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re: Gas operated leaf blowers
Posted on 11/19/19 at 9:03 am to Zappas Stache
Posted on 11/19/19 at 9:03 am to Zappas Stache
quote:
Some areas around the country have banned blowers and I know there are many people in my neighborhood that feel the same as I do.
Miserable busybodies, I bet you and those same neighbors wonder why flaming bags of shite get put on your doorsteps too.
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Posted on 11/19/19 at 11:27 am to indytiger
I have a Stihl BR800. I'll never go back to using anything else.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 12:16 pm to TigerFanatic99
quote:
I have a Stihl BR800. I'll never go back to using anything else.
Great machine but serious overkill for the average homeowner.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 12:24 pm to Clames
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Miserable busybodies,
I work from home and right now there is a blower going at a house caddy-corner behind me. It is a commercial blower that is much louder than regular blowers. I just had to tell a client I would have to call him back as I could barely hear him over the phone. The miserable people are the one's too lazy to use a broom and rake.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 12:36 pm to Zappas Stache
quote:
Should be outlawed
At the very least they shouldn't be allowed to operate at 120 decibels.
IMO, this is the worst yard equipment anyone has.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 12:37 pm to indytiger
Stihl or Echo
Posted on 11/19/19 at 1:38 pm to indytiger
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Gas operated leaf blowers
What brand do ya'll recommend.
Give a battery blower some thought. I have a gas mower, trimmer, edger, & chainsaw. I also have a gas backpack blower (shindaiwa) but it is collecting dust in the garage. I have two EGO blowers (backpack and handheld). They are clean, quiet, and best of all I don't have something blowing fumes near my face. If you are buying something new, battery-operated blowers can be legit. I tried and returned my EGO mower, but the blowers are great. I use the backpack blowing off the driveway after I mow. The handheld is mainly to keep the porches clean year round.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 1:41 pm to indytiger
picked up a used echo backpack blower on craigslist a while back. Bought a new carb for it for $10 on Ebay. Bad arse little machine.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 1:49 pm to ashy larry
quote:
Give a battery blower some thought.
Serious question... if you have any kind of leaves at all in the fall, will a battery blower be of any use to you?
Posted on 11/19/19 at 2:33 pm to indytiger
Stihl
Posted on 11/19/19 at 3:07 pm to Simon Gruber
Here is my neighbor right now. He has been out there blowing since 11am.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 3:27 pm to Zappas Stache
quote:
It is a commercial blower that is much louder than regular blowers.
I'm sure it's loud, but probably not commercial. The commercial ones are usually quieter so guys can use them all day without all the noise. I have the Stihl BG86 and it's only 70 dB.
Stihl BG86
Posted on 11/19/19 at 3:39 pm to REB BEER
Well, my neighbor who's pic I just posted managed landscape crews his entire career including the one at JC Penney corporate campus in Plano. He has the too of the line commercial equipment for his home so I just assumed it's a commercial blower.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 4:11 pm to indytiger
Thread from this spring
ETA: I obviously came around to embrace the gas option, and the difficulty I initially had starting the machine was just me and the blower getting to know one another........once I learned how to do it, starting is easy and reliable.
ETA: I obviously came around to embrace the gas option, and the difficulty I initially had starting the machine was just me and the blower getting to know one another........once I learned how to do it, starting is easy and reliable.
This post was edited on 11/19/19 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 11/19/19 at 4:31 pm to indytiger
Posted on 11/19/19 at 5:05 pm to Zappas Stache
quote:
Some areas around the country have banned blowers and I know there are many people in my neighborhood that feel the same as I do.
Ok boomer.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 5:53 pm to BoerneAg
A boomer would never be that much of a wus to have blowers banned.
More like limp wristed liberal soy boys and snowflakes
More like limp wristed liberal soy boys and snowflakes
Posted on 11/19/19 at 7:26 pm to SSpaniel
quote:
Serious question... if you have any kind of leaves at all in the fall, will a battery blower be of any use to you?
Yes. My battery powered blowers push something like 530 and 600 CFM. Obviously you can get some gas blowers with more power, but most people don’t need that. In fact a lot of people have gas blowers weaker than my battery blowers. I bought the backpack blower on Craigslist for cheap which is the only reason I have it. My handheld does almost as well and I could use it exclusively if I didn’t just have the other laying around.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 7:26 pm to EZ2BLSU
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Makita BHX2500CA 24.5 cc MM4 4-Stroke Engine Blower
NO. Just no.
I had one of those. No power whatsoever. Just weak. The ONLY redeeming quality it had was that you didn't have to mix fuel.
I got a Stihl and put the Makita on the curb on Trash day. Somebody got it overnight. Hope they realize it doesn't take mix.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 7:47 pm to Zappas Stache
quote:
Here is my neighbor right now. He has been out there blowing since 11am.
You should ask him to clean off your yard furniture collection so you can fire up the meth lab in that yard
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