I guess I can see the point regarding places like the Villages and other tightly packed urban areas, with postage stamp lots packed in tightly, with no place to blow leaves, lawn clippings, debris, etc….contemplating the pro and cons. On the other hand, I don’t know what I’d do without my Stihl Magnum BR 800 2 cycle backpack leaf blower at our northern home. When one owns several acres of land in a rural area, surrounded by woods, with no close neighbors, try telling them they can’t use their $750 blower when their property is covered with leaves in early November. Every spring, when I drive back up north after a wonderful winter in the Villages, I bring about 10 gallons of ethanol free gas with me so I can fire up the blower and clear our property, my blind brothers property, the family lake house, and my 90 year old father in laws. There is no way I could do all that without my wonderful Stihl, which blows out hurricane force winds from a backpack. I hate urbanites trying to dictate to folks living in rural areas how they should live their lives.
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