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Originally Posted by greglepore
Yeah, bought a used one a couple years back for $300, needed a carb. The 5.5 runs well but if it dies I think I'll go up a couple hp.
I'd leave the leaves but we live in a clearing in the woods and if I didn't clear them they'd mat down with rain and choke out the grass. Its possible that my mulching blade would cut them fine enough, but whatever. I do compost the leaves-usually about 15-20 loads, so there's that.
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$300 is a deal for one that works!
I bought a POS Agri-Fab from Tractor Supply 10 years ago. I lived in a clearing in the woods at that time. If I didn't get rid of the leaves I wouldn't have a lawn the next spring. In fact, the year before I bought the Agri-Fab I didn't get the leaves up and some kind of white mold grew under the leaves and killed the grass.
Now I harvest the grass clippings and the autumn leaves for my compost pile. I get a pile about the length of a pickup truck, 6 feet wide and four feet high. I put the compost back on the lawn around the house where I want the grass to be healthy and the rest goes on my vegetable garden.
The second year I had it, one of the vanes came loose on the impeller. It was never welded properly. The vanes are welded to a steel disk, and in places the weld bead was 1/4" away from where the vane meets the disk. REALLY bad construction and nonexistent quality control.