Leaf Blower, Mulcher, Vacuum (2002400) Check Availability

About:

A leaf blower is a device that propels air out of a nozzle to move debris such as leaves and grass cuttings. Other uses include: Cleaning shop vac filters, Drying a just washed car, or blasting out a gutter or downspout. Some units can also be used as vacuums, or shredders for leaves.

This Unit:

The Worx 350 cfm – 12A Electric TRIVAC Blower/Vac is your 3-in-1 complete leaf and debris clearing system. Blow the leaves into a pile, flip the switch and suck them up and mulch them into the collection bag, and dump it for compost or collection. It takes 18 bags worth of leaves and chops it down into 1 with its powerful two-stage metal impeller and shredder blades. You don’t even need to switch out tubes to change between functions. You just flip a switch. And that tube is angled so you can get under patio furniture and the deck without having to squat or get on your hands and knees. And even though this machine blows out air between 80 and 210 mph, it weighs less than 10 lbs and has been engineered to be operated with just one hand. That means almost anyone can use it to clean up the yard or blow out the driveway. The collection bag technically holds 1.2 Bushels of yard waste, but again, with the 18:1 mulcher, that’s going to be 18x more leaves than if you were raking or blowing the traditional way.

Operation:

• Twigs, garden mulch and landscape rocks can damage the impeller, so scout your yard and remove those objects before using the vacuum feature.

• Wear a dust respirator when shredding dry leaves and emptying the shoulder bag? Shredding kicks up a lot of dust.

• To blow leaves, point the leaf blower’s chute at the ground at a shallow angle so that the airflow is going under the leaves, not on top of the leaves. Move the leaf blower from left to right in an arc or u shape while you walk to create a pile of leaves. This motion may feel foreign at first, but it’ll become more and more natural with practice. Stay in one direction as you move so that you don’t ruin your work as you go. 

• If your leaf blower has a vacuum mode, conserve this for difficult to get to leaves where you can’t easily reach the leaves with your leaf blower or a leaf rake. The leaf vacuum will be best for leaves trapped around rocks, in tight spots, or at the base of your fence.

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Safety:

• Wear hearing protection. Newer leaf blowers are usually rated below 75 decibels, but that’s based on the noise level 50 ft. away from the machine. The noise level right at the machine can easily approach 100 decibels — high enough to cause permanent hearing loss.

• Wear eye protection. Leaf blowers kick up dust, dirt and rocks.

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