Hahahaha! Aussies are cra cra!
As they'd say, fair dinkum. I hung out briefly on an aussie brewing forum and those guys were funny as hell.
Hahahaha! Aussies are cra cra!
Just don't run it while the neighbors are trying to sleep LOLApplying the paddles to this thread...
I've been avoiding buying a leaf blower forever because of the noise vs benefit ratio wasn't working for me. Really had no idea how long it would even take for a gas blower to clear my acre+ in the first place. Well, the trees we planted in 1988 are friggin' enormous now and we had a bumper leaf crop that inspired me to get educated on that bit: I borrowed Youngest Son's Stihl BR 700 backpack and it took me 4 hours to scour the whole property and shepard the enormous amount of chaff (at least 10 yards) to the back of the yard for composting. Being as this was the first use of a blower for me and I had no idea wth I was doing with it I could likely knock at least a half hour off that now - it helps to have a plan from the jump and it was a good 20 minutes before I figured that out
Anyway...there simply isn't a cordless electric product that can do that job in the same time frame, and the closest e-blower I see out there (Stihl BGA200) would cost three times what that BR 700 costs plus would need multiple battery packs to do the job at a much slower pace.
I'm picking up a Stihl BR 800 CE tomorrow...
Cheers!
Hell no.
Applying the paddles to this thread...
I've been avoiding buying a leaf blower forever because of the noise vs benefit ratio wasn't working for me. Really had no idea how long it would even take for a gas blower to clear my acre+ in the first place. Well, the trees we planted in 1988 are friggin' enormous now and we had a bumper leaf crop that inspired me to get educated on that bit: I borrowed Youngest Son's Stihl BR 700 backpack and it took me 4 hours to scour the whole property and shepard the enormous amount of chaff (at least 10 yards) to the back of the yard for composting. Being as this was the first use of a blower for me and I had no idea wth I was doing with it I could likely knock at least a half hour off that now - it helps to have a plan from the jump and it was a good 20 minutes before I figured that out
Anyway...there simply isn't a cordless electric product that can do that job in the same time frame, and the closest e-blower I see out there (Stihl BGA200) would cost three times what that BR 700 costs plus would need multiple battery packs to do the job at a much slower pace.
I'm picking up a Stihl BR 800 CE tomorrow...
Cheers!
What - how is it wasteful? And did somebody mention your family?The leaf blower has to be the most wasteful lawn appliance ever.
I have never operated one. I am not aware of anyone in my immediate family owning one. We used rakes.
What - how is it wasteful?
or a friendly neighbor kid with time, or a local church group, 4-H club, scout troop, etc., looking for easy community service projects.
Also, how much does a new leaf blower cost vs a new rake?
Little time? What if a rake took a LOT of time, like several hours. What if you had to do it ever other friday, from October until March. How does a rake help with the grass on your driveway and sidewalks every time you mow. Or the pollen that collects in spring all over your patios. Regarding the cost, there is a value to your time. Think about it. Ask yourself what your time is worth. Only you can do that math.Because a rake doesn't take batteries or gas. All it takes is a little time, or a child (or grandchild, I suppose) with time, or a friendly neighbor kid with time, or a local church group, 4-H club, scout troop, etc., looking for easy community service projects.
Also, how much does a new leaf blower cost vs a new rake?
Little time? What if a rake took a LOT of time, like several hours. What if you had to do it ever other friday, from October until March.
How does a rake help with the grass on your driveway and sidewalks every time you mow.
Or the pollen that collects in spring all over your patios.
Regarding the cost, there is a value to your time. Think about it. Ask yourself what your time is worth. Only you can do that math.
Community service project? Haha. You obviously don't understand the need here.
I don't think you can understand unless you have a property that gets an enormous amount of leaves.
As a farmer you should understand that jobs are made more efficient and manageable using technology. Your father who wished to till every acre of his property did not walk behind a manual tiller, but likely used a tractor making his difficult job much easier. In the same vein, most home owners use gas, electric, or battery powered tools to make our jobs manageable. Without my gas leaf blower, I would need to spend days raking leaves and I just don't have the time or physical ability to do it with a rake.I have lived on a property, my parent's property, which does have a lot of trees and plenty of leaves. It's actually a bit surprising because my dad and uncle, who farmed together until they retired, are the kind of guys who want to till every acre they possibly can. I once heard my uncle say that he wished he could make the ditches tillable and plant right up to the road.
But my dad left a bunch of maples all over the backyard as part of a windbreak and some in the front yard for privacy, and also some to shade the house. When some of my siblings still lived at home we did spend an entire weekend most autumns just raking and burning leaves. Yeah, it was probably happening during harvest, but I was the only one expected to make a career out of farming, so until I was old enough to drive something I was supposed to help rake leaves.
I'm not going to look up how many acres our building site was, or count how many trees we had, and I don't expect you to, either, but suffice to say we had plenty of leaf debris in the fall. We never got a blower. I maintain that buying a leaf blower would have been wasteful.
As a farmer
you should understand that jobs are made more efficient and manageable using technology. Your father who wished to till every acre of his property did not walk behind a manual tiller, but likely used a tractor making his difficult job much easier. In the same vein, most home owners use gas, electric, or battery powered tools to make our jobs manageable. Without my gas leaf blower, I would need to spend days raking leaves and I just don't have the time or physical ability to do it with a rake.
I'm not sure your experience with farmers collecting leaves is comparable to a bunch of desk jockeys in the suburbs trying to tidy up their lawn on the weekend.
I'm glad I didn't know about this when I looked at electric snowblowers
While we occasionally get some big blizzards comparable to what he describes, it's not frequent enough that me, someone who can still operate a shovel and/or operate a snowblower in the middle of a big snowfall and again at the end, would need to put down that kind of money on a snowblower.
My Greenworks single-stage snowblower has handled everything I have asked it to since I bought it. I'm pretty sure it was less than half the price of this EGO unit.
Still, when I get to a point where I don't like shoveling, can't handle the cold very well anymore, and the kids move out, it's nice to know that this sort of thing will be available.
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