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  1. Al Smith

    Leaf blower questions

    :lol: Well yes they will do that as well as blow all the gravel out of the driveway if you keep at it long enough .They'll blow a wasp nest about 50 feet no problem .It screws the wasps up so bad they don't have a clue what to do .
  2. Al Smith

    Leaf blower questions

    Sounds like it might have a shock mount going bad .From this end it seems to be some noise as if the fan impeller is rubbing the housing .Now how hard that is to repair I have no idea . Another thing although I have no idea about a 550 the BR 400s' and 420s' will wind up a lot more than that...
  3. Al Smith

    Leaf blower questions

    I'm not sure about easy but I have a pretty good idea you could handle it .;)
  4. Al Smith

    Leaf blower questions

    There's a considerable difference between a 400 and a 600 .The 400 is 3.4 HP ,476 CFM at about 180 MPH air blow .The 600 is 4 HP 700 CFM at 201 MPH air blow .CFM's on both are taken with the nozzels attached . Now I suppose you could soup them up but why you would want to escapes me .Running at...
  5. Al Smith

    Leaf blower questions

    Tom does work for a guy who has probabley as much equiptment as Tom does .Every piece of small equipment is Stihl which he has in duplicate and keeps them in A-one shape . About every 3-4 years he replaces them .So maybe a year or so ago he had both a BR 400 and a BR 420 that Tom bought for 200...
  6. Al Smith

    Leaf blower questions

    They work real good at getting the last falls leaves out of the flower beds .If you get close enough to the flowers you can uproot them too .Not good though then you end up with a grumpy woman .
  7. Al Smith

    Leaf blower questions

    You want some fun,chase a cat with one .You've heard of Puss in Boots .That's cat in tree .:lol: Aha cat rescuers of the world .Try a blower on the cat .I'd say if it makes them take to the trees the reverse should work too .---Al the meanie---
  8. Al Smith

    Leaf blower questions

    I haven't had the occasion to try and blow 4 feet of snow .I did however remove two feet which had crusted over . Once you get under the crust that BR 400 will lift chunks the size of a wash tub .Gets a tad chilly at times .Beats hell out of a snow shovel though . I've got all these sand...
  9. Al Smith

    Leaf blower questions

    You can use a leaf blower for a lot of things other than just blowing leaves .I used the back pack last summer to dry the tar paper off on the roof prior to roofing the addition .Use it to give a little boost to the burn pile every so often . When I get the time I'm going to have to figure out...
  10. Al Smith

    Leaf blower questions

    A blower or a weedwacker is kind of miserable to listen to that I must admit .
  11. Al Smith

    Leaf blower questions

    Once I learned to start that BR 400 it starts easy .I fought that rascal for a time though .--Old dog new trick .Kinda turned into a bone of contention until I figgered it out .
  12. Al Smith

    Leaf blower questions

    I have a Stihl BR 400 which blows a bunch of air .In fact it does pretty good job of blowing snow . It in comparrison to a small hand held Ryobi indications with the increased CFMs' it just blows more material .A lot more like 3 feet walls of leaves .The little one does just as well on smaller...
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