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re: Massachusetts bans gas leaf blowers
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:09 am to GetCocky11
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:09 am to GetCocky11
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I've never understood the obsession with raking and blowing leaves.
I have a ton of concrete, it looks like shite if it's covered in leaves.
And OP, this is only for one town, not the whole state.
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Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:09 am to CAD703X
They're gonna shite when someone brings a tractor in there and starts bailing up the leaves with a round baler- it works pretty good.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:10 am to CAD703X
This is a good step imo. Leaf/trimming blowing should never take long enough to need more than its battery capacity. I could see mowers/trimmers pushing that for sure but leaf blowers are generally so unnecessary.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:10 am to nola tiger lsu
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Im seeing more and more electrical lawn mowers and leaf blowers
They're great for small yards, but thats about it. Otherwise you have to stop and wait for it to recharge multiple times or buy a few extra batteries.
Electric lawn equipment isn't practical for commercial lawn services because they'd have to carry a ridiculous number of spare batteries around all day. And they'd probably still have to bring a portable gas generator along so they can use it to recharge electric batteries throughout the day. I'd rather hear a gas mower and leaf blower outside than having the lawn guys running a generator in the back of their truck to recharge electric mower batteries for use at the next yard.
And good luck if you actually need a mower with a little bit of horsepower....like a St Augustine grass yard that goes more than 5-6 days in summer without being mowed. E-mower would suck for that.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:13 am to Tiger Prawn
quote:Not disagreeing with this at all. Mowers and trimmers definitely still need gas options.
And good luck if you actually need a mower with a little bit of horsepower....like a St Augustine grass yard that goes more than 5-6 days in summer without being mowed. E-mower would suck for that.
Leaf blowing is so unnecessary. If we weren't so lazy and entitled as a country we would take the extra 5 minutes and use a shop broom instead.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:15 am to CAD703X
Growing up in NC, we lived in a very wooded neighborhood with a lot of tall pines and deciduous trees. Our next door neighbor would wake up every single Saturday in the fall at 7am right on the dot and from sunrise to sunset would have his gas blower running at full throttle. Blowing leaves was this dude's hobby. Weird guy. Ended up getting divorced and his wife took the house and the shite stopped.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:15 am to nola tiger lsu
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Im seeing more and more electrical lawn mowers and leaf blowers and the insane noise pollution is getting better
I finally got a battery leaf blower last year and it is great.
There is nothing yet that can convince me to switch to a battery weedeater, edger, or especially a lawnmower.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:17 am to nola tiger lsu
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It is really not that bad.
Another OT moderate that embraces any authoritarian law put in place by a leftist leader.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:20 am to nola tiger lsu
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It is really not that bad. Im seeing more and more electrical lawn mowers and leaf blowers and the insane noise pollution is getting better. Just relax a bit.
Most of tge electric blowers suck. You have to get a $250 model to equal a gas blower.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:21 am to CAD703X
Sucks for the commercial companies but for your personal use the battery ones get the job done. I have the ryobi 20v and it’s fine. That’s just for my house though. I’m not using it anything close to what a crew would.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:22 am to CAD703X
When my gas unit crapped out I went with a battery unit - the ease of use makes it amazing
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:25 am to CAD703X
Isn’t Mass one of the states that allows sex changes for kids??? Makes sense.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:29 am to Harry Caray
I don't care about your opinion. My Echo PB 9010T with an 80cc two stroke isn't going anywhere. I live in the country on a lot of land. Your opinions hold no water here.
I can blow the leaves off of the trees with that thing.
I can blow the leaves off of the trees with that thing.
This post was edited on 4/23/25 at 10:31 am
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:31 am to CAD703X
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Massachusetts bans gas leaf blowers
Arlington, Massachusetts did. Not the entire Commonwealth. There are HOAs in Florida that are probably larger than Arlington. Everyone here needs to relax.
This post was edited on 4/23/25 at 10:36 am
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:32 am to CAD703X
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However, the issues with gas blowers extend well beyond just noise pollution. Because of the smaller size of the often two-stroke motors used in conventional leaf blowers, they're not always subject to the same strict emissions and efficiency laws as the larger combustion engines found in cars and trucks. For that reason, they can produce a staggering level of pollution.
Meanwhile, AOC and Bernie are flying private around the country to ramble about oligarchy, and other politicians are flying to El Salvador to have margaritas with a criminal.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:34 am to nvasil1
quote:Please keep up this energy for private jets when anyone other than a Dem politician uses them
Meanwhile, AOC and Bernie are flying private around the country to ramble about oligarchy, and other politicians are flying to El Salvador to have margaritas with a criminal.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:36 am to CAD703X
The sound bothers me tremendously.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:36 am to CAD703X
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on the commercial use of gas-powered leaf blowers. It is the second stage of a plan approved in 2022 to fully ban gas-powered blowers in the town.
The first stage, which was implemented in March 2023, involved a seasonal ban on the blowers by commercial users.
So could I use a gas-powered leaf vaccuum. Some leaf blowers have vaccuum options to suck up the leaves instead of blowing them.
So I don't have a leaf blower, it is a leaf vaccuum.
This entire topic sucks.
This post was edited on 4/23/25 at 10:47 am
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:38 am to Tiger Prawn
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And good luck if you actually need a mower with a little bit of horsepower....like a St Augustine grass yard that goes more than 5-6 days in summer without being mowed. E-mower would suck for that.
I can't imagine St Augustine grass is popular in Massachusetts or anywhere north of the Carolinas (IDK, just a guess). Battery-powered push lawnmowers work quite well and are getting popular up north, especially since you can fold them up and store them vertically. With that said, using a battery-powered snowblower in heavy snow is not fun. I suspect gas-powered snowblowers will stay around for a while.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:45 am to EZE Tiger Fan
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Another OT moderate that embraces any authoritarian law put in place by a leftist leader.
Enjoyed the laugh this AM. So many angry people here!
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