Does anyone have any recommendations?
I was looking at one of the 2-stroke Stihl ones for the nice smell and portability.
We have a large garden so corded not an option and cordless is probably not going to last the distance.
TIA
Does anyone have any recommendations?
I was looking at one of the 2-stroke Stihl ones for the nice smell and portability.
We have a large garden so corded not an option and cordless is probably not going to last the distance.
TIA
I've had a McCulloch GBV345 for a good few years, use it quite often and it's never missed a beat.
My Dad has the Stihl one (blow only, not the blow and suck version), it's great. They have about 1/4 of an acre of grass with about 30 Turkey Oaks 60 ft tall dropping all their leaves, and it copes fine.
The resulting leafmould gets traded for an awful lot of produce from mates with veg patches and allotments, it is an amazing soil conditioner after 2 years.
I have the smaller electric Stihl (suck & blow version), it clears all my little urban garden into a bag no problem.
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Stihl, hand-held. Not that back-mounted behemoth. I have mine for years now. Bought it secondhand from a local professional gardening and forestry tool shop (run by a former pupil of mine; he was in my class in the 90s). Here, the city council leases those machines for a few years and then they're reconditioned and sold off to people like me. Try to get a reconditioned one. Much cheaper.
Since they're built to last in a professional environment, they will soldier on forever and ever when you pull it out of your garden shed for a weekly 'tour de garden'. On top of that: I use Aspen 2-stroke fuel.
Yep Stihl is the way to go
Stihl here. Huge backpack one. Will clear my garden in no time.
Some other tips I always give;
1 - a petrol leaf blower is good for clearing paths of snow if you get to them before someone walks on them
2 - a decent pressure washer is great for blowing leaves into a pile. You'd be surprised how little water they use and if you have an oak tree, they will blow acorns into a pile easier than even a petrol blower
3 - a petrol leaf blower is great for drying the car. Blows the water out of all those shut gaps that then dribble down your freshly dried paintwork if you use a drying cloth. Takes 2 mins to walk round the car to remove 90% of the water then finish with a cloth
I have had a Stihl for two years which is used for blowing out and cleaning grain stores. Works well. I am pretty committed to Stihl having Stijl Chainsaws, strummers and hedgers. Always good kit.
Another one here with the the Sthll BG85. Must have had it 15 years, never missed a beat. I've also got the vacuum conversion kit to make it suck leaves. Only takes a couple of minutes to change it over.
https://www.mowers-online.co.uk/stih...-for-bg55-bg85
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Makita 4 stroke one here, neighbour friendly as it's very quiet compared to the 2 strokes and just as powerful. It also has a vacuum attachment.
Another vote for the Makita ( trawl online for best price though).
4 stroke so no fart-assing around either.
Only downside is weight as they are definitely not for the weedy wristed.Sent from my moto g(6) plus using TZ-UK mobile app
Leaf movers. For blowing stuff into the road so someone else can deal with it.
Indeed! It are the council’s trees. And the council does its job here as well. A sweeping truck (I don’t know a different term) sweeps the streets every other week.
Had the thread been titled ‘What do you think of leaf blowers?’, both comments would have been helpful additions.
As it wasn’t, they weren’t, but thanks for participating. If you followed the thread you’ll see I’ve taken the good advice and bought one, which happens to be for blowing leaves into a big pile in my back garden. Then using the same device as a vacuum/shredder to make leaf mulch.
I’m going to loose off a load of hydrocarbons in the process too.
Thanks everyone for your advice!
I visited my parents over the weekend and my dad had bought a Stihl hedge trimmer which impressed me with its build quality.
I had some time off this morning so visited a local garden machinery seller and came back with the Stihl BG56. Nice smell of 2-stroke oil now hangs over the garden!!
I doubt you will be disappointed with the Stihl, they make cracking gear. As my older chainsaws/strimmers/etc come to the end of their life, they are all being replaced with Stihl gear. I have had duff Husky stuff, but have never had a duff Stihl item yet.
One tip for leaf blowing is to do it before the leaves get too wet/bogged down as they will be much easier to move before they have started to clump together.
We've had a Stihl for a few years. Been totally reliable.
We have a Stihl BG86 - so far flawless over 5 years (light use). Next door's gardener has the same model used every day, again has lasted well over 5 years.
We nearly bought a Husqvarna but the Stihls were on sale.
Previously had a Ryobi : Crock of poop.