I got a BR 800 C-E today.

[user 188535]

I LOVE IT!!!

It is kind of heavy but comfortable and the weight is spread out really nicely. I put a photo and video below.

 

[farmguywithasaw]

Eh That thing blows

 

[user 188535]

Eh That thing blows

Awwww yeahhhhhh it does!

 

[ZinTrees]

ive run probably close to a hundred gallons of gas through mine and its nice, ill get the larger echo next probably tho, ive found the 800 to be a little weak when cleaning up sticks off a lawn, but it works great blowing off sawdust, wood chips, trucks, walkways, neighbors cat etc

 

[pdqdl]

Now when you get tired of playing around cleaning up a yard with a high-powered blower, fill up that left hand with a handheld blower and use two blowers at once.

If you think that backpack blower is great, see how much better it works to clean out corners and pick up details with two running at the same time. I tell all my guys during fall cleanups: I don't need two guys with two blowers. Get one man on a rake, and one guy use two blowers. Rakes, by the way, are definitely a two handed tool.

Properly done, the guy with the rake can move the bigger piles along with twigs, and the blower guy cleans up details real fast.

 

[user 188535]

Now when you get tired of playing around cleaning up a yard with a high-powered blower, fill up that left hand with a handheld blower.

If you think that backpack blower is great, see how much better it works to clean out corners and pick up details with two running at the same time. I tell all my guys during fall cleanups: I don't need two guys with two blowers. Get one man on a rake, and one guy use two blowers. Rakes, by the way, are definitely a two handed tool.

Properly done, the guy with the rake can move the bigger piles along with twigs, and the blower guy cleans up details real fast.

Or I could buy this accessory and have it shipped from Europe. This is honestly not a bad idea though.

This thing is crazy powerful though. It will be nice because a 2-acre yard will be one of my accounts

 

[ZinTrees]

It will be nice because a 2-acre yard will be one of my accounts

on a property of that size, if you are doing any form of leaf cleanup I would get a walk behind Billy Goat blower

 

[user 188535]

on a property of that size, if you are doing any form of leaf cleanup I would get a walk behind Billy Goat blower

Well, the Stihl is more powerful than the smallest billy goat. And the yard is long, not wide. He is old and uses an Ego 21" to mow his yard. It is more like 1.2 acres now that I measured it. But then again, the house is big too.

 

[ZinTrees]

Well, the Stihl is more powerful than the smallest billy goat. And the yard is long, not wide. He is old and uses an Ego 21" to mow his yard. It is more like 1.2 acres now that I measured it. But then again, the house is big too.

did I say to get the smallest billy goat?

engage brain before purchasing, no dumb area

 

[pdqdl]

Or I could buy this accessory and have it shipped from Europe.

That attachment will give you more leverage on your exhaust chute. That might be quite the advantage for a smaller person with some strength or leverage issues. I was referring to one person operating two blower exhausts with two different hands.

Once you try it, you are likely to never go back to a single-blower plan, except for little jobs. Or perhaps jobs where you are getting paid by the hour. Two little BG-85 handheld blowers will outperform your BG-800, and cost a lot less, too.

It's not always about what has the most power. Think about converging forces.

 

[ZinTrees]

That attachment will give you more leverage on your exhaust chute. That might be quite the advantage for a smaller person with some strength or leverage issues. I was referring to one person operating two blower exhausts with two different hands.

Once you try it, you are likely to never go back to a single-blower plan, except for little jobs. Or perhaps jobs where you are getting paid by the hour. Two little BG-85 handheld blowers will outperform your BG-800, and cost a lot less, too.

It's not always about what has the most power. Think about converging forces.

I should fix up my old BR600 and run both at one time!

 

[pdqdl]

I wouldn't. That looks pretty cumbersome.

 

[ZinTrees]

im young and dumb, I can handle it
dont throw yer hip outta wack starting both blowers, PD

 

[pdqdl]

...And then the guy in my video puts one blower down when two are the greatest benefit: tight quarters where one blower chases crumbs while the other sweeps the pile away or clears the air of all the swirly stuff falling on your head.

 

[user 188535]

did I say to get the smallest billy goat?

engage brain before purchasing, no dumb area

No. But still. there is no need to buy a big machine for one yard.

 

[pdqdl]

What? I thought bigger was always better. You should check this one out.

 

[sean donato]

1.2 acres is going to take forever with a back pack blower. My old man already has one, but a vac trailer is the dogs dangalies as far as large property leaf clean up. Hook it up to the mower and drive. Flick a switch to dump it out. I'd never go back to blowers for larger yards, but if I did it wouldn't be anything back mounted or hand held.

 

[jellyroll]

4 mix meh.

 

[ZinTrees]

4 mix meh.

4 mix is fantastic, dunno why everyone hates on them

 

[sean donato]

4 mix is fantastic, dunno why everyone hates on them

Because you've never Maintained a fleet of them. They are junk, wouldn't give one to someone I hated