Fall leaf-pick-up

[stevej37]

Filled and dumped the sixth load of the season with my Trac-Vac.
The 35 cubic foot bin packs a lot of grass and leaves. The worst part is emptying it...it's like a giant bale of hay.

I bought the thing in 1980...so it's served me well.

What is everyone else using for their yards?

[rfuerst911sc]

I bought a used Trac Vac earlier this year so will be using it soon for the first time . Looking forward to seeing how well it does but anything is better than hand raking .

[stevej37]

^^^I found the most important thing about the Trac-Vac is getting a good air-tight connection between the mower deck and the chute that is on the end of the pick-up hose.

If it's not sealed...it allows outside air in, and the vacuum is decreased.

If all is working correctly...the lawn will look like a golf course! (I don't use mine all summer..mostly in the fall)

[Tim Hancock]

We just mow the leaves and chop them up.... And we don't bag our grass clippings. Never have understood the reason for bagging grass clippings.

[stevej37]

^^^ I mostly use the Trac-Vac for the leaves. There are too many trees in my yard to mow them up. The yard would be brown (with chopped leaves)
My problem is finding a place to get rid of them after chopping and vacuuming them up.

[JackDidley]

Originally Posted by Tim Hancock

We just mow the leaves and chop them up.... And we don't bag our grass clippings. Never have understood the reason for bagging grass clippings.

Same here. I just mow them every few days. I gave away a bagger 3 weeks ago.

[Rot 911]

I’m another one of those that just uses a mulcher mower and leaves the grass clipping and chopped up leaves on the ground.

[KFC911]

I mulch my grass and try to stay ahead of falling leaves and mulch them too. Sometimes they fall too fast ... then there are just way too many. I will blow my back yards' leaves into the woods tomorrow . For my larger property, with mega leaves.... I purchased a Cyclone Rake several years ago... should have bought one decades ago.

[ckelly78z]

I have lived on 10 country acres for 25 years now, that has alot of maple/oak/ash trees that all shed leaves big time. All that time, I have never raked any leaves, my 72" mower does a nice job on chopping them up, and by February, the incessant winds have scoured any trace of them into surrounding fields.

[Tim Hancock]

Years ago before I convinced my wife that mowing the leaves was the easiest way to deal with them, I on occasion drove my airplane around the yard attempting to blow some of the leaves into a smaller area to then rake and burn.

[LWJ]

I do the Tim method without the airplane. Blow them to the side yard. The bugs, mice, birds are pretty happy with this.

[rwest]

Credit card is my current best leaf removal tool!

Got too busy at work a few years ago, so hired it out and haven’t looked back.

This year is weird as we got snow last week and barely any leaves had dropped; there is still light snow cover and leaves on some of the trees.

[targa911S]

two acres. 100's of trees, I blow them into the woods 4-5 times. The oaks are the last to give them up, around thanksgiving. I pay somebody for that last batch. I hate autumn..

[fastfredracing]

I try to blow them all over into my neighbors yard

[GH85Carrera]

I went to visit my brother in Montgomery, AL and he had a HUGE pile of leaves on the front yard. I asked about it and he said the city comes by the next day and uses a giant vacuum and compactor and picks them up. No trash backs to mess with.

That would never work in Oklahoma, it is hard to make a pile of leaves that last long enough to put in a bag when it is typical windy weather.

[stevej37]

My next-door neighbor (to the east) is an elderly lady living by herself.
Therefore, I try to keep all my leaves on my side, if possible.

[911 Rod]

I much them with my push mower until it becomes too much.
2 Maple trees.
This weekend I mulched/bagged with my blower and ended up with 10 bags.
Sore today.

[Evans, Marv]

I don't have grass and very vew leaves.

[rcooled]

When I was a kid, me & my dad would rake the leaves up into a pile at the curb in front of the house and burn them in a low, smoldering fire. All the neighbors would do the same. Could never get away with that now...

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by Evans, Marv

I don't have grass and very vew leaves.

Mostly Maple and Poplar here.