kokesaat Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 There was a thread on this subject a few years ago, now closed (I'd be interested in any updated info on machines that are available now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 We had a Korean made leaf blower for 3 years,it was more at the repair shop then actually working. Nearly one year ago we bought a Makita backpack 4 stroke blower,amazing what a fantastic machine!Silent,has more power then you really need and uses very little fuel compared to a 2 stroke. EB300TH is the model we have but they also have bigger models. To give some perspective,in the old days it would take all day to sweep the yard. With the Terrible Korean orange machine(handheld)it would take 3 hours,again once we got it running that is. New Makita?We can do the whole yard in about one hour and it being a back pack is a very nice option,does not make you tired at all. Bought it online in Bangkok. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbko Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I bought some garden equipment online from this Thai company (PSPMart.com) and when I was surfing their website products I noticed an attachment that can turn a weed wacker/strimmer into a leaf blower, so I looked into these attachments a little further and it seems like the KT Blower 01 is worth looking into if you already own a decent petrol weed trimmer. Available on Lazada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 On 1/8/2022 at 2:26 PM, jvs said: We had a Korean made leaf blower for 3 years,it was more at the repair shop then actually working. Nearly one year ago we bought a Makita backpack 4 stroke blower,amazing what a fantastic machine!Silent,has more power then you really need and uses very little fuel compared to a 2 stroke. EB300TH is the model we have but they also have bigger models. To give some perspective,in the old days it would take all day to sweep the yard. With the Terrible Korean orange machine(handheld)it would take 3 hours,again once we got it running that is. New Makita?We can do the whole yard in about one hour and it being a back pack is a very nice option,does not make you tired at all. Bought it online in Bangkok. It Sounds as you have a huge yard! I've got an electric blower. It takes about an hour to tidy up our property. More dust than leaves. But that includes swapping out batteries 3 times. A blower like your Makita sounds like a blast! I'd clean up our whole village! Can you send a link where you got it online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 21 hours ago, MrJ2U said: It Sounds as you have a huge yard! I've got an electric blower. It takes about an hour to tidy up our property. More dust than leaves. But that includes swapping out batteries 3 times. A blower like your Makita sounds like a blast! I'd clean up our whole village! Can you send a link where you got it online? I send you a pm with the info. Yes we have a pretty big yard,driveway is 80 meters long and we have another 4 rai of garden. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 1 hour ago, jvs said: I send you a pm with the info. Yes we have a pretty big yard,driveway is 80 meters long and we have another 4 rai of garden. Wow. Lots of green. Very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 34 minutes ago, MrJ2U said: Wow. Lots of green. Very nice. the opposite side. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) Some people regard them as a cursed noisy pointless device. I agree and started a petition against them in my London Borough years ago. Edited January 11, 2022 by The Hammer2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 55 minutes ago, jvs said: the opposite side. Looks like all you need is a herd of elephants. It looks absolutely beautiful. Amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimewoodworker Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 10 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said: Some people regard them as a cursed noisy pointless device. I agree and started a petition against them in my London Borough years ago. One of my universities was in a reasonably forested area, I would arrive there at about 7am, in the autumn they had a crew of about 6 all with backpack petrol leaf blowers clearing the walkways. Dry leaves are a slipping risk, wet leaves are like ice. Noisy? Absolutely, I couldn’t hear myself think. Pointless? Absolutely not, it made walking on the paved sloped walkways safe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowtail Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 19 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said: One of my universities was in a reasonably forested area, I would arrive there at about 7am, in the autumn they had a crew of about 6 all with backpack petrol leaf blowers clearing the walkways. Dry leaves are a slipping risk, wet leaves are like ice. Noisy? Absolutely, I couldn’t hear myself think. Pointless? Absolutely not, it made walking on the paved sloped walkways safe. Unfortunately the intelligentsia do not agree, and they do not care how hard other people have to work, how much it costs other people, or how their policies negatively impact others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, sometimewoodworker said: One of my universities was in a reasonably forested area, I would arrive there at about 7am, in the autumn they had a crew of about 6 all with backpack petrol leaf blowers clearing the walkways. Dry leaves are a slipping risk, wet leaves are like ice. Noisy? Absolutely, I couldn’t hear myself think. Pointless? Absolutely not, it made walking on the paved sloped walkways safe. A stiff brush suffices. Or one can walk carefully 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowtail Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 See? