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“Cyclone” Blows Like A Hurricane
“The Cyclone debris blower keeps man hours lower in the barn and does a better job with biosecurity,” says Guy Gabbey, agriculture sales representative for Buffalo Turbine. And, because it’s lightweight, it works on compact tractors with as little as 20 hp.
    The New York company has been making blowers since the 1990’s. Their most recent model has been upgraded with a gearbox and electronic nozzle control that rotates 360 degrees in both directions, says Hawk Horschel, sales representative for Buffalo Turbine. Because of the jet turbine-style engine, it is 3 times more efficient at producing air than other blowers, without requiring bigger equipment with higher horsepower, he notes.
    Popular for municipalities and construction customers for clearing everything from leaves to aggregate, it also meets rural and agriculture needs.
    “The poultry industry is using it for disease concerns,” Gabbey says. For example, after turkeys are removed from a barn, producers use the blower to clean off the ceiling and walls before scraping out the barn and disinfecting it.
    It’s just as useful for cleaning out cattle feed bunks and facilities, for moving leaves in a yard, and blowing rocks and debris off a cement pad or hard surface driveway.
    One farmer used the hurricane-force winds of the Cyclone to windrow his hay when his haying equipment broke down. It can also be used to clear up to about 4 in. of snow and is often used in testing products to see how they would hold up in a hurricane.
    With pto, hydraulic and gas engine models, the Cyclone adapts to a variety of equipment. At 239 lbs., the pto-powered blower is easy to handle, yet built with heavy-duty steel construction with a 10-year warranty. A couple of optional rectangular nozzles can be added to the 12 1/2-in. blower for additional power to move aggregate and heavier debris.
    Cost for the Cyclone pto version is $5,555 through dealers throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as overseas.
    Videos on the company’s website show it in action in a variety of situations. Buffalo Turbine also sells tow behind, front-mount and larger blowers along with dust and odor control, insect control, and crop maintenance equipment.
    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Buffalo Turbine, 180 Zoar Valley Rd., Springville, N.Y. 14141 (ph 716 592-2700; www.buffaloturbine.com; info@buffaloturbine.com).



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