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drifter
Joined: Oct 13, 2010
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Looking to buy a leaf blower, Echo, or Husqvarna?
Original Message Oct 30, 2010 3:41 pm |
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Guys, I'm going to buy a leaf-blower, probably as early as tomorrow. I came across two "used" back-pack blower; one is the Huqvarna, 155BT, 48cc's,and the other is an Echo PB-651H / 63,3 cc's, with one year left on the warranty.
http://www.newhavenpower.com/Echo_PB_651H.html
http://www.northwestpowertools.com/lawnandgarden/blowers/155bt.htm
Any thoughts?
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aa335
 
Joined: Nov 29, 2008
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Re: Looking to buy a leaf blower, Echo, or Husqvarna?
Reply #8 Nov 1, 2010 11:25 pm |
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I picked up a set of aluminum ramps today, for loading the snow-blower onto my trailer. They're 7' ramps, and they fold for easy storage. Capacity is 1400 lbs. The guy that sold me the snow-blower, had a set of ramps like that, and we loaded that lil' Honda 1132 onto the back of a GMC turbo-diesel pick-up truck, in no time flat. It was fun to see that Honda climb the ramps.I bought the ramps brand new at Canadian Tire, for $99.00. They're 40% off this week.  I may change my mind on those however, since I'm putting a hitch on my car later this week, or next. That dealer says he can modify my existing tail-gate into a ramped tail-gate. I'll see what he has to offer. Exactly the kind of set up I'd like to get. Heavy duty diesel truck with a ramp for my HS1132 with tracks to crawl up on. Go anywhere during a blizzard, even to the mother in law's house to clear her driveway. Well, anywhere but that. :)
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MacGarage
Joined: Sep 10, 2010
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Re: Looking to buy a leaf blower, Echo, or Husqvarna?
Reply #9 Nov 2, 2010 4:05 pm |
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I picked up the rain gutter kit from Echo. It was $47 after tax. It took about five minutes to put together.
It works great. I have two outbuildings and a first floor kitchen with gutters. It probably took ten minutes, maybe fifteen max to blow them all out. I probably will try and see what I can do about making it reach the second story gutters. Much better than a pressure washer this time of year!
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