Re: (ET) Leaves and an E-12

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

What you really want is less trees ;-)

I have the vac and casterwheel  part of an ET tow vac but need a photo of
the complete thing to make the rest of it.  Anyone got photos?  If none
exist will have to do it 'conceptural design'  and like reinventing the
wheel,  it would not likely be a good wheel.

Dave
Weymouth MA



On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:37:32 -0400 "David Roden" <etpost drmm net>
writes:
> 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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