HURRICANE X3 Better than a backpack blower

[@bphilbac]

Man, that machine is serious. Nice demo, thanks for the post.

[@tlf0876]

Great video to show extreme conditions. I appreciate your understanding of efficiency, more guys need to get that.

[@ronnrogers9459]

Well you're utilizing that machine to the fullest that's great I'm going to have to say that's good for you it's obvious that you do more with that machine than just doing leaf jobs since you said it was an all year around type of machine so the money was well worth it well invested congrats

[@UhBuddy1976]

Man, let me tell you something! many humans by sinful nature hate to see others acquire and succeed. I am very happy for you! You were able to afford that thing and that is awesome. There is no wrong way to use that blower. It will blow whichever way you aim it! May God bless your soul! Live long and prosper my friend

[@jjreal9910]

I wondered about the line, I have seen the new Billy Goat Z3000 and thought a manufacturer was making these for multiple companies. So Billy Goat bought the company and now owns this type of machine, good to know. I'm just a regular home owner who has 50ft. Plus tall oaks & maple trees. I do have a drop off area on my property where I blow the leaves with a backpack blower and a 5hp Billy Goat forced blower, also own a Trac Vac trailer leaf collection system. Even with all my equipment, it is a job which takes hours by myself every week to say the least. I can really see the advantages of owning a machine like yours. That one machine is so powerful, I can see myself only using the backpack blower to clear the beds then finishing with the ride on blower to push all my leaves across one acre to the drop off wet or dry . I wouldn't even need to deal with the Trac Vac trailer system any more, I could save myself a ton of time & fatigue. Unbelievable, thanks for your post seeing is believing.

[@garygundlach4016]

I have to agree this thing is a game changer. I'm solo and it is like having 1-2 guys with you. I cleanup yards faster with this machine than I did with 2 guys with backpacks and a walk behind blower. This isnt just for fall. I use it all season. I blow a commercial lot in minutes rather than an hour. I can't rave to much about this machine. Well worth the money.

[@jeffdc66]

Impressive! Don't worry about the negative comments. I'd love to have one of those myself . It would save me a ton of time. Keep crushing it brother. Great video. 👍👍

[@joshuamartin9293]

That blower is awesome.

[@davidfortenberry1563]

Equipment is the way to go. You pay for the machine once. You never get the employees paid off. Replace 2 guys at $10 or $12 an hour. Replace the guy that slows down or sits. Then call outs. Priceless!!!!!! I'm used to being in your shoes. Haters will talk.

[@jonquillawnlandscape8491]

David Fortenberry glad you can understand the frustration of employees at times. Recent comments this week say 3 guys with little wonders will blow the blower away. They just don’t get it.....

[@captainlarrynosleepfishing5350]

Good Employees are in short supply these days. Catchy

[@jonquillawnlandscape8491]

Captain very short supply good employees

[@ROARINGLION11]

Whoa, watch out for the satellite dish ! Look at that log go flying ! Seriously this thing is the cats meow. You could never do that with backpack blowers. Can you ride a billy goat all day? Nope. If you guys are kicking out 10 grand for mowers, which we all are, than you can recognize the value in this tornado leaf blower. I've been looking into a 2500-3000 self propelled blower by little wonder as it's pointless to push one all week long. But this thing is now on my radar. This is my second year in business and next year with a full boat of work this will come in real handy. Already I am booked till the end of November this year. Next year will be crazy busy. I love these lawns where you can blow into the woods and this is the machine for that or getting them to the curb. 10 grand = Lots of money earned, just like your 10 grand mower.

[@davidfortenberry1563]

They also make a hose kit to load on a truck. You simply take the guard off the front, put on a inlet hose and exhaust hose.

[@michaelboisselle8590]

You crazy as hell, I don't have a landscaping business and if that was my yard I'd spend the 10,000 grand on that machine, worth every penny,

[@powelloutdoorservicesllc5024]

Ditto the hurricane is the truth it helps n every situation leaves. apartment ,complexes ,condo associations, parking lots .Long Walk Ways🍁🍂💨

[@rodneyoneal8428]

You are doing a great job please keep up the good work thank you. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@theodorajackson6233]

I love how you use the hurricane it's powerful they do the work more better because it saves time I think you're doing excellent job haters are gonna hate no matter what because they have nothing else to do

[@davidelder9106]

I thing is awesome. If you have six guys with br 700. That is $4000 almost backpack blowers. The hurricane cost 10,000 you say. It’s only a difference of $6000. Well when you start putting in the labor of those six guys. You Easley will pay more than $6000 and labored of those guys, Through the season. The hurricane doesn’t call in sick. The time you guy save in the regular season. 1 to 2 hours A today You save. At least one extra count a day. If you work five days at least five extra account a week that alone justifies the purchase.

