11-04-2009, 12:19 PM
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|  Leaf cleanup- Saw this used
I was watching a bunch of guys doing a lawn cleanup and noticed a new gizmo. There were two guys blowing leaves with 8-11hp blowers. The third guy was on a walkbehind with velky. He had a plywood board with a rubber door sweep on the bottom. It raised and lowered with the deck. He used it like a plow and pushed large quantities of leaves around.
Has anyone come up with something like this for a FEL.?
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11-04-2009, 09:31 PM
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| Re: Leaf cleanup- Saw this used
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11-04-2009, 09:55 PM
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| Re: Leaf cleanup- Saw this used
That is a neat idea. This morning I was pushing 15 cu yds of leaves, and I only have a 1/2 acre front lawn, using my fel. I only managed to plow the grass on one pass.
Since I have a toothbar, it might be a difficult design.
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11-04-2009, 11:41 PM
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| Re: Leaf cleanup- Saw this used
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Originally Posted by amigauser  | It was similar to the first one. It had a metal frame and plywood boards. The bottom had that rubber doorsweep material. Worked great with the leaves that were blown onto the road. Pushed them into a nice neat pile.
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11-05-2009, 09:17 AM
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| Re: Leaf cleanup- Saw this used
maybe a bit overkill, but why not i say?
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11-06-2009, 05:34 PM
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| Re: Leaf cleanup- Saw this used
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Originally Posted by asylum575 I was watching a bunch of guys doing a lawn cleanup and noticed a new gizmo. There were two guys blowing leaves with 8-11hp blowers. The third guy was on a walkbehind with velky. He had a plywood board with a rubber door sweep on the bottom. It raised and lowered with the deck. He used it like a plow and pushed large quantities of leaves around.
Has anyone come up with something like this for a FEL.? | I used to use my snowplow or my FEL bucket to push the leaves into the woods after I windrowed them with my blower. Now, I just mow them up and use my lawn sweeper to brush up the chopped up leaves. Works great.
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11-07-2009, 12:28 AM
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LandscaperPRO sells an all metal one (leaf plow) with rake like tines at the bottom , for walk behinds, they start at $495 plus a $119 mounting bar landscaperpro.com | |
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11-07-2009, 08:55 AM
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| Re: Leaf cleanup- Saw this used
Do you mean something like this? I built this to use on my Branson FEL for pine needles. It works great for branch and bush trimming.
I made this out of stuff that I had laying around. | |
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11-07-2009, 02:54 PM
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| Re: Leaf cleanup- Saw this used
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Originally Posted by asylum575 I was watching a bunch of guys doing a lawn cleanup and noticed a new gizmo. There were two guys blowing leaves with 8-11hp blowers. The third guy was on a walkbehind with velky. He had a plywood board with a rubber door sweep on the bottom. It raised and lowered with the deck. He used it like a plow and pushed large quantities of leaves around.
Has anyone come up with something like this for a FEL.? | The company I mentioned earlier is in Spring Valley NY on Chesnut Ridge road
You could adapt it to your loader bucket easily | |
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11-07-2009, 03:53 PM
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| Re: Leaf cleanup- Saw this used
My leaf dumpster is as big as all out doors in fact it is the out doors as I just leaf them lay .
This makes the forty third fall I've done it this way.
Couldn't be any quicker and easier.
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