(ET) Leaf vacuum time

[Christopher Zach <cz bunsen crystel com>]

Took the leaf vacuum out for a spin today; I'm mulching the main yard 
leaves this year and running the E20 forwards then backward over leaves 
seems to result in a lot of little leaf bits. We shall see next year.

However the areas around the house have tons of leaves that need to be 
moved. So I hooked up the rebuilt leaf vacuum, put the huge back in the 
repaired and rusty elec-trak trailer, and am using the 4 inch hose to 
suck up the piles of leaves I have been raking.

Good news: Works! I don't have the contactor assembled yet so the 50a 
AMP connectors are taking a heck of a beating. And I'm worried that the 
100a fuse on the rear take off is too big in the case the impeller jams 
(it bogged down once). But overall it seems to be running well and now I 
have a several hundred gallon bag of leaves in the trailer to dump on 
the mulch pile.

Next year I'll go back to vacuuming the leaves directly, but for a year 
I'll try mulching the hell out of everything.

Note: Leaf vacuum alone pulls a LOT of power. Tractor's now charging 
away merrily....