Leaf blower attachment, work in progress.

[Alex175 784]

A few months ago I picked up a nice little walk behind leaf blower.  It looked rough but the nice little Kohler motor on it turned over easy enough so I figured for the $50 I bought for it would be worth it no matter what.  Well one good sized burn on my arm and $8 later and now it starts second pull, no choke every time. 

 

Well as well as the blower worked, and as nicely as it pushed on asphalt, as soon as those tires hit grass it was like pushing a stubborn cow through knee deep mud.  Having a few acres of land to try and keep clear in the woods of New England I knew I had to find a better way.  So over the course of the last week my brother and I have been working on a mounting system to attach the blower to a plow frame with 0 butchering of either machine, we want everything to just bolt together using existing holes.

 

We have now successfully put them together, and although it still needs some modifications such as shortening the length of the mount, and maybe decreasing the height slightly, overall I am pretty happy with the design currently.  For a quick mock up I think we have a decent design, but if you guys have any ideas to strengthen it, I look forward to input.  Ultimately I will probably end up mounting the blower on the 3 point hitch of my C-195, but it is currently occupied by other attachments so I wanted to have a second option for times like this.

 

 

 

    

[Achto 27,917]

The set up that you have looks pretty good. If there is a way to put a swivel caster on the front of the blower it would be easier to turn with out having to pick it up.

[WHX?? 49,486]

10 minutes ago, Achto said:

The set up that you have looks pretty good. If there is a way to put a swivel caster on the front of the blower it would be easier to turn with out having to pick it up.

My thoughts exactly. If you offroading with it a bigger pneumatic style would be best. 

[SylvanLakeWH 26,153]

Excellent idea!

 

And with @Achto and @WHX24 suggestion I think you'd have a perfect set up...