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Re: (ET) [SPAM] Re: Leaves and an E-12
Mike - I'd like a photo of that if U got one. I have most of an
aftermarket 'driveway vac' sort of a billy goatish thing that came with
an obviously factory installed GE snow blower motor on it. Want to see
what the rest of it looks like on yours before commiting myself to
designing my own concept of what the rest should be. It looks powerful
enough to do grass clippings right off the lawn without a chute.
Dave
Weymouth MA
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:19:52 -0500 "Mike Wallace" <metman glasgow-ky com>
writes:
> Tim,
>
> Since you have an E12m, I may have an option for you to consider.
>
> I'm currently considering buying out the left-over parts from a
> Wheel Horse
> dealer that manufactured and sold their own design of lawn vacs.
> They had a
> model that mounted directly to the rear of the tractor and used 6"
> diameter
> caster wheels to support it. They were originally sold with a 5 HP
> gas
> engine, but the one I fixed up for my E10m uses a drive motor off an
> ER8-36
> rider as the power source to spin the impeller. I'd like to try a 4
> 1/2"
> deck motor, but figure it would only be good for picking up dry
> leaves and
> not something like heavy grass clippings and leaves.
>
> This set-up works good for a mid mount deck, but I'm also working on
> a
> larger capacity version that mounted on a two wheel garden cart for
> use with
> my large frame tractors with front mount decks. One option is to
> use a very
> long hose running from the deck all the way back to the wagon/cart.
> The
> other method I'm considering is to fabricate a pick-up hood that
> follows the
> ground behind the tractor and sucks up the leaves after they have
> been
> "mulched" with Gator blades and a rear discharge deck set-up. This
> set-up
> would be very similar to what Dennis Pestka uses on his vac.
>
> Instead of being a conventional single point connection to the hitch
> of the
> tractor, the cart would be attached at two pivot points and ride on
> large
> pneumatic caster wheels, very similar to the Cyclone Rack sold by
> Woodland
> Products out of West Haven, CT. They have a real nice looking unit,
> but the
> price is in the $1000 to $1300 range.
>
> If any of this sounds interesting to anyone out there let me know.
>
> Mike in KY
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chapin, Tim" <tchapin bf umich edu>
> To: "Matthew callahan" <callahanrc hotmail com>;
> <Walter Konstanty ge com>;
> <mbanks protopower com>; <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 8:38 AM
> Subject: Re: (ET) [SPAM] Re: Leaves and an E-12
>
>
> > 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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