Re: (ET) Leaf Clean-Up

["Christopher Meier" <mr23 mn rr com>]

And I just remembered... a year or two ago I posted
about using the mower deck to "sweep".  I had found
that driving backwards with the mower deck running
mulched and swept the lawn.  I also found that the
roller bar would occasionally dig in and tear up sod.
Especially when moving over uneven ground.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Meier" <mr23 mn rr com>
To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:08 AM
Subject: Re: (ET) Leaf Clean-Up


> I use a lawn sweeper (trailer type), pulled behind my E16.
> Works well if your lawn is fairly smooth. Otherwise its a
> tradeoff between missing some leaves in the "valleys", or
> beating the grass to death (with the brushes set lower).
> A healthy lawn is prerequisite for using a sweeper,
> thin or patchy areas will get worse.
> 
> -Chris
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <billglic juno com>
> To: <Sharp51482 aol com>
> Cc: <Jack Casey dowjones com>; <fiskfarm mediaone net>;
> <ssawtelle erols com>; <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 9:49 PM
> Subject: Re: (ET) Leaf Clean-Up
> 
> 
> > I just use the mower to mulch up the leaves until they are no longer
> > visible.
> >
> > On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 22:11:21 EDT Sharp51482 aol com writes:
> > > I am sick and tired of cleaning up all of these leaves!
> > >
> > > Anyway Does anyone have any experience using either of the elec-trak
> > > cleanup
> > > solutions?  The towable vacuum or the push vacuum??  I would be most
> > >
> > > interested in getting the push vac.  What are the chances of finding
> > > this
> > > unit?  Does Bill have them?  According to the GE catalog these were
> > > not tp be
> > > available until Late 71.  I wonder if they were ever even
> > > manufactured.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Blu
> >
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