All Things Redneck: The Backpack Blower

A backpack blower. Pretty self-explanatory. It is essentially a leaf blower, with the engine part forming the ‘backpack’ portion and a hand-held attachment that does the blowing. This piece of equipment is popular among landscapers, due to its ease and timesaving features as compared to the manual process. But what most people do not realize is that this particular piece of equipment has more practical uses than blowing off a driveway. Here is a short list of other uses:

• Duster: We all know that dusting can be a real pain. Especially since dust, particles and dirt fibers get everywhere, including on the furniture, in the carpet, and on all surfaces. A quick and efficient way to get rid of all this dirt? You guessed it, a backpack blower! Simply turn it on, put it on your back, and blow everything out! Note: All windows and doors must be opened first, and all lose items must be secured or put away so as to eliminate the amount of things that go flying. This process may also be used in any enclosure, including a garage, or a car.

• Fire starter: Lighting a fire in a large wood-burning BBQ wood can take a long time to get started and raging. Solution? Backpack blower! Just put all the logs in the BBQ, with some newspaper and kindling, light it with a match and after it gets going a bit, let the backpack blower do the rest. With that kind of air supply, you will have the best BBQ in town.

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