Re: (ET) Sucking up leaves

[Tom G <wavetech superlink net>]

Don't forget about Dennis's vacuum cart using blower from bill.

http://www.elec-trak.org/gallery/DennisPestkaVacuumCart/index.html


At 08:03 PM 5/1/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>All this talk about sucking up leaves.....
>
>Several years ago I bought a leave sucking attachment from Bill Gun that 
>was
>one of the GE optional accessories.  There was a frame bolted to the back 
>of
>the tractor.  On that frame was a 36 volt straight blade blower and a bag.
>The mower deck had to be converted to side discharge, but instead of the
>chute there was an adapter to connect a flexible tube.  That tube took the
>chopped up grass clippings or leaves from the deck and directed them into
>the blower which in turn blew into the bag.  (I like side dischage better.
>Here in Delaware the grass is frequently damp, and having had both side 
>and
>rear mower deck discharge I think side discharge works better.)
>
>Well that wasn't big enough for me, even though the GE bag was bigger than
>almost anyones rear bagger I've ever seen.  So I made a new frame to mount
>the blower higher on the back of the tractor, and the blower was also 
>moved
>closer to the seat.  I made sides for a cart, and now I collect leaves at
>over 2 cubic yards at a time.  Every fall I fill that cart 6-10 times
>depending on how much wind blows my neighbors leaves into my yard.  (They
>don't rake.)
>
>Anyway, last I checked Bill Gunn still had a few of the 36 volt blowers.