Doing leaves in the yard

[drcollie]

I spent until dark doing leaves today. My lot - for some reason - is Vortex Central for the neighborhood and I swear I get all the leaves from five house in my yard which is over an acre, Literally the leaves are halfway to your knees, boot-top-height-deep. So I have my John Deere / Hasty Vac rig which does a beautiful job when there is just a single layer of leaves, but gets bogged quickly where there is 10" worth - overwhelms its capacity. Today I went and bought the biggest Stihl blower they make, the BR 700 series. Why go with the wimpy ones? GIMME THE BIG BOY. The one the Landscapers buy.


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So yeah, this thing is a hurricane on your back. It has enough torque on the business end of it that you best have hold when you trigger it. It's not magic, but it will kick the 10" layer into the woods enough for me to get the 1" to 2" off with the tractor rig.

As Tim Allen would say ....More power, more power! Arggghhh....Arggghhhhhh!