Landscapers that use electric leaf blowers?

Let me know if you find someone. I think most landscapers avoid electric because they are out all day and the batteries don't last. Rakes require a lot of manpower... I've mainly seen them used at fancy hotels where they hire large amounts of staff to keep things quiet.

Yeah, I checked with mine and they use gas :( I wonder if Leo Montagne knows anyone...

Fun fact: Ashley Brilliant led a successful campaign to ban gas-powered leaf blowers in his town: "About 10 years ago (circa 1997) I led a 3-month initiative campaign which resulted in our local ban on gas-powered leafblowers. That will tell you how high on my personal list of What Matters Most is the simple value of PEACE and QUIET."

I love this idea and wish King County would ban them.

Let's ban them! I had no idea that an hour of leafblower = 1,000 miles of driving. Ugh

+1 to banning!

crosscut.com/2019/11/leaf-b...

I did a little research and the best I could find was one model of electric leaf blower that claims "Over 90 minutes of run time: 15 minutes on Turbo; 200 minutes on low". Probably not good enough for the landscapers out all day to immediately switch over, unfortunately. However, they could totally rake a lot more than they do.

At my condo, there's lots of outdoor outlets, and plug-in blowers are very cheap and probably super light. I wonder if I bought it, would they use it?

I'm feeling motivated. I mailed city council!

Your landscaper might go for it, who knows? Never hurts to ask.

I like your idea of getting your landscaper to use your blower. We got a Ryobi One+ leaf blower from Home Depot and have been happy with it. The charge doesn't last long enough for a landscaper to use all day, but we get about 30 minutes which is plenty for our medium sized yard.

This just in:

"Oakland Bans the Use of Combustion Engine-Powered Leaf Blowers and String Trimmers"
oaklandca.gov/resources/oak...

BTW, I mailed city council.

That's awesome! Also they have a nice listing of electric alternatives for lawn equipment. ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/pro...

I googled it. Yes. Www.cleanairlawncareseattle .com