pto leaf blower

[firebird93]

i live in the woods and hated fall because of all the leaves i had to deal with.
don't mind it at all since i built this baby a couple years ago!

 

[sixdogs]

That's looks great. Any more photos or description of function?
Do you just blow them over to the neighbor's?

 

[firebird93]

That's looks great. Any more photos or description of function?
Do you just blow them over to the neighbor's?

lol no don't have any close neighbors. just blow them back into the woods!
this is a re-purposed industrial cooling tower blower that i bought on ebay. gave $300 for the new unused blower with 10 horse electric motor.
sold the motor to a local machine shop for a $100. this is a heavy beast. all 1/4" steel. stands about 4ft tall. rated for 3200 rpm. i had it geared to turn around
3000 rpm at 520 pto rpm but quickly discovered that at that speed it will remove sod as well as leaves so i geared down to around 2400 rpm at pto speed. but i still only run it at about
1800 rpm and at that speed it will still move softball size rocks with no problem. so leaves limbs or whatever it moves. i originally built this for a 39 hp tractor but traded for a larger much heavier tractor
this year. i was afraid my new tractor would be rough on the yard so i tried this on my kubota 2350 and to my surprise the little kubota pulled it fine. just had to add weight to the front so i could keep the
front down but its gentle on the yard.

 

[Redlands Okie]

Pretty neat deal

 

[Thomas]

This I like. :thumbsup:

 

[rswyan]

Very cool ! ... :thumbsup:

 

[Sprinklerman]

Nice work

 

[Dave M7040]

How do you avoid inhaling neighborhood cats?

Plse post pictures of the impeller. I would like to see if it is forward curved, backward curved or straight bladed.

P.s. I should have looked at the first photos more closely.

Dave M7040

 

[firebird93]

How do you avoid inhaling neighborhood cats?

Plse post pictures of the impeller. I would like to see if it is forward curved, backward curved or straight bladed.

P.s. I should have looked at the first photos more closely.

Dave M7040

intake a little to high for cats but you do have to be cautious if you walk behind it with a hat on if it is running
one of the first pics shows the wheel but i can get more if you like when i get home from work. the wheel is also 1/4"
steel plate.

 

[Dave M7040]

intake a little to high for cats but you do have to be cautious if you walk behind it with a hat on if it is running
one of the first pics shows the wheel but i can get more if you like when i get home from work. the wheel is also 1/4"
steel plate.

When I looked at you second picture I saw the impeller detail I was looking for.

If you were trying to use your blower to suck up stuff, the impeller design would clog.

Impellers for large sawdust extractors and on tractor leave suckers use a straight blade design so material does not say on the blade.
Each design has its purpose but in your case you have so much more performance than you need, it really does not matter.

Nice job!

Dave M7040

 

[LouNY]

Good looking blower, I expect it works a bit better then mine :thumbsup:
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[sixdogs]

Good looking blower, I expect it works a bit better then mine :thumbsup:
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Clever use of that. They really pack a punch.

 

[aczlan]

Good looking blower, I expect it works a bit better then mine
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I have thought about making a blower out of a silage blower like that, never had the time or need to find one though.

Aaron Z

 

[rswyan]

I have thought about making a blower out of a silage blower like that, never had the time or need to find one though.

Aaron Z

Same here ... although I do have the need.

Seems to me it might work better if the discharge outlet was close to parallel to the ground.

 

[LouNY]

Same here ... although I do have the need.

Seems to me it might work better if the discharge outlet was close to parallel to the ground.

Yes it probably would, I keep thinking about doing a bunch of cutting and welding on it to mount it on the 3 pt and be able to rotate it much futher and both ways.
Just takes time and I also don't use it very much,couple of hours a year quite often I'll use the brush hog on the leaves when they are dry and the the wind will get them of the driveway.
When I have the time I use an Agri-Fab lawn vac on the lawn mower for the yard.