[@harolddenton6031]

David Elder amen David. The long term cost savings in labor fees alone and having to replace expensive $550 to $600.00 back pack blowers every couple of years justifies the price of this hurricane ride on leaf blower. That machine will last you a good 10 years or more. So over a Decades period of time you will save lots of capital not buying so many backpack blowers and having to pay out way too much in labor fees.

[@anthonygordon1131]

Your not wrong if you succeed in what you’re doing , it may be a better way of doing it , but you’re not wrong.

[@harrylake9388]

My property definitely isn’t flat enough for that machine but I wish it was, that thing is bad ass!

[@matthewching500]

Idk why but I need this

[@davelamont]

Job gets done a lot faster, legs aren't hurting, get paid, do more lawns... Pays for itself very fast.

[@yourlocalmailboxman6644]

the perfect setup would be you current setup + a little wonder or fradan push blower

[@marvinhenderson7420]

Great machine and its yours drive it like you want to. Beautiful investment..

[@nomansland4811]

Did Ferris or Billy Goat buy out Hurricane?

[@rontopping2048]

It's a great machine, but we are blowing head gaskets every 50 to 90 hours. Mechanics at dealer say leaf getting sucked in cooling covers and blocking air cooling finns causing head gaskets to blow. Went through 6 heads and gaskets under warranty. They say there is no fix. I have x3. They say x3 has same issues

[@samcollins1992]

I think I'd rather stick to our 3 man crews with EBZ8500s. It might be 3 times more powerful, but it's 10 times less maneuverable. We blow rows of leaves really quickly and then push the whole row with our walk behind out to the street to our Giant Vac. I'm always looking to improve efficiency in our processes, but I don't think this fancy machine would win.

[@ragingbullhcwf]

Amen! Not every yard is an open, flat piece of property where you can "surf" up and down the lawn and blow leaves into the woods. You need maneuverability and controlled airflow. More CFM's is not always the answer. Overblowing can do more harm than good especially with gravel, flowerbeds and ornamentals. Then you start damaging flowerpots, decorations, fences, etc...

[@michaelbrown8244]

You have to understand it wasn’t designed for small jobs, you can outperform it on small yards cause smaller equipment is more efficient. But in big areas where it was designed for you can’t touch it. It’s an expensive piece of equipment but if you have big jobs it will pay for itself. You can hire 4-5 guys and pay all that overhead with workman’s comp, But in the long run the equipment will pay off vs hired hands with a lot less headaches.

[@ragingbullhcwf]

@@@michaelbrown8244 100% correct! If you have long-term contracts with big commercial accounts like shopping plazas, apartment complexes, HOA/condo developments, etc..., I would definitely purchase one. If you only have a handful of residential accounts that can drop you at any time, that investment is a gamble. I stick with doing smaller properties and refer larger ones to other landscapers who have the right equipment and they send me smaller ones.

[@ronnrogers9459]

We see that is wet those leaves are much much heavier that is a good machine to have

[@williambissell794]

Rolling back and forth really compacts the soil.

[@DonJuan-lg8vk]

Then you charge for two aeration's per year.

[@dank9033]

I was thinking the same, weight of the machine on 2 small tires, plus operator basically rolling in its own track multiple times cause the leaves are so wet, better off buying the best cyclone type machine that spreads the weight, plus no tracking same path, much better for the health of the lawn. It is awesome machine, for multiple uses, just not for wet leaves.

[@ictpilot]

Time is money!

[@GwinnettLawns]

Do some vids using it in the summer as well.

[@jeffhirata]

That thing is a beast. Nice

[@daniellindstrom9002]

The only possible disadvantage I see with this is blowing mulch beds or borders, has that happened much in your experience?

[@rolandolamug9233]

Awesome machine 👏. But you can't compare that to a backpack blower. though. That machine is more for big areas and big accounts. It has Advantages and disadvantages .

[@Wickedboatsandplanes]

how does the machine do on getting out leaves and debris embedded in the lawn and not just on the surface?

[@andrewingoglia1813]

It kicks ass, you cant stop it

[@gabemalcolm4429]

That thing is a fuckin tank!

[@rontopping2048]

Z3 has same head gasket issues

[@chevymudding01]

That thing is amazing

[@Twoholesofman]

I really like your videos.

[@davelamont]

That thing is a beast

[@grahamsobieski2507]

I have a dozen of them blowers and walk behind leaf blowers for my lawn care bunniess

[@reggraham6789]

Good machine..needs an operator!

