Experience with rear PTO blower

[Quaffer]

The blower in the OP appears to be up high and not focused.

I noticed that as well.

The video was created in probably the most ideal circumstances. Short grass, not a long distance, edge of driveway, and just a small quantity of leaves.

At my property in Fall, one pass would result in a resulting wall of leaves I don't think it would push. Just guessing, but I think it would require a lot more force or volume to work with a more difficult property than in the video.

 

[nyone]

$3k and can only blow where your tractor can go. It would have less maneuverability than a walk behind blower and those arnt very maneuverable. Have you thought about just mulching leaves in or buying a real commercial backpack blower? The 3pt blower would also take time to install.


I had a 13hp walk behind mounted on a quad one year. It blew great but prob didnt save me much time vs my stihl br600. I believe that backpack blower is about $650-700 now.

 

[leonz]

Have you looked at the Cyclone Rake?" It will vacuum up the leaves and shred them and
you can also use the Cyclone Rake to blow the leaves out of the trailer to where you want to
dump them as well.

 

[grsthegreat]

Have you looked at the Cyclone Rake?" It will vacuum up the leaves and shred them and
you can also use the Cyclone Rake to blow the leaves out of the trailer to where you want to
dump them as well.

I have a cyclone rake…..but how do you blow stuff out of the catch basin? Mine is tilt and dump.

 

[chim]

There's a Troybilt walk behind blower buried in the shed that seldom sees use. It moves a lot of air but the small wheels would work better on paved areas. The Stihl 800X moves more leaves quicker than anything else I have. Awesome amount of force. Someone a lot younger than i could use it to travel on a skateboard.

In a close second place is the mower deck with modified blades. Whatever it doesn't chop into fine pieces gets blown to the right side for the next pass. Staying in the cab where it's free of dust and comfortable makes it the go-to most of the time.

 

[TimberXX]

$3k and can only blow where your tractor can go. It would have less maneuverability than a walk behind blower and those arnt very maneuverable. Have you thought about just mulching leaves in or buying a real commercial backpack blower? The 3pt blower would also take time to install.


I had a 13hp walk behind mounted on a quad one year. It blew great but prob didnt save me much time vs my stihl br600. I believe that backpack blower is about $650-700 now.

I have a a pretty large redmax backpack blower, its just so slow, the combination of the leaf density, and the distance blown makes a backpack by itself too inefficient. There are too many slopes to have a push blower, it wore me out.

 

[TimberXX]

Have you looked at the Cyclone Rake?" It will vacuum up the leaves and shred them and
you can also use the Cyclone Rake to blow the leaves out of the trailer to where you want to
dump them as well.

I have a Deere bagger, its just so dusty, and leaves a lot of leaf fragments behind

 

[nyone]

I have a a pretty large redmax backpack blower, its just so slow, the combination of the leaf density, and the distance blown makes a backpack by itself too inefficient. There are too many slopes to have a push blower, it wore me out.

Sounds like the perfect lawn to mulch them in. You cant wit for the whole years worth of leafs to fall then expect it to work though.

Some mulched up leaf isnt the worst thing for your lawn.

 

[leonz]

I have a cyclone rake…..but how do you blow stuff out of the catch basin? Mine is tilt and dump.

I would check with the cylcone rake folks to see if they have a
pipe adapter for the discharge chute to allow you to do that.

 

[TMGT]

I would check with the cylcone rake folks to see if they have a
pipe adapter for the discharge chute to allow you to do that.

They do, its called the "power unloader" that basically puts a hose on the outlet and a short hose on the inlet that reaches into the collection bag.

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