Leaf pickup/ clean up.

[RugerP89DC]

Have you considered composting? You can make a rotating composter pretty easily with a 55 gallon drum (google it, there are plenty of instructions). Put those leaves to work!

 

[DCGallim]

I use child labor.

 

[Beef15]

This thing
Works pretty well, wish the hopper was about twice the size. I have a lot of leaves.

 

[Mirac]

If it helps anybody, I've got one of these taking up room in my shop. Haven't used it in years. Old but works. Well, it did, I'd have to double check. Trade it for low end burbon.

I was thinking about one of these... still not sure.

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60” deck, 8” hose to a pto powered blower, then another 8” hose to the trailer. I have 4+ acres with lots of really big trees, so go big or rake leaves.

I can get one of those for the Z535m 54” .. but it’s $1000...

Pick up with bagging push mower and empty in woods.

This... I have not tried yet. ( don’t know why)
If I just did the leaves, I can use them in the garden for weed control and till in, in the spring.
I’ll do this , this year and re evaluate the sitcheeation.

 

[Mirac]

Have you considered composting? You can make a rotating composter pretty easily with a 55 gallon drum (google it, there are plenty of instructions). Put those leaves to work!

Ha ! Just mentioned this.
I’m a slow typer..

 

[Matt98tj]

1k is not bad, that’s what I payed for mine used. Granted the pto vac is close to 4K new. The amount of time it will save you is worth the $ I think.

 

[rufrdr]

They are the devils nuts- I cut everyone I find around here down. Makes ok fire wood if you got a splitter


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I've already spent about 10 grand cleaning out mostly sweet gums from my back yard. The place was overrun with sweet gums, some hollys and a few pines that were so packed together that individual trees were twisting and warped trying to get sunlight. I had no idea the cost for professional tree removal. I dropped about 4 myself that weren't as tall as the rest.

 

[Gator]

Have you considered composting? You can make a rotating composter pretty easily with a 55 gallon drum (google it, there are plenty of instructions). Put those leaves to work!

I saw one of these in the free section of Craig's List two days ago.

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[Friday]

What..y'all don't have fire where you live?
I know I know..it's about the raking. But lots have said they just blow them/take them somewhere lonely.

If it derives from a wood source, we burn it. Wood, comes from wood, might be wood, looks like wood...burnt.
In case no-one has noticed, we have an over-abundance of wood product in the mountains. If you keep trying to put it somewhere eventually it will become overwhelming beyond the powers of decay as well as dead wood stuff around forests ain't the best idea.
And it makes for great snake houses if you like that kind of play.

Common here is for folks to take them leaves to the ditch by the road, throw em in there and light em up. It burns down the grass and weeds but doesn't kill the roots. This keeps the ditch clear for water to flow freely as intended.

 

[Crankbait]

How about this?

 

[Mirac]

What..y'all don't have fire where you live?
I know I know..it's about the raking. But lots have said they just blow them/take them somewhere lonely.

If it derives from a wood source, we burn it. Wood, comes from wood, might be wood, looks like wood...burnt.
In case no-one has noticed, we have an over-abundance of wood product in the mountains. If you keep trying to put it somewhere eventually it will become overwhelming beyond the powers of decay as well as dead wood stuff around forests ain't the best idea.
And it makes for great snake houses if you like that kind of play.

Common here is for folks to take them leaves to the ditch by the road, throw em in there and light em up. It burns down the grass and weeds but doesn't kill the roots. This keeps the ditch clear for water to flow freely as intended.

I like burning wood.. I do. My wife, not so much. The smoke really bothers her.

I think my best option this year is save $1000 and run the push mower with bagger over them and mulch the garden for next year.