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Old 09-12-2013, 05:10 AM   #51
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Exclamation It's about Water Quality...

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Originally Posted by BroadHopper View Post
I read on the internet somewhere there are municipalities that banned leaf blowers. Personally I think they are the loudest equipment yet! I really see no need for them.
Yesterday, I videoed the "standard lakes-region lawn maintenance" lawnmower: unseen, it was a half-mile away! A few minutes later, a second lawnmower started up behind me, so I took a short video of that experience.

(I think the record number is four—simultaneously).

'Course, most of these landowners aren't here for the din brought to our quiet Wolfeboro neighborhood during weekdays. Weekends bring their own noisy mayhem.
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An added photo below shows a tiny clump of grass-clippings just 200-Feet from the Lake: but we're talking 100 acres of highly-manicured grassy lawn, here.

(Even-more "nutrient-load" into the lake).


But, leafblowers are handy for blowing leaves into the street, where they can be "redistributed" around the neighborhood.

If there's no street, well...

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