Re: (ET) Leaves and an E-12

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

The ET sweeper sort of works, but it fills up too quickly.  It also has 
trouble with my uneven ground.  Worse, I almost destroyed it one time when 
a 
piece of baling twine lying in the pasture got wrapped round the brushes.  
That was back when BIll Gunn was in business so I could get the parts to 
fix 
it.  I don't take the sweeper into the pasture any more.  :-(

I also tried an electric blower/vac.  The vacuum was way too slow and 
clogged frequently.  Then I tried blowing the leaves into piles, and 
stuffing them into the Flowtron shredder.  That was better, but blowing 
them 
actually seemed slower  than raking them, and emptying the Flowtron bag 
then 
became an impediment.  Both of these methods created a pretty dreadful 
amount of noise, too; I had to wear hearing protection even though both 
gadgets are electric.

Best method I've found so far is to put the bagger on the electric push 
mower (B&D MM450) and run over the leaves.  It still needs to be emptied 
way 
too often, but at least the leaves are shredded.  

Anybody have a genuine ET vacuum?  How does that work for leaves?  How do 
you dump it?  What I think I really want is one of these vacs with a long, 
long hose that goes all the way to my compost heap.  ;-)


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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