Russ;
All the machines we tested were built by the same company.
All blowers in our testing were preset at the maximum recommended by the blower manufacturer.
With the Gardner Denver blowers we were using,
that max. would be 14" hg. for the #36 & #47,
and 16" hg. for the #45 blower.
The #56 also has a 16" hg. max,
so it would outperform the #45 blower.
Your 20 HP with the #45 should be set @ 2" higher lift,
than your #47 PTO for best performance.
Larry
P.S. Testing was done with 25 carpet cleaners watching preliminary testing and recording actual testing on the carpet.
How many equal scientific tests have you seen with 4 different blower systems run side-by-side.