All of my mowers have the mulching blades-and they can handle grass,leaves,pine cones with ease.--and the unusual-had an expired credit card-just wanted to see what the mower would do with the mulching blade-a Gater one-the card was reduced to powder.Same with an aluminum can flattened by being run over with a car-just wanted to see what it would do-the JD tractor-the can was reduced to aluminum flakes!I have Kevin rake the yard when there is a LARGE amount of pine cones-the mower struggles thru them.Pine straw is one of the toughest things to shred with a mower and mulching blade-takes several passes-sometimes the straw can wrap around the blade shafts in the JD.The hardest stuff to grind up.so--its easier to have Kevin rake the straw if there is a lot of it-Will be calling him soon to rake the junk Sandy blew down.
Lawn vacuums? Anyone with 1st hand experience?
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I second the compost pile suggestion. My back yard has three big compost bins, which get filled once or twice a year, with leaves from the trees and/or clippings from the English ivy that covers about half the fences. Yeah, I'd love to get rid of the ivy completely, but I don't know that I could get the neighbors to go along with it.
I don't shred the tree leaves - mostly they are smallish pittosporum leaves. But shredding the ivy clippings is essential both to promote composting and reducing volume. For that I have a Patriot chipper/shredder.
I've tried my walk-behind mover with a bag for cleaning up the tree leaves from the courtyard, but it spits out so much dust I prefer to rake and sweep instead. And the bag fills too quickly anyway. I would guess that a lawn vacuum would also spit out a lot of dust. Since the courtyard is adjacent to the house, garage, and carport, keeping dust to a minimum is a good thing.
I don't shred the tree leaves - mostly they are smallish pittosporum leaves. But shredding the ivy clippings is essential both to promote composting and reducing volume. For that I have a Patriot chipper/shredder.
I've tried my walk-behind mover with a bag for cleaning up the tree leaves from the courtyard, but it spits out so much dust I prefer to rake and sweep instead. And the bag fills too quickly anyway. I would guess that a lawn vacuum would also spit out a lot of dust. Since the courtyard is adjacent to the house, garage, and carport, keeping dust to a minimum is a good thing.
Lawn vacuum bags have smaller pores than lawn mower grass-leaf catcher bags-so dust from the vacuum is less of a problem than the mower.The dust from the vacuum becomes apparent when you empty its bag.
mrb627
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Oh Dear...
I don't know why, but this subject just speaks to the gadget freak in me. Now I wish I had a leaf problem so I could buy a new toy...
Malcolm
I don't know why, but this subject just speaks to the gadget freak in me. Now I wish I had a leaf problem so I could buy a new toy...
Malcolm
mikeklondon
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Malcolm
HI if ever you chance try one they are grate fun to use, Ill have a look for a picture of my Billy Goat, it not only sucks up leaves it good after a party even coke/ beer cans get sucked up by US size I only have a small garden 150 feet / 20 but there is a lot of trees
HI if ever you chance try one they are grate fun to use, Ill have a look for a picture of my Billy Goat, it not only sucks up leaves it good after a party even coke/ beer cans get sucked up by US size I only have a small garden 150 feet / 20 but there is a lot of trees
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Black & Decker Leaf Hog LH5000
I use mine & I think it does OK so far.
I use mine & I think it does OK so far.
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