[@myncarlitbartolaba5196]

Nice... nevermind negative the thing is nice work...

[@charlied2449]

I just came here to tell you what your doing wrong. Lol

[@zangzang1268]

Another keyboard commander! Armchair contractor.... :)

[@mlayton1904]

Cut your time and man hours in half. Make work days that weren't workable, productive. That is amazing! Those will hit your bottom line.

[@aidanczebiniak3033]

Even in wet leaves it blows farther than a backpack blower blowing dry leafs!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sc0368]

I used carpet dryer and attached some wheels.. Bingo!

[@codywwefancox6825]

That this nice right there

[@MowersNBlowers]

And 100x more money. For $8000 you can buy a wright stander and actually use it to mow a lawn and drag a little wonder if you want. Plus...it doesn't pick up the leaves your blowing..what do you do with the gigantic pile of leaves? $10000 just for a leaf blower? And you're not even doing it that fast!

[@timbird2065]

Beats all the hard ass work. People are fucking jealous 🖕

[@drcoking1747]

Yea it's good but the price of it should be no more than five thousand dollars

[@danburch9989]

Oh, if that machine could suck up the leaves, mulch them and send them to a tow behind box collector, that would be awesome, As it is now, you still have to pick up the leaves unless they can be blown to a location where they can be left behind. But I have to say that is an expensive leaf blower for what it does but it sure moves a lot of air.

[@remoschlogl2142]

Super dik ding 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@ThanosAshford]

This Hurricane is a Bad MotherFucker🌫️🌫️🌫️.. Great Video Bro 🤘🏿

[@bobbg9041]

I've seen them on large yards dry leaves, you can't touch the power of them. I'll bet with a 22hp motor and true turbine you could but with that much power it should also be a vacuum and mulcher all In one that pulls everything into a vacume.

[@budmiller3477]

Yap Yap Yap

[@NytronX]

Jesus, pick a distance. You are having to make multiple passes for no reason because you are not at the correct distance to the leaf line.

[@tonyharris8506]

I just imagine you have a website your wife built it from scratch. The people that host it was web.com they created the tempo and then she built the front and did all the graphics. Then she Everything was good. But oh seven. She had a stroke. She didn't die. But everything was left in limbo. You had the decide to take your her or the company. So you choose your wife and your credit card was paying the whole go to your website now credit.com not credit.com, but website.com go say Dave going to go in your sight. You tell them don't mess with it. Leave it the way it is, but for some reason your words have no effect. They went in at 07 and all of the graphics with your wife had done and all of the graphics with you have done that that your work and all of the pictures she she done and all of the writing she put together and all of the pages that people can look at Hurricane Cleanup in all of the different types of clean-out you do. And how you do it and everything, so they They took all that out and said that was go to the Wayback machine, but we need to make you future now. We need to bring you to the future, but when they brought you to the Future, they only included your logo. Not none of your pictures and whenever they click on the words. A couple of pictures appear but nothing like the website that your wife created. What would you do if you found out and they was getting money from you for 27 years, but they messed up your website in 07. What would you do then?

[@samuelalfaro2487]

Caen hojas del 🌳

[@flyboy2745]

Good video, but way too much talking....

[@safwanrashad1722]

Too much back and forth just give me a riding lawn mower with the grass collecting container on it I'm not about to spend $10'000 on that bullshyt

[@grahamsobieski2507]

I have a wet vac

[@agostinhoinacio1721]

Defenely waste of money, i work in gardening for more than 15 i know what i say.

[@ragingbullhcwf]

My $1500 Little Wonder can blow leaves further than your $10,000 NASCAR blower. The discharge chute is too high off the ground. I could buy 3 Little Wonders plus the JRCO Blower Buggy and still have 5k left over.

[@jonquillawnlandscape8491]

ragingbullhcwf what about the 2 other employees needed to push these 2 extra blowers? After 2 months your costs are getting exponentially larger and mine is still the same.... Push your heart out, I’m staying with my $10k money maker!

[@ragingbullhcwf]

@@jonquillawnlandscape8491 Swing and a miss. Not an issue if you already have the employees. Plus you're comparing the X3 to multiple guys using backpack blowers.

[@jonquillawnlandscape8491]

Do the same with less people. Homerun!

[@ryancurry5284]

Not necessarily. If you’ve already got the people, and need to keep them busy, then they need to be out bringing in money. You might not necessarily NEED them for the leaf stuff if they can be replaced with equipment, but when it comes time to have help for the stuff you cant replace them on, they needed to be busy for the interim.