Buy the most power model of whatever brand!!

Use weed eater with blower attachment for 1/8 acre front lawn. Use goats for other two acres.

Goats eat leaves and I eat the goats

Stihl back pack. only way to go. the problem is, the leaf blower blows the grass off the ground if you're not paying attention.

Also an attachment for gutter cleaning


Just make sure you buy a medium to commercial use weed eater

I've cleared two acres with items in above pick.

Crazy tough!

My husqvarna 125b handheld is a pile. Problems with the rubber somewhere and looses pressure and you have to restart it if you idle it too long. Buy an echo backpack, you’ll be happy. My husky just hangs on the wall now that I have both it and the echo PB580T. I wanted the 755 but couldn’t get it locally when I had time. The 580 does plenty good, surprised me, and probably couldn’t justify the 700s for my yard. You’re old so you run non-ox in all small engines anyway I’m sure, but that is key if you use it intermittently.

Did Barb break her arm?

I have had a stehl back pack for two year, good blower, use there oil. Would buy another in a hear beat.

I bought a big stihl backpack blower, and it was one of the best things I have invested in! I have never blown a leaf with it, but I have piles of sidewalk here, and it is the slickest thing for clearing the snow. Up to 3 or 4 inches of powder snow is gone in no time!

Have a Stihl Backpack and 2 of the Stihl handhelds. All work great.

Backpacks suck it you are left handed

Our backpack blower grew legs. I hate a thief.

I do have a shop vac wit a detachable motor that doubles as a blower. Not a great leaf blower but does a great job as a bee blower when I'm clearing supers when robbing honey.

Got me. LOL

Sorry to take so long to get back to this. Stuff happens.

What I want is something with enough power to move snow. Would like to be able to blow a path from my deck to the road. Probably 100 feet. Probably never need to blow more than a foot of new snow at a time and it is almost always very dry and light....until early spring.

I would also like to be able to blow a couple valleys clear.on my roof....without getting on the roof.

So how far up a roof valley would a good machine be effective while standing at the bottom....on a ladder ???

My biggest concerns are reliability and performance. Not price

DOC: thanks for mentioning the problems with your Husky. I have been reading both good and bad reviews about them.

What model Whopper ??

Friar.... which model ??

White, I had the br600 and it would take the chrome off a hitch. They have even more powerful ones now. I had them for years and never had one issue with them.

Thanks Catch !!!

I take it O'l Blister finally wore out her snow shovel ?
Or is she too busy packing out Moose ?