sawdust blower?? pic

[Ron Wenrich]

We had one farmer that used to park a manure spreader next to the processor.  He tied a tarp over the top, and we put the pipe underneath.  It was a pretty easy way of getting rid of dust. 

[mike_van]

Delbert, note that all of the blowers shown are the radial fan type, not the squirrel  cage design as you have there. Reason is, they work the best. The blades on the radials tend to be self cleaning, yours will gum up. The squirrel cage may move a large volume of air, but it won't do it with any velocity or static pressure needed to move dust.  My first attempt at this was an old blower from a hot air  furnace, squirrel cage design, it hardly moved dry sawdust from woodshop equipment, let alone wet stuff.  I'm no air engineer, but blowers work because they create a vacuum at the inlet, air & dust actually get pushed in by pressure outside this vacuum [I read all this somewhere] inlet/outlet size are important, a blower can only suck in what it can push out & vice versa. The squirrel  cage types just don't create a large vacuum. The old corn chopper blower is a better bet, they could blow wet silage 40 ft or more straight up. Once again, they are radial fan design. I'm just trying to save you a lot of wasted time.

[sandman2234]

Furby,
  There is a guy an hour away with a couple of those for sale. $900 each. I thought about it for the tractor, since I hate racking leaves.  Found a smaller one for the Steiner, at a better price.
        David from jax

[Furby]

I'm asking well under half that! ;)

[sandman2234]

Yeah, but shipping would kill the deal getting it to Florida. I got lucky and got one for a Steiner for $501, and the mower came with it. (plus 2 decks). Deals like that don't come around often.
    Those blowers beat a rake all day long!
    David from jax