Kentucky man manages to quickly clear his driveway with a flamethrower

Thaw you go! Kentucky man drinking a beer, smoking a cigar and wearing a bath robe uses a flamethrower to clear snow from his driveway

  • A man from Kentucky decided to clear his driveway using a flamethrower 
  • Dressed only in a hat and bathrobe the man casually walked down the drive
  • Passing drivers honked their horns as they drove by the bizarre sight
  • Plenty of people on social media praised the ingenuity of the idea with many wishing they had in fact received flamethrowers for Christmas 

A man from Kentucky who wanted to clear the snow from his driveway used a flamethrower to blast the white stuff away in an instant.

In a 30 second clip which has since gone viral, Timothy Browning from Ashland, east of Lexington, can be seen playing up to the camera as he stands in his driveway in just a white bathrobe, slippers and a hat with a cigar in his mouth and a can of beer in his hand. 

He directs his flamethrower at one side of the driveway and then the other, instantly melting the snow and ice which had built up.

A man from Kentucky decided to clear his driveway using a flamethrower

Dressed only in a hat and bathrobe  Tim Browning casually walked down his drive

Dressed only in a hat and bathrobe  Tim Browning casually walked down his drive

His wife, Beth, who was filming the clip states at the start on camera: ‘Browning snow services removal now available!’ 

Browning appears to take it easy as he melts the snow away. At one point he turns away from the camera to down a can of beer before throwing it on the ground as flames spew from the flamethrower.  

As he walks down the path, parts of the ground are still seen to be ablaze as the liquid fuel continues to burn after hitting the drive. At one point, a passing motorist honks their horn as they drive by.

‘Browning snow services. God bless Merica!’ Browning wrote on his Facebook account. 

Passing drivers honked their horns as they drove on by as the bizarre sight

Passing drivers honked their horns as they drove on by as the bizarre sight

Browning appeared to try and keep things casual in his bath robe, a can of beer and a cigar

Browning appeared to try and keep things casual in his bath robe, a can of beer and a cigar

Browning headed all the way down his driveway leaving the snowflakes little chance

Browning headed all the way down his driveway leaving the snowflakes little chance 

A neighbor across the street also managed to capture the bizarre sight from his own home

A neighbor across the street also managed to capture the bizarre sight from his own home

The liquid-operated flamethrower uses a tank with a pressurized gas to expel the flammable liquid fuel

The liquid-operated flamethrower uses a tank with a pressurized gas to expel the flammable liquid fuel

Viewers were quick to react on social media with many seemingly either desiring their own flamethrower or jokingly requesting his services.

You charge by the job?? I need off my hill!!’, wrote Jared Castle.

‘YOU’RE HIRED!!!! How soon can you get here???!!!??’ asked Joe Rimmer. 

‘I’ve wanted one of those for several years. Now I REALLY want one!’ said Andrea Evans.

‘I’ve always wondered why nobody has come up with a simple way to melt snow. It’s just frozen water. Seems very inefficient to shovel it into a pile somewhere, when all you need is some heat to turn it into water,’ added Mike Grossman. 

Browning walked to the end of his drivewa

Browning walked to the end of his driveway with the device until only concrete could be seen

At one point he aims the flamethrower perilously close to the walls of his house

At one point he aims the flamethrower perilously close to the walls of his house 

Massive flames could be seen ejecting from the flame thrower

Massive flames could be seen ejecting from the flame thrower

It left many on social media wishing they had asked for a flamethrower for Christmas

It left many on social media wishing they had asked for a flamethrower for Christmas