Self propelled walk behind leaf blowers?

[coobie]

Just sold my little wonder 8HP leaf blower.I am looking at the self propelled walk behind Billy goat 9HP model as I have quite a few hills in my yard.Anyone have any feedback good or bad on the self propelled model leaf blowers?Thanks.

 

[Raw Dodge]

If your going self propelled why limit yourself to a 9hp? I'd get a 13 or 18hp...

 

[murphy1244]

If your going self propelled why limit yourself to a 9hp? I'd get a 13 or 18hp...

How you do leaves on your Ventrac?

 

[coobie]

If your going self propelled why limit yourself to a 9hp? I'd get a 13 or 18hp...

WHY the 13-18 hp over the 9hp model?This for residential use NOT commercial use.The 9hp should serve me well.

 

[coobie]

Anyone with real life experience with the self propelled models?

 

[jpaeye]

I dont have any experience with self-propelled blowers (I use an Agrimetal 3 point hitch blower and backpack blowers), but might recommend you look at the website of Wise sales in Illinois (Yamaha & Honda Generators, Power Equipment, and Toro Zero-Turns | Wise Sales). They sell an assortment of blowers, and it appears there is a big jump in price above 9 HP. They also have reviews on their blowers as well. A Billy Goat Subaru 9 HP self-propelled is $1539. I have a Billy Goat overseeder that is self-propelled and well-built. I love it. I also have found Wise sales to very consistently have competitive pricing, so much so that I no longer check anywhere else.

 

[jhm3500]

If you own an ATV or UTV and have lots of hilly property, I'd check out promanpto.com who has a hydraulic leaf and debris blower attachment. Looks interesting and pretty high powered.

 

[compact]

6 foot bush hog with high lift blades has completely replaced my leaf blower

 

[coobie]

To many low hanging branches in the yard to use my tractor with 3 point blower. My ag tires on my cab tractor would tear up my yard so 3pt. blower is out.

 

[sven1277]

We use a 16hp self propelled walk behind blower for leaf cleanups. It is infinitely better than a push model. I still wish it were bigger. We do about 130 cleanups in a season.