On Sep 5, 11:19*am, George wrote:
On 9/5/2012 2:00 AM, DD_BobK wrote:





On Sep 4, 5:20 pm, "walter" wrote:
My 18 year old Sears leaf blower gave up its ghost. I tried to resuscitate
it by rebuilding the carb, but no joy.

I am looking for an inexpensive gas leaf blower for light duty around my
home.

I was looking at the reviews of some blowers at Walmart, the HD and Amazon,
but they all had rather poor reviews, except the $ 500 Echos. I don't want
to spend more than @ 100.

Any recommendations based on experience? Is it worth looking at any of the
many re-furbished blowers on E-bay?

Thanks

Walter

--www.rationality.net

How about you don't bother the leaves?

I bother them by running over them with the mulching mower at least
where we have grass. There are a few shreds of leaves scattered around
for a few days but I am not in the make your lawn look like a putting
green competition.

And give nearby folks a break on noise & air pollution?

+1



Two stroke engines dump about 30% of their fuel unburned.
Blowers stir up lots of particulates, the good news, operator suffers
the worst.

Or heaven forbid...use a rake?

Thats what I use in some spots to pull them out so I can get them with
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Stop by my house and check out the areas that have bushes and my
wife's gardens.

There is no way you're pulling them out with a rake. I even have a
very narrow rake for working around plants.

Option 1 - Get down on my hands and knees and spend hours upon hours
removing the leaves by hand
Option 2 - Stand upright and use a shop vac to remove the leaves from
in and around the bushes and plants.

Guess which option I use?