Trees and leaves
Discussion
RYH64E said:
Got one (mulching mower), it works well throughout the year but would be totally overwhelmed with the volume of leaves that fall every autumn.
Out of interest, is your a mulch only or a combo? If mulch only, what do you have and do you recommend it? I'm looking for a mulch only mower.
Thanks! I'm considering a Multiclip 47 SQB so not quite in the same ballpark pricewise but hopefully will last 1/3 as long as the Husky and I can then change it more frequently!
Oh, and we have probably a similar amount of leaves to you - builders bags full repeatedly! Currently being piled up at the bottom of the garden is a different pile to last year as they still haven't fully rotted down (lots of oak leaves).
Oh, and we have probably a similar amount of leaves to you - builders bags full repeatedly! Currently being piled up at the bottom of the garden is a different pile to last year as they still haven't fully rotted down (lots of oak leaves).
RYH64E said:
48Valves said:
Buy a mulching lawn mower.
I don't bother collecting leaves anymore. I now just set the mower to the highest setting and mulch them.
Job done.
Got one, it works well throughout the year but would be totally overwhelmed with the volume of leaves that fall every autumn.I don't bother collecting leaves anymore. I now just set the mower to the highest setting and mulch them.
Job done.
The clear line is where the sweeper started
Tahiti said:
Leaves are one thing but it's the chestnuts and cases that are the pain to get up in my experience.
I am in my second year or being surrounded by trees and currently find it strangely therapeutic to do it all manually. It won't last.
I've got a Chestnut in the front garden, its only plus point (unless you like chestnuts) is that the leaves fall very quickly. For a few weeks the ground is covered with them, then they're gone. With the Oaks it's a more gradual process, they'll be falling from now till Christmas, and the trees aren't completely in phase so when one has finished another has barely started. I am in my second year or being surrounded by trees and currently find it strangely therapeutic to do it all manually. It won't last.
I bought a lawn vacuum thing, haven't made my mind up about it yet, it's good for fairly smallish numbers of leaves but big amounts overwhelm it. I think the answer is to start with a rake and finish with the vacuum. Another 6 builders bags of leaves for the tip today.
RYH64E said:
Jaguar steve said:
No you don't.
Sorted
What I've got is a sixteen year old who thinks that manual labour is beneath him, and when he does help is more of a hindrance. Machinery would be more reliable, do a better job, and almost certainly work out cheaper.Sorted
I tried a 16 year old today. She refused point blank. Ash tree has spread loads of leaves this weekend
I have 7 fully matured TPO'd beech trees. 7. BLOODY SEVEN!
I'd be tempted with the makita and diesel but as our living room is one story up it's absolutely stunning to look out the windows and see the autumn colours all around us. Just beautiful.
My neighbour who has lived here the longest waits for all the leaves to fall (or most) and after the first big winds of the year picks them up with the ride on and takes them down the tip bagged up in his trailer. I think this is probably going to be the best idea.
I'd be tempted with the makita and diesel but as our living room is one story up it's absolutely stunning to look out the windows and see the autumn colours all around us. Just beautiful.
My neighbour who has lived here the longest waits for all the leaves to fall (or most) and after the first big winds of the year picks them up with the ride on and takes them down the tip bagged up in his trailer. I think this is probably going to be the best idea.
It's THAT time of year again and I've decided to fight the leaves with machinery! 8HP of machinery! Picked up today and spent most of the afternoon 'hoovering' the garden, not that it's slow, just that I've lots to hoover!
Roll on tomorrow's weather and I'll have to start all over again.
Roll on tomorrow's weather and I'll have to start all over again.
S6PNJ said:
It's THAT time of year again and I've decided to fight the leaves with machinery! 8HP of machinery! Picked up today and spent most of the afternoon 'hoovering' the garden, not that it's slow, just that I've lots to hoover!
Roll on tomorrow's weather and I'll have to start all over again.
What is it and how much would you be looking at?Roll on tomorrow's weather and I'll have to start all over again.
It's an MTD Shredder Vac, Can't find it on the MTD website, but a spare parts site has it listed: http://www.powertoolspares.com/tool/mtd/spares-and...
Bought from eBay, so price will always vary depending on who wants one. It sucks like a good'un and also blows with a quick configuration change. The bag must be about 250-300 litres at a guess and I think I filled it about 8-10 times this afternoon, if not more! plenty of leaf mould for my good lady to garden with in about 2 years time (we have leaf mould from 2 and 1 year ago, so plenty 'in the pipeline'.
Lots of 'professional' vacuums here: https://www.abbeygardensales.co.uk/subprod/profess...
No affiliation!
Bought from eBay, so price will always vary depending on who wants one. It sucks like a good'un and also blows with a quick configuration change. The bag must be about 250-300 litres at a guess and I think I filled it about 8-10 times this afternoon, if not more! plenty of leaf mould for my good lady to garden with in about 2 years time (we have leaf mould from 2 and 1 year ago, so plenty 'in the pipeline'.
Lots of 'professional' vacuums here: https://www.abbeygardensales.co.uk/subprod/profess...
No affiliation!
Edited by S6PNJ on Sunday 15th October 19:44
Philemon said:
I sold one last year on eBay for £225. It was a bargain for the buyer. I have another 2 Billy Goats, 3.5 & 5hp which I use to clear the leaves. They make light work of it 300 sq m.
Well worth spending the money if you value your time.
Do they really pick up that much more than a ride on mower?Well worth spending the money if you value your time.
This year I've tried my lawn rake cassette in the mower set so the tines are about 10mm off the soil, works a treat and it's a lot less time, noise and weight around your shoulder to clear the lawn than the garden vac, it does not pull up any grass. I then pile them up and once done suck them through the garden vac in about two minutes to reduce the volume, and still use the vac on the borders, but I'm saving a good hour a week. Why oh why did I not try this 6 years ago when I bought the mower and the vac......
Boosted LS1 said:
RYH64E said:
It's that time of the year again, the trees are moulting and there're bloody leaves everywhere, I've just spent 3 hours raking, sweeping and using a lawnmower to hoover them up, then put them in builders bags to take down the tip. I filled 6 bags today and past experience suggests that will be par for the course for the next 6 weeks. I've got a leaf blower but it doesn't really help, imo. How do others deal with the problem? There's got to be an easier way than this.
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k me, they're just leaves. Thank Christ you weren't fighting in the trenches for us, lol. Man up and grow some balls. You'll be after a leaf blower next.
My last place had a big garden, I used a petrol mower to hoover them up, would fill a little erde trailer up and take em to my parents allotment or tip
Once I forgot to put the cover on and got on the main road, got to a certain speed and they all came out in a second.
Bet it gave some people a fright!
Once I forgot to put the cover on and got on the main road, got to a certain speed and they all came out in a second.
Bet it gave some people a fright!
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