Three point leave blower

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eddieirvine

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I am sure some have built a three point hitch leave blower i have made my own three point hitch and welded it up turned out fine, If you have one and some ideas let me know this will be a winter project for next fall when the leaves pile up, I swear i had a semi load of them LOL thanks !
 
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I am sure some have built a three point hitch leave blower i have made my own three point hitch and welded it up turned out fine, If you have one and some ideas let me know this will be a winter project for next fall when the leaves pile up, I swear i had a semi load of them LOL thanks !
I just pull walk behind leaf blower behind ATV. Can pull it behind tractor or mount it in the loader
 
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I have thought about putting my blower on the 3 point but it tows behind good enough.
Not the handiest but does work.

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I have a 3pt leaf blower for our 50hp. Works GREAT. Can clear a few acres in no time, especially if it is fairly wide open. Look for golf courses selling off their old ones. My Stihl backpack blower is impressive on its own but next to the 3pt blower it seems like a hair dryer.
 
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I have a 3pt leaf blower for our 50hp. Works GREAT. Can clear a few acres in no time, especially if it is fairly wide open. Look for golf courses selling off their old ones. My Stihl backpack blower is impressive on its own but next to the 3pt blower it seems like a hair dryer.
I bought a blower that you use on your back and works well but at 75 it is getting a bit to much and i am going to mount that on the rear, and the bucket would work also i just thought on the 3 point it will be less eating leaves lol
 
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Having the blower behind you is better, sort of cuts down on the dust. Here is pic of the one I use. The rounded part is about 3 1/2' high.

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I use a Mist blower for an Orchard... What mine looked like before I stripped it down...

I removed the hydraulics, the tank and all hoses, just use it to blow leaves out of my ditches...
 

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I use a Mist blower for an Orchard... What mine looked like before I stripped it down...

I removed the hydraulics, the tank and all hoses, just use it to blow leaves out of my ditches...
What did they use it for ? Cleaning up the orchard or spraying?
 
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What did they use it for ? Cleaning up the orchard or spraying?
It was a sprayer but the PTO pump (on the very end of the PTO shaft) locked up. I still have not been able to remove / replace it it. I don't have a need (I actually I do but....) to use it as a sprayer so It's a leaf blower for now.

I could fix it but there are other things more pressing....

This was heading to the junk yard before I pulled it aside...
 
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I have a Jacobson 3ph blower. I use it mainly for a drainage swale. Works great, it will blow away puppy dogs and small children. I rigged up a hydraulic deflector so I can straight out or down into the ditch.
 
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I use a Mist blower for an Orchard... What mine looked like before I stripped it down...

I removed the hydraulics, the tank and all hoses, just use it to blow leaves out of my ditches...
Cool setup. Makes you wonder if you use a discarded furnace blower fan to rig up on a 3 pt frame....👍
 
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I looked at some store-bought 3pt blowers and they seemed to run around $3K to $6K if I remember right. They can also demand dozens of horsepower. Pretty big contrast re the backpack blower I use.

If you go the home-built route, learn about fan curves, and be careful as you're talking quite a flywheel there. Don't let it go off wandering around on its own. I think home-built could work quite well, especially if you buy the impeller and maybe the scroll cage. Just my thought.

A few years ago I was involved in a project at work that used 75 horsepower high speed blowers rated for 400 C, having very sturdy welded stainless steel impellers maybe 4' in diameter. The things were actually a bit scary.
 
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last year I had a 10hp little wonder mounted to the front of a little honda 300cc quad. It would blow like the Dickens but wasn't nimble so if you have alot of things to go around it's not going to work as fast as you may think.

At my house I just mulch all the leaves into the lawn. Works great and come growing season you cant even tell.
 
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Here's an old post (#8) from 9 years ago and a short video. Last few years I went with modified blades on a side discharge RFM.


 
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I made a 3 pt frame that holds my 10 HP Little Wonder blower. I can use it with my BX Kubota or remove the blower and use the blower by itself. Works great accept by the time the leaves come down the ground is so wet it’s easy to make ruts with the tractor.
 
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Cool setup. Makes you wonder if you use a discarded furnace blower fan to rig up on a 3 pt frame....👍
Hi, I did just that using a fan from a old factory fan heater (furnace blower in USA) mounted on a 3pt frame with suitable pulley belt ratio to get a decent speed (approx 3:1 increase on pto speed) fashioned a chute from scrap tin sheets. Worked okay. still have it in shed but now use a leaf sucker (paddock cleaner) as it chops up leaves and easier to tip on compost heap. So yes it is possible to make one that works okay.

If you want a picture - pm me and give me afew days to get it sorted.
 
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I am sure some have built a three point hitch leave blower i have made my own three point hitch and welded it up turned out fine, If you have one and some ideas let me know this will be a winter project for next fall when the leaves pile up, I swear i had a semi load of them LOL thanks !
here is what i came up with i made my 3 point assembly and mounted the back pack husqvarna on it
 

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