Re: (ET) Leaves and an E-12

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

These blower vacs ain't too powerful - I got one.  Only use it to pick up
leaves in nooks and crannys close to the house and you gotta wait til
they are dry and crinkly or they clog it too much.  As a leaf blower it
takes a long time.  A commercial gas air rake is good at leaves but that
takes a long time too. See my Esolution to the problem in a different
email. 

Dave
Weymouth MA


On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:18:32 -0400 "Matthew callahan"
<callahanrc hotmail com> writes:
> 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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