I think you made a great buy, I will look at the 35hp next fall. That blower will last for 20yrs plus easy. We do hundreds of fall clean ups, most with larger lawn's
Nice machine ! I pile them deep and thick here in my yard lots of oaks trees , with acres and a marsh way out back . Then I grab the plow quad and push them out . When they get deep and heavy blowers don’t touch it . Works fast and easier for me .
Hello Jonquil, I found a cost effective solution that may not work best for you or anyone else, but it works best for me. For $5500, I bought a Turfco tow-behind blower and hitch it up to my 0-turn mower. The advantage is that I can mow AND blow at the same time. I saw how this was done on a golf course and I was talking to the groundskeeper and he said that was the way to go especially on those wide-open properties. Keep making that bank!
This thing kicks ass. Saw them in Turf Depot a couple of weeks ago. I want one. 30 minutes WOW ! That's $400 -600 bucks in 30 minutes depending on how you price it.
I was looking for better ways for leaf collection too and just realised this year that I can do exactly what your machine does with my Ferris Stander. But better cause it chops the leaves at the same time. I go back and forth till all the leaves are to one point of the yard. Then leave for city pick up or haul if I have to.
I think if you remove some of the restrictor plates in the front where the leaves get stuck and mess with the throttle cable to make sure you can actually run on true full power you can get a lot more power out of it.
a 1 acre wooded lot in 30min is bangin. growing up, i used a rake & tarp on much smaller wooded yards. took 2 days. i'd like to find a vac system that's be safe to use on gravel roads. something i could hook up to an ATV cart. any suggestions?
couple quick tips. my first year with hurricane. slower you go pushes further. when leaves get built up to about 1-2ft, use mower to plow them to desired location.....- 18 years of back pack blowing. hurricane makes me smile. cleanups ive been doing for decades now have huge profits
My question is how much do charge for a job that size??? If you had a previous price, did you lower it or keep it the same as last time without hurricane??
The thing would be better if you could adjust the blower height. Once they pile up it becomes hard to move them because it blows too low... or just never let them start to pile.
Boost lord I just blowed leaves in my yard with a stihl backpack till I ran out of gas....oh I would LOVE that awesomeness machine! On the back 40 I get on my Scag and put the blower between my legs...STILL takes hours and hours.....when I win the lottery...that machine is the FIRST thing I buy!
What if there isn't a woods to blow leaves into? Most my customers want the leaves hauled away. This is great at moving leaves but wouldn't help me at all.
I can see some of the benefits but I'd like to see all these new Echo and Sthil blowers and this in less than perfect conditions. I've been at this since 2003 and always looking for equipment that is easier on us and quicker and if we had a few more larger properties I'd buy one but I'd also mount a leaf plow on the front of it.
you cleared that lot in approx a half hour - thats insane. People just want to shit on this for no reason. I've seen people shit on garden tractor mounted snowblowers too because they're too slow or don't throw snow far enough or whatever. They have no clue the effort it takes to move snow(or in this case leaves) and being able to do either while sitting down or standing still is a game changer.
I’ve got a slightly smaller walk behind model, ordered thinking it was a rider. It works great but my yard is over 2 acres and very steep so I switched to using no a lawn service right after I got it. So it just sits in my outside bldg with my other unused equipment.
Nice, how about rigging up a leaf blade you can mount on the front of that blower and push those high piles. Use the power of the motor to move the piles of leaves THEN blow the remainder with the blowers. Lots less time the way I see it.
I agree it you slow down on your passes it would be much more effective. Let the machine work for you. I honestly would rather hook up the leaf blow to the scag and push those piles into the woods. I think that works better
Yeah, any blower works great on small, dry leaves (rolling eyes). C’mon over to my my 4 acre yard after all the maple leaves have fallen - during a rain storm. But, it’s not bad for a $10,000 leaf blower.
JMO but the fellow with back pack might do better running a zero turn equipped with a leave plow. Once leaf pile becomes as big as a car it’s more effective just to push them if you have a wood line like you do here, then use blower to disperse them into woods.
For around the same price I’ll by a toro grandstand 48 in mower with the blower attachment, a plow and a power broom ok the plow and power broom will be a few k more but I’ll be able to use 1 machine all year round
I can’t get over the hate for this machine. If it makes your job more productive and more importantly...fun then do it. That’s a tough business to be in, and anything to make it suck less; I’m in. Smart move if you have the scratch and lawns to justify it. I’m with you on this one.
I'd say that it easily replaces four guys with ebz8500. Just gotta have those big straight-a-ways. I'm trying to justify buying the stand on aerator that's 10g too lol. Good luck with her.
I use a Trac vac, one pass and the area is as clean as if it was raked, it compost the leaves so much it makes great compost and have people all around the area I mostly work in that want the clippings. Just back up dump it and move on. And it cost about 1/3 of what you paid.
I live in Seattle Washington and there just isn't properties with the room or ideal setup for that machine. It's tight lots with small gates, neighbors on 3 sides, etc. It's a blower, rake, 32 gallon can, and a tarp. Oh and it rains almost every day in the fall so leaves are always wet.
Need to figure something out to direct the side discharge to middle of the front for blowing snow off sidewalks. Make it a year round machine make 10k a little easier to swallow.
Man we have been toying with the idea of getting the z3. Wonder how much difference there is. It was on sale around me for I believe 11,000. I hope you have a lot more videos of it coming. You got a new subscriber for sure.
Heavy Equipment pull the trigger on z3 if you have the business. I️ never considered z3 bc of space in my trailer. 11k is a good deal but you can buy demo for cheaper. Good luck
If you have the room, blowing is the best way to handle leaves. I used the Turbine blower from Ventrac this fall to gather up about 200 cubic yards of leaf litter over 3 days. It was awesome!
i moved from kansas to nevada been trying to convince my co workers that a walk behind blower is 100x better than a (clogged) leaf vacuum! And coordinated with a mulching mower in redundant looping, helio.... well, u have a no haul cleanup!
tons of volume but no velocity, the velocity is what pushes piles, cool idea but it needs power. I had a walk behind blower once and it was useless for most cleanups. slightly damp leaves or leaves with frost on them, the machine just couldnt grab, had to rake at them with a backpack blower. I want to see a machine like this that will do 350 mph, with the same volume. or at the least 250 mph like the higher end backpacks
it sure sounds like that motor is only running at about 60%power, you should see if you can crank that thing up to full power, make sure that spring hook is in the farthest position
