Re: (ET) [SPAM] Re: Leaves and an E-12

["Chapin, Tim" <tchapin bf umich edu>]

Sounds like a good idea but my electric black and Decker blower/vacuum
takes me forever in my yard....(I only have 2 maple trees)..   I throw
down a tarp and empty the bag into the tarp when it fills and them keep
on going.  It takes me forever to fill the bag and if the leafs are wet
at all, they plug the vac.  I think we need something more heavy duty in
the sucking end.  
But what do I know.   Give it a try and report back.  If it works, I
might try the same.  I have the inverter, blower/vac and a e-12m....

-----Original Message-----
From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu
[mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu] On Behalf Of Matthew
callahan
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 9:19 AM
To: Walter Konstanty ge com; mbanks protopower com;
elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: [SPAM] 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
>-----Original Message-----
>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
>To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
>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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