is this adequate to blow pine needles? have had problems with electric blowers and pine needles
569481
It Has enough power at idle and if you need more??? then pull the trigger brother for more power!! Woooo!! Whoooo!!
569482
It depends if the pine needles are dry or matted. If they are heavy I would say no. This is not a powerful blower. It's adequate for clearing sidewalks of grass clippings. Not much more.
1632495
It should work just fine. I don't get pine needles, but I get plenty of tiny debris including palm tree seeds, my own hair, long narrow leaves, palm fronds, etc. and it picks up absolutely every one of them without any problems. Usually the problems occur with larger items, like an entire 2 foot long palm frond!
1636985
In response to Aaron's question, my experience with this machine is really more to do with blowing autumn leaves off driveways and other garden areas, but I imagine that the blower would be powerful enough for what you have in mind. Plus it's small enough to get into tight spaces, but as I have not used it for this purpose I don' to give you incorrect information.
1588615
I find it best to strip off leaves-the residue when left on tends to accumulate in the cutting chamber and cause overheating. At the very least I wind up having to open it up to clean out the debris. A few leaves seem to make no difference to speak of-only when there are a fair number of them-likewise pine needles seem to be no problem,
155748
look just below the blades I get a lot of pine needles and Palo Verde leaves caught around mine. You could have something similar. Sometimes they free by their self and sometimes I have to use a small set of tweezers, nail or piece of wire to free it up and mine always starts working again.
2003269
This is a fan not a high speed blower so it would not be very efficient trying to blow leaves..
1638641
I have only used it to blow debris and dust out of filters, etc., but I believe it would work. I have liked mine.
2179520
Sad to say pine needles do clog the gutter brush and clog the water flow. the brushes must be taken out and shaken.Acorns and leaves to not penetrate the brushes.
176404
I do not have tons of pine trees on my property, but I believe if the pine straw is sticky from pine sap, the machine is going to have problems handling that type of debris.
556024
Barbara,Most local power equipment shops (think commerical and residential mowers, string trimmers, large snow throwers) have service departments that will repair any issues should you have a problem with this blower. I owned two of the models before the BBX7600N and they served me well besides a faulty insulator gasket issue that Makita seems to have cleared up by reinforcing them on the newer models. Keep your gas clean, change your oil as suggested and you shouldn't have any issues with this blower.
1370706
I have several huge pine trees with the 3-6 inch long needles. It works great on them once you get the hang of setting the height of the brushes. It will pick up pine cones, but sometimes it flips them out in front of the sweeper too. I usually just pick up the cones by hand and throw them in the basket as I walk behind the sweeper. I like my lawn clean and this sweeper is just the ticket for cleaning up after those messy pine trees.
126281
We didn't have any problems at all. We mulched pine needles, lawn clippings and small branches etc. Its did a really great job and was pleasantly surprised how well the plastic blades held out. Very good buy!!!
392297
Pine needles are not problem beacuse they have a low density and diameter. You may have to use the plunger (provided) to push them through. I have chipped small branches (fresh or dried out) up to 1/2 inch in diameter. Makes a great way to also clear out blackberry vines.
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I've never tried this electric snow blower on the grass. Looks like it might work if you carefully police the area to be cut to make sure it's free of anything (sticks, twigs, rocks, etc.) which could get jammed between the rotating blade and housing and destroy the electric motor (I'm not seeing a shear pin like my larger gas power snow blower) to protect transmission in case of jam. For this reason, I strongly recommend that you use it for snow for which it was designed. Might make a call to Toro and inquire. :~)
2256905
I have then BT and find it an adequate machine for blowing. My issue is, there is not a good place to hole the machine while starting, and would prefer the throttle would be mounted on the blower, rather then the blower tube.
776871
Hi. Well I have used normal leaf blowers to do that very job and since this is a little stronger than a leaf blower, it should work fine.
559338
The Looj works well on long pine needles. I have several huge pine trees near my house. It took a while for the first cleaning. The looj will back up and try again if the gutter is really clogged. Like other iRobot products, it works well if you use it as a maintenance tool. I now use it several times a year before the gutter becomes totally clogged. With a light gutter buildup, the looj zips through leaves and pine needles.