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leaf blower net
Sep 18, 2017, 8:08 AM
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i wanna blow some leaves
i have a 1993 Sears Craftsmen corded version right now
I'd like to upgrade to something without a cord and mildly not UDP.
any suggestions?
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Re: leaf blower net
Sep 18, 2017, 8:11 AM
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Little tikes blower available at walmart
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Re: My dad has one like this that he has used for years
Sep 18, 2017, 8:15 AM
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Husqvarna or stihl. I wouldn't bother with anything else
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Lot o points [156213]
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I have a stihl backpack mexi-blower
Sep 18, 2017, 8:17 AM
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And a ryobi 40v cordless that I recently bought.
Despite the backpack being wayyy more powerful, 9/10 I use the handheld. It's way more convenient, and I use it for other stuff too like blowing out the garage, that I wouldn't do with the gas blower.
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All-In [40369]
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This is kinda what I was thinking
Sep 18, 2017, 8:36 AM
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I don't need all the power in the world. Just enough. Seems like handheld would be easier.
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Oculus Spirit [79304]
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Dood, there's nothing more satisfying than blowing a
Sep 18, 2017, 9:41 AM
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spider hanging from it's web to kingdom come with the full force of a gas powered blower.
NOTHING
That'll teach those mother ####### to stop putting webs in all the most semi-frequented places I walk.
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Oculus Spirit [79497]
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That's what Bug A Salt's are for bro***
Sep 18, 2017, 9:46 AM
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Oculus Spirit [79304]
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lol, had to look that up
Sep 18, 2017, 9:50 AM
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Dood is just str8 up wasting those flies....and his meal too. Nothing like a heavily salted doughnut.
https://youtu.be/rLrCTLBm8bE
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Oculus Spirit [79497]
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Really doesn't shoot that much salt
Sep 18, 2017, 9:53 AM
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I tried to salt steaks with them Saturday and it just wasn't quite enough. Really impressed father in law with manliness though.
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Bug A Salt is the best
Sep 18, 2017, 10:23 AM
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I wasted a big spider Saturday, knocked him about 10 feet out.
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Re: leaf blower net
Sep 18, 2017, 8:19 AM
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For gas blowers, I'd say stick to Stihl, Husqvarna, or Echo. If you want a non-UDP one, avoid Lowes and Home Depot and go straight to a dealership.
As a land baron with a sizable estate, I don't mess with electric blowers. I just did a quick search for 'lectric blowers and realized that the big three brands I mention earlier don't do much with 'lectric blowers.
TL/DR - I don't have any useful to add to the discussion.
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Re: leaf blower net
Sep 18, 2017, 8:28 AM
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Just how big is this estate? Do you have a lake? Can I build a tiny house and park it by your lake?
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Re: leaf blower net
Sep 18, 2017, 8:32 AM
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It's somewhere between sizable and palatial.
No lake, but there are three ponds.
We're right next to a school, so as long as you are approved to live within 1 mile of a school, we may be able to work out a deal... you know... squid pro row...
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Oculus Spirit [79304]
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I got 2 different hand-helds
Sep 18, 2017, 8:38 AM
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I have a craftsman battery powered. Very light and with the lithium batteries it lasts for a lil while, but it usually takes 2 batteries to blow drive way, deck and porch. Not extremely powerful but always worked at my old house where we didn't have very many leaves.
I also have a gas powered Echo. Great blower, cranks fast and is powerful as all getout. Only complaint is that it's heavy and after about an hour of blowing (I have a fuckton of trees and leaves) your arm gets tired. At some point, I will probably upgrade to a backpack but it seems like a waste of money right now to have 3 blowers.
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I have an UDP Hitachi
Sep 18, 2017, 8:38 AM
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I have been really pleased, no issues and plenty powerful.
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Oculus Spirit [81356]
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If I had a leaf problem, this is what I would do
Sep 18, 2017, 8:42 AM
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Get them to clean it up:
or
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Re: If I had a leaf problem, this is what I would do
Sep 18, 2017, 8:55 AM
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You just blowing off a driveway? If so, why go gas powered?
Sep 18, 2017, 9:04 AM
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Corded are cheap AF and don't break nearly as often*
We used them alot as kids when we had multiple yards we cut and they were always a PITA to get cranked. I use a corded one now and it does the job, but it is only for the driveway and walkway. If you plan on blowing your yard, just get a bagger for the lawnmower.
*May or may not be entirely true.
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Echo
Sep 18, 2017, 9:28 AM
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Echo
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Oculus Spirit [79497]
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Stihl or GTFO
Sep 18, 2017, 9:29 AM
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I still use my grand dad's that he bought who knows when. Probably 10 years old at least, starts second pull. Now if you've already got a bunch of tools like Dewalt or something that run off of the same battery I'd go that route.
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*still or GTFO
Sep 18, 2017, 9:44 AM
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Drink lots of sour mash and you won't even think about that leaf problem.
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Oculus Spirit [79497]
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I cut down most of my leaf producing trees
Sep 18, 2017, 9:47 AM
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We live in a cocoon of Leylands
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After last night, I guess I live in a cocoon of copperheads.
Sep 18, 2017, 9:53 AM
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FYI...12 gauge 7.5 shot will totally vaporize a snake head. Especially when they stand up tall like they think they're a king cobra or something.
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Sep 18, 2017, 10:20 AM
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I cut the downed tree this past weekend with a Mac 10\10 chainsaw. It's a small homeowners tool that was made around 1960. You know how to take care of that engine because you have dealt with outboards. The average homeowner would ruin a Stihl engine in three years.
Well, he's think it's ruined anyway.
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I'm running a 20 something year old Husqvarna 55 Rancher
Sep 18, 2017, 11:21 AM
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that I bought off of craigslist for $75 a few years ago.
I probably have $125 in it and it runs like a raped ape. It puts my dad's army of Pull-ons and crapsman saws to shame.
I have been looking for a project saw like a big bore Dolmar or a 65+cc Stihl or Husky, but my little 55 rancher is running too good to justify the $$$.
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