Leaf blower

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Nitrams

Member

Location

Cornwall

• Aug 7, 2022

• #1

Any good leaf blowers for tidying up grai stores, looks to be fair range in prices. Either petrol or battery must have plenty of blow and on a farmer budget

 

Dave W

Member

Location

chesterfield

• Aug 7, 2022

• #2

Don’t bother looking past stihl

 

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stevedave

Member

• Aug 7, 2022

• #3

I got an Echo it seems fine. We got it to blow down the combine and balers but we use it for a lot more, plenty of blow it cleans down the drier and corn shed good and wasn't very expensive. The only problem is the dog loves chasing it and biting the end.

 

Phil P

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

North West

• Aug 7, 2022

• #4

Have you already got any battery powered hand tools? I’d go with whatever make your already running as the battery’s are the most extensive bit.
Personally we have a Milwaukee blower and it’s fantastic.

 

colhonk

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Darlington

• Aug 7, 2022

• #5

Are there still 2 milwauke blowers? which is the powerfullest one?

Trouble with milwauke is there is too much choice for the same tools, not enough info on difference for a mere mortal to choose.

 

Heathland

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Lincolnshire

• Aug 7, 2022

• #6

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Had several so called petrol leading brands,all given up the ghost,saw this in b&q at a good price 3yrs ago,still going strong,incredible blow output,might just buy another one for stock!

 

chickens and wheat

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Boroughbridge, york

• Aug 7, 2022

• #7

Beware ones with a sponge for air filter, not great with wheat dust, although to be fair it was also poultry shed dust which seriously shortened the life of ours.

I now have a stihl backpack model, more suitable for our usage and has a proper paper element.

 

Chae1

Member

Location

Aberdeenshire

• Aug 7, 2022

• #8

We have a cheapy Mitox, be on 3rd or 4th season. Never been any problem.

 

Bramble

Member

• Aug 7, 2022

• #9

Makita twin battery one we have is good. As @Phil P, if you’ve got battery tools go for the same make

 

zero

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Yorkshire coast

• Aug 7, 2022

• #10

Stihl. Coped with all the grain stores, combine, barn around the mill and mix, snow off the pickup and Mrs Zero clearing leaves out of the garden!

 

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Tony1989

Member

• Aug 7, 2022

• #11

We sell Ego cordless kit, they do several different types of blowers, very good kit

 

bobk

Member

Location

stafford

• Aug 7, 2022

• #12

Dave W said:

Don’t bother looking past stihl

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Just don't bother , someone will blow it back

 

oldoaktree

Member

Location

County Durham

• Aug 7, 2022

• #13

Just bought a milwauke one just over £100 body only from Paxtons I don’t use for grain stores but I’ll bet it would do the job . Small and light wieght pretty powerful

 

Rich k

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Yorkshire

• Aug 7, 2022

• #14

Have a sthil bg86 great for grain stores and blowing off the combine between fields

 

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Wurzeetoo

Member

• Aug 7, 2022

• #15

I’ve got the Milwaukee cordless one. It’s power is brilliant but the run time on a battery is pretty poor I find. My mate also runs a Milwaukee strimmer on the same power and finds a lack of power/runtime. Investigation shows there is a much larger than standard battery available so maybe give that a try

 

Renaultman

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Darlington

• Aug 7, 2022

• #16

Phil P said:

Have you already got any battery powered hand tools? I’d go with whatever make your already running as the battery’s are the most extensive bit.
Personally we have a Milwaukee blower and it’s fantastic.

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I bought a Hikoki previously Hitachi one a couple of months ago and must say I am seriously impressed by it.

 

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Hard Graft

Member

BASE UK Member

Location

British Isles

• Aug 7, 2022

• #17

have a petrol back pack husquvarna and cordless husquvarna hand held they both have their places
Backpack for big jobs
Handheld for small quick jobs

 

Spencer

Member

Location

North West

• Aug 8, 2022

• #18

Big Husky here and she can’t half blow.. great from grain stores but a bit numb on combine and baler, have a older smaller Sthil which is better for that job, but is a bit of age and struggling to keep here running right...

 

davidroberts30

Member

Location

pembrokeshire

• Aug 8, 2022

• #19

stevedave said:

I got an Echo it seems fine. We got it to blow down the combine and balers but we use it for a lot more, plenty of blow it cleans down the drier and corn shed good and wasn't very expensive. The only problem is the dog loves chasing it and biting the end.

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size 10 in the hoop stops that..

 

PSQ

Member

Arable Farmer

• Aug 8, 2022

• #20

We use a Stihl.
But sometimes the amount of dust it kicks up makes me wonder if they’re safe to use, or a possible cause of a ‘mill explosion’.

Fine dust + air + ignition = Big Bang