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Re: (ET) Leaves and an E-12



One thought I had was to take my electric black and decker blower/vaccum ($50 at home depot) and a really big custom bag for it on the trailer in the back. Put a couple of my 12V deep cycle batteries (that i got free at the dump) in parallel in the weight box up front (or on the trailer) to run the blower/vac through a 2000 watt converter that I have, and suck the leaves up through a upsides down trough dragging along the front like a vaccum cleaner, spaced off the ground a little with sleds.

The blower/vac will mulch the leaves into bits through the impeller, so if the bag is big enough, it shouldn't fill too quickly, and it'd compost better after you dump it.

Matt


From: "Konstanty, Walter (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <Walter Konstanty ge com>
To: "Banks, Michael J." <mbanks protopower com>,<elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Subject: Re: (ET) Leaves and an E-12
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:07:16 -0400

Funny you should ask.....I get stressed with all the leaves we get here. With 3 acres surrounded by trees, it's a lot of work to clear them. I have an old Ariens snowblower and found a vacuum attachment for it (the snowblower comes off and they made tillers, mowers, etc for them) and converted it to a blower - works well but slow walking around and around the yard blowing them towards the woods. The leaves then get so high that I then have to use the ET with the plow to actually push them into the woods. A commercial blower like a Billy Goat works well too but not cheap.

My latest "invention" is taking a 5HP gas engine coupled to a cast aluminum blower fan/housing and mounting it off the front of the ET so I can drive around and blow. By using the lift, I can change the angle of the blower. With the inlet facing the front, I could adapt a vacuum attachment and run a hose to a trailer as an option.

I tried vacuuming the leaves into a trailer but it fills to fast and you spend all day dumping them.....the sweeper works but same problem. Good for small lawns.

It would be interesting knowing how others handle all those dreaded leaves!!!! AAGGGHHHHH !!!!!

...Walt
Erie PA
E15, 2-E20
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From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu [mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu]On Behalf Of Banks, Michael J.
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 8:50 AM
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Subject: (ET) Leaves and an E-12



I live in New England and its getting to be fall. Which means tons of leaves in my yard. I was just curious if any of the Elec-trakkers out there with a leaf problem found a way to use the tractor to pick up the leaves? Do those lawn sweepers that you can pull with a tractor actually work? Is there a bagger option for the Elec-Trak?

Mike
Colchester, CT
E12



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