Re: (ET) Just sayin'

[Rob Brockway <getractor yahoo com>]

This is the same problem I have with my sweeper.  Depending on the thickness of the turf and the shape of the ground you can miss some leaves in some areas and wear away the grass in others. 

Rob Brockway, NH

Christopher Meier <mr23 mn rr com> wrote:

I have an AgriFab brand unit, bought it at "Fleet Farm".
Also have the dethatcher attachment for it.

We have a cottonwood tree that drops thick waxy leaves
beginning late summer, almost until the last tree begins to
drop it's leaves. If I leave these leaves down on the turf
for any longer than a few days, the grass is killed off.

The ground is a bit uneven, and the sweeper, when set to
a depth that is low enough to pick up most all of the lawn
droppings, will mechanically 'wear' the grass in the area of
that cottonwood. If I frequently sweep to keep the leaves
off to keep the amount of kill down, the mechanical 'wear'
thins the grass.

Point being, don't expect the sweeper to cure just any
leaf problem. And I've been pining for a few years now
to have a vacuum unit to eliminate the mechanical wear.
Sweepers seem to work best on thick healthy turf that is
maintained like a golf course. My lawn is not even close
to that, just the wear and tear from the kids playing out
there makes that near impossible. So in my case close
sweeping has some thinning action on the whole lawn.

I'm planning to eliminate that tree, it's 'old' for a cottonwood
anyway, we're tired of the months of cleanup each year, and
we can replace it with a more desireable tree. And if we put
in geothermal this year (currently looking into that), the ground
loops will go in the area where this tree and it's leaves fall;
it just coincidentally happens to be the closest and best location
for that field.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Zach"
To: "Elec-trak list"
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 9:32 PM
Subject: (ET) Just sayin'


> I sold my Craftsman 16hp Lawn tractor the other day to my Dad. I'm now
> 100% electric.
>
> Now to get a lawn sweeper, and to figure out how to pick up leaves.
> Anyone got an Elec-Trak lawn sweeper? :-)
>
> Chris
>
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