delmarva Chicken Festival

When we got the invitation to attend the 60th annual Delmarva Chicken Festival we decided we just had to go!
We met the folks from the Mid Atlantic Propane Gas Association in Centreville, MD and got to exhibit our propane powered lawn and garden equipment along side some other propane powered implements like a barbecue grill and an outdoor patio heater, not to forget the poultry house sanitizer manufactured by Flame Engineering of LaCrosse, Kansas, now celebrating their 50th year, which was provided by Tri-Gas & Oil of Federalsburg, MD.
We were proud to exhibit our EnviroGard propane powered 61" zero turn lawn mower, and assortment of Weed Dragon torches (also manufactured by Flame Engineering) and the new LEHR Eco Trimmer.
The Chicken Festival was an event filled with food, music, vendors and amusements for all ages and interests.
We were greeted at the entrance gate by a gentleman wearing a chicken hat and met people through out the day wearing similar garments. When we asked about the hats the response we got was that they were from Chicken Festivals from years past, so this seems to be a tradition on the Delmarva. Speaking of chicken, the chicken cooked in the giant fry pan was terrific as was the lemonade that we drank a lot of.
Lots of folks stopped by the M.A.P.G.A. exhibit to try their hand at a form of putt putt golf we call earth golf and to learn about propane which isn't just for heating or cooking any more.
Thanks to the folks at LEHR and Onyx Environmental Solutions we can now use propane as a low polluting motor fuel in lawn equipment engines.
LEHR has a really awesome line of propane powered string trimmers known as Eco Trimmers. They have 4 stroke engines that are smooth running and quieter than your average 2 cycle engine with PLENTY of power and a whole lot less pollution and smell. The fuel for the Eco trimmers comes in economical and easy to use 16.4 oz. twist on canisters readily available at most hardware stores, as are the trimmers themselves.
The reactions we got from the LEHR trimmers was always something like... OH! That's Amazing!! It Runs On Propane!! I WANT ONE!!!
Onyx Environmental Solutions is the originator of the EnviroGard fuel system which powers the zero turn lawn mower. They have been a pioneer in the patented propane fuel system designed for rugged use in the turf industry. We had a really positive response to the EnviroGard mower from home owners and professionals alike. The interest in using propane as a clean burning, low polluting alternative fuel has been consistently high, especially when they realize that propane is much less expensive than gasoline during the growing season.
We also had a great response when people saw the new Mini Dragon flame weeder and saw how easy it is to control weeds without the use of dangerous chemicals. Fueled by easy to use 16.4 oz. propane cylinders the Mini Dragon uses heat to bring weeds to the place where they have wilted and will dry up & die.
We met many chicken consumers as well as producers at the Chicken Fest who were happy to see the Flame Engineering Poultry House Sanitizer which does its job using propane heat not chemicals. Better for the birds, better for the environment and better for you.
Can you say Organic Chicken?
Thanks again to the Mid Atlantic Propane Gas Association for inviting us to the Chicken Fest as well as EnviroGard, Flame Engineering and LEHR for the great equipment to exhibit at the event.
A special note of thanks to Timothy Elgard (pictured above in front of the mower) who braved the heat in his chicken costume.
Check out our new environmentally friendly propane powered equipment section of the WayCoolTools on line catalog... coming soon.