215 MPH wind...at your service

[JohnM]

After all I will have to take it to John's bonfire in the Fall.

smiley_clapping

This all reminded me of my dad (always like reminders of Dad ).  He hated 'leaf blowers', thought they were gimmicks and a waste of money.  Some time later I saw why...Johnny Carson did a rant on them, Dad was a huge Carson fan (who wasn't?). ;D

GD, check CL, I saw a couple in there flipping through the farm section.

JM

[Magicman]

I have owned several different blowers/brands, but for me, the Stihls are the best.  By far the easiest starting and most reliable.

[Chuck White]

I agree Lynn.

Got my Stihl last year!

Easy pull and in just a few pulls it will start!

[wwsjr]

Bought a new BG86 last week. Old one didn't survive fire. I had used it for about 8 years sawdust, leaves, after weedeater on sidewalks, and garage. I like the new one.

[delvis]

We actually had a customer tell us a couple of years ago that what we needed was a leaf blower to clean the mill up every night before going home.  He brought out his shop vac and put the hose on the exhaust side and it did such a good job, we bought the leaf blower.  I can't believe it never occurred to us before that.  What a great job it does and I feel like it makes for less fire hazard around the engine at night because we use it to cool the muffler down if it is still hot when we are ready to leave. 

[thecfarm]

We had one guy at work that was VERY cleaver. Just the simple things he would design. I use to look at it and wonder why I did not think of it.

[VT_Forestry]

I have a Stihl BG-55, it's their entry level blower.  Works great (even on leaves!), starts everytime, and I think it was $150.  Not a bad deal 

[sparks]

Who's that skinny guy posing as Jeff Brokaw?     ;D

[ancjr]

Coming from the lawn and landscape business, I'm no stranger to leaf blowers.  Obvious use in cleaning up sites and equipment, less obvious use in preventing spread of weed seed & other nasties *across* worksites.

[Chuck White]

ancjr is right, I like cleaning my mill with the blower because I don't want to "possibly" take a disease or undesirable seeds, etc. from one customers forest and transport it to someone elses forest!

[trailman]

i use a old attic fan. works real good