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimewoodworker Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, The Hammer2021 said: A stiff brush suffices. Or one can walk carefully 55555 the area is over 80 hectares with over 1,000 full time undergraduate students and at least an other 1,000 visiting regularly with their on bus terminal. So all in all the numbers of staff needed would be rather disproportionately large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Hammer2021 Posted January 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Yellowtail said: Unfortunately the intelligentsia do not agree, and they do not care how hard other people have to work, how much it costs other people, or how their policies negatively impact others. The negative impact is caused by a noisy, polluting machine which does not actually control or collect leaves but just blows them around. These machines are the curse of working class communities and do no favours to the operative. If the landed gentry can't afford to maintain their land in a respectful manner then they should own less rather than industrialise and pollute their environment. They would benefit from intelligence, sensitivity and respect for those around them. Leaves make valuable soil enriching compost and should be collected and composted according not just blown around by millionaire land owners. Please respect your environment and your workers. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Tom Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said: The negative impact is caused by a noisy, polluting machine which does not actually control or collect leaves but just blows them around. These machines are the curse of working class communities and do no favours to the operative. If the landed gentry can't afford to maintain their land in a respectful manner then they should own less rather than industrialise and pollute their environment. They would benefit from intelligence, sensitivity and respect for those around them. Leaves make valuable soil enriching compost and should be collected and composted according not just blown around by millionaire land owners. Please respect your environment and your workers. well said 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Tom Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 In my long ago Military days, we had a visiting Harrier hover taxi around the taxiways and runway to blow snow away, while it was still snowing. I put leaf blowers in the same category as that Harrier, an unnecessary expense and activity that is ultimately self defeating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimewoodworker Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said: The negative impact is caused by a noisy, polluting machine which does not actually control or collect leaves but just blows them around. These machines are the curse of working class communities and do no favours to the operative. If the landed gentry can't afford to maintain their land in a respectful manner then they should own less rather than industrialise and pollute their environment. They would benefit from intelligence, sensitivity and respect for those around them. Leaves make valuable soil enriching compost and should be collected and composted according not just blown around by millionaire land owners. Please respect your environment and your workers. You really don’t seem to understand how they can be used, do you? They are a far more effective way of collecting leaves for composing than any other. & why would you assume that “millionaire land owners” would waste a valuable resource? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 19 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said: In my long ago Military days, we had a visiting Harrier hover taxi around the taxiways and runway to blow snow away, while it was still snowing. I put leaf blowers in the same category as that Harrier, an unnecessary expense and activity that is ultimately self defeating. In my London Borough bloated tax based budgets led to their use. We used to have classic suburban autumn's with the gentle sound of brushes sweeping leaves as a background then the suddenly the air was rent with growling roaring engines stinking of petrol with a poor guy with goggles ear muffs, PPE and a tank of gasoline on his back blowing stuff around. A dreadful waste of resources and an unnecessary assault on the senses 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, sometimewoodworker said: 55555 the area is over 80 hectares with over 1,000 full time undergraduate students and at least an other 1,000 visiting regularly with their on bus terminal. So all in all the numbers of staff needed would be rather disproportionately large. A thousand students armed with stuff brushes sounds like an effective solution to me. I understand the need for some labour saving devices and know them to be essential. I do not categorise 'leaf blowers' as essential. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowtail Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 See what I mean? And it needs to be the engineering students, as the liberal arts students are too busy getting petitions signed by/for the intelligentsia... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimewoodworker Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 3 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said: A thousand students armed with stuff brushes sounds like an effective solution to me. I understand the need for some labour saving devices and know them to be essential. I do not categorise 'leaf blowers' as essential. I can see that your education was rather different, as it seems that servitude was part of it ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Yellowtail said: See what I mean? And it needs to be the engineering students, as the liberal arts students are too busy getting petitions signed by/for the intelligentsia... Ah those pesky people with the wrong kind of education! So difficult to get them goosestepping in unison and accepting the diktats of their lumpen proletarian masters. lol.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) 39 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said: I can see that your education was rather different, as it seems that servitude was part of it ???? Dont kid yourself You can see nothing and understand less. about me and people like me just because we regard leaf blowers as crass. Our educated objection to noisy wasteful pollutiing devices is actually quite in line with current thought. Pollution and noise is no friend of anybody. Its a universal fact not education based. Those leaf blowers are a menace to peace and quiet, are horrible to use, awful to listen to and just blow material around. They are a classic modern, idiot invention. Edited January 12, 2022 by The Hammer2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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