I wished I'd have seen this last fall. There was an old blower in a pile of junk behind the barn from previous owners that I sent to scrap. A great idea if nothing more than "just 'cause I can"
I built one of these 2 years ago. Mine is 540. I think I'm gonna look for a bigger tractor or install a gear box to speed it up a bit mine works but doesn't blow as hard as it should. But I need to figure out how much faster I can go before it becomes a negative air.
Add a smaller fan to the opening to help feed the ambient air into the blower? Kind of like compound turbos on a diesel. Could be either belt drive off the PTO or possibly 12v - ford Taurus fans move lots of air.
Add a smaller fan to the opening to help feed the ambient air into the blower? Kind of like compound turbos on a diesel. Could be either belt drive off the PTO or possibly 12v - ford Taurus fans move lots of air.
Tried out the blower today and it works great. What used to take me 2 hours raking now takes me about 20 minutes using the "Super Blower". It will blow leaves 50+ ft. I blew them into a large pile and then hauled them away. I use engine speed to control the distance I want to blow the leaves. It is kinda fun to use.