Proper tool for fixing Big Buddy

[WTN4ICE]

I was taught that there is a proper tool for every job.I don't think this heater wiil be giving me ANY more problems !!!!!!

[Eric Wettschreck]

That's a fine bit of craftsmanship there!!!!!!

[riverrat56]

How do you really feel about your big buddy?

[Nutty Fisherman]

DOES IT WORK ANYBETTER?????????????

[WTN4ICE]

This one had to be the lemon of the lot,it just never worked properly.In it's present condition it can't work any worse than it did before. Perhaps this was a little extreme but it sure felt good. I had reached the limit of my patience. I know I can't be the only one who has wanted to do this.

[WalleyeChaser]

Thats wierd, Ive had mine for going on 5 or more years now and have never had a problem with it!! I found that if you put it in the sled of a flip shack it does turn off from low oxygen cut out. But sittin on the ice it runs for 4 hours no problem. Maybe they don't make them like they used too. At least it made you feel better!?

[aanderud]

That is hilarious!! I will use this post as a reference next time the question of "which heater" comes up and I answer that I like the cooker/heater and 12 people argue about the fumes and noise being too much to handle

[deadeye]

LOL. That is even better than when I threw my last mr heater/cooker out the ice house when it wouldnt stay lit. I guess it was time for a new one!?

[Tom7227]

Now that it's disassembled maybe you can sell the parts on [YouNeedAuthorization]

[wishing for walleyes]

Are you using a sunflower now instead of the big buddy?What will you do to the sunflower heater when it burns your porty?I have the big buddy and have never had a problem with it.I use the 20# tank and the 12 foot hose.

[Sandmannd]

That's awesome, I've only had mine a couple of weeks and have thought of doing it.

[robert1965]

im still laughing

[Hibbing]

I have the Big Buddy as well. Runs for 10 minutes and quits.

Can I borrow your splitting maul?

[Pickelfarmer]

I have the Big Buddy as well. Runs for 10 minutes and quits.

Can I borrow your splitting maul?

Hibbing, you mean "TOOL" right? Can you borrow his "TOOL".

[elkrivermn]

I hope that nobody tells you that the problem your heater had was that the lp tank was empty!

[quijibo]

I've been tempted. I'm on my second one and they both seem to run for 15-45 mins and shut off. I've used them in my shack, shop and three car garage. There seems to be a lot of ways to fix them($$$), too bad there isn't a reliable way to buy one that works.

Adam

[Northlander]

Ya thats what I wanted to do to every one of the 4 or 5 I got and none worked the way they should. Never found one that would light up every time and stay running no matter what I did to them. Returned them all and now I have a Mr heater cooker, a tank mount and a tank mount with the self igniting clicker switch. NICE!

I do have the new small Mr heater 1# heater with self ignition and that one works slick on early ice when temps arent bad.

I wont own a buddy heater of any sort until they can guarentee me it will work right all the time.

[Ed Carlson]

I am not 100% certain...but purdy sure, you may have violated your warranty?

LOL!

I also work in a retail sporting goods store...and I would love to see you try to return that, as a joke ...with your receipt...or even better...without one.

It would make a good video, watching the customer service folks try to be....well "Helpful" and polite, in this situation.

Get a nice clean unmarred fresh Big Buddy Box....stick it in...then tell them "Ah.....I think it got damaged in shipping..or something...it don't work?"

The look on there face should be worth the effort.

[Dellfin]

Oh, great. This will probably be the next "factory refurbished" one that I buy...

[Fisherman For a Lifetime]

Mine next!!! POS.

[Big Buck Buster]

My nephew used one of those to fix a proplem I had with my snowmobile. It ran great after he "fixed" it. LOL!!! Post your video of trying to return it. HA HA HA. That would get a lot of laughs if you tried it.

[Sonicrunch]

Will that tool fix the government as well?

[frogtosser]

take it to u p s and tell them they delivered it to you that way. thats awesome

[goose89]

LOLOL> Thanks for the reality check. I've been reading posts from "happy" Buddy owners recently and was almost gonna give one a 2nd try. When I first read the title, a sledge hammer was first thing that came to mind. I only wish I'd have taken one to mine before I dumped it in the garbage can earlier this winter. Thanks again for saving me the Big Frustration of being a Big Buddy owner, again.

[Stickjiggler]

Sonicrunch, The guy who will be running the government is a "TOOL"