help me find a leaf vacuum
 

i am looking for one of those leaf vacs that you tow behind your mower. i have way too many leaves and i just cant deal with the yard. i have done a search and found 2, the cyclone and the DR. other than that i get in this visious circle of link pages, you know, the ones that have what you are looking for but are just another page of links to a but of sites that link you to more sites.
here are the ones i have found so far.

Cyclone Rake XL - The 9HP King of Lawn Vacuums

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and this one

DR® Power Equipment - Leaf Vacuum / Lawn Vacuum 13.74 Commercial Leaf and Lawn Vacuum

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any input as far as either of these go? the second one seems to be a shredder with a steel lifetime warrany blade, i did not see that the cyclone is a shredder and no wananty on the blade and i have a lot of those big walnut looking nuts in part of my yard.

This is what I use:

Attachments: Agri-Fabâ„¢ Tow Lawn Sweeper at Blain's Farm & Fleet

It's nice because I can empty it without getting off the tractor.

i looked at one of those at sears. i have a LOT of leaves. i am also thinking maybe the tow behind might pick up horse poop.

I also mow them as I am picking them up. It cuts down on the volume significantly.

I wait for the wind to blow them into my neighbors yard.

Then I proceed to get a cooler full of beer, a comfortable chair and sit back and enjoy the show.

I tell my wife that I didn't put them there so I'm not cleaning them up.

Same goes for snow in the driveway.

I've been using one of these on my parents yard for the last 20 years. Had to replace the motor for the first time last fall. It does a very good job picking leaves and grassclippings.

Trac Vac Model 580

I'd suggest going for one that shreds. Shredded leaves compost faster and have less volume in the bag.

I use the cyclone. You won't be disappointed.

Same here...have about an acre of leafs that makes the job fun with the trac-vac. Have to dump it twice to do the whole lawn...amazing how much gets packed in there.

That's a lotta coin. How much to have some one else do it?

I just watched our neighborhood guys use a big blower and a few tarps to wrangle a ton of leaves in now time.

chaching!! let them dry a bit, and hit them with your bagger/mulcing mower!

i like the size of the cyclone. but does it shred the stuff too. the other has a lifetime warranty on the blade, but sometimes thats the lifetime of the company.

Yes it shreds some. You attach it to your lawn tractor so the leaves go through your lawnmower blades. The latest model is very easy to dump and it can hold a huge amount of leaves.

Sears model
Options available at Northern Tool
Tractor Supply options

SmileWavy

Also, the cyclone is rigidly attached to your lawn tractor with swivel wheels under the bag so you don’t lose a lot of mobility (your not backing up a trailer).

+1 on Trac-Vac.

I've used a Sears model for a few years now. Two loads three times in the fall take care of my leaves (have a lot of oaks). I try to pick them up when there's a little moisture in the leaves, otherwise it's a bit dusty.
Jim