Raking leaves instead of riding.

[UselessPickles]

The weather is awesome this weekend, but I have tons of leaves to clean up in the yard instead of riding. I decided rake a section of the yard into one big pile:

 

[user 6393]

ok, that looks like fun.........my dogs would be going nuts when any of us disappeared

 

[MEM]

FUN! If that pile of leaves was in my yard, there'd be a good chance of dog poop being in it

 

[Fairlaner]

now that sure did look like a lotta fun.......

R

 

[Bustanut joker]

Oh yeah!

Ya know, raking those things really does suck but it's fun playing in em when ya get done..

I don't have many leafy trees just pines, but the neighbors trees seem to like my yard :blink:

You don't burn those stinky things do ya?

:jester:

 

[ionbeam]

I've got 2 achers acres of hardwoods and pines. I tried to rake the the leafs, but it is an endless job. I tried to vacuum them with my mower, 12 feet and both bags are full. Desperation makes people do strange things with stuff they have lying around the shop --

The force of the debris blowing into the trailer packs the stuff in as tightly as a hay bale. The leafs are not so fun to play with like this, but it gets me out of the yard early so I have time to ride my FJR!

You know that it is a real man's creation when it includes duct tape and bungie cords

 

[extrememarine]

Jeff,

I've got a book of matches...

Let's ride.

Wayne

 

[TCMike]

Looks like fun! I raked leaves for the first time this year. This is the 3rd house we've been in, but have always started with a newly built house, and newly planted trees. Haven't stayed in 1 place long enough to let the trees mature.

 

[UselessPickles]

You don't burn those stinky things do ya?

I've got a book of matches...
Let's ride.

I don't think I could get away with burning huge piles of leaves around here. We've been bagging them... by hand. That pile filled up 15 of those big 30 gallon paper yard waste bags, we've filled up 13 bags in addition to that pile, and we probably have about another 10 bags of leaves to rake and bag today. Then I have to mow the lawn

I like this mower attachment, but what do you do when it gets full? I don't have enough property that I could just dump them somewhere out of the way. I'd still have to bag them and set them out at the curb for pickup.

 

[wfooshee]

Looks like fun.

Around here, you rake pine needles. Year round. You could lose an eye diving into a pile of those. And every once in a while you get one of the hard spiky pine cones, too. Not to mention pine sap on your clothes.

Pine trees suck!

 

[FJRBluesman]

Looked fun jumping, not fun raking. We don't see piles of leaves like that out on the west coast from one yard.

Cool stuff. :yahoo:

 

[Wee Willy]

Jeff,
I've got a book of matches...

Let's ride.

Wayne

Damn...I was thinking exactly that same thing. That looked like alot of fun. Out here is SoCal, we don't have leaves, we have tumbleweeds. Tumbleweeds have stickers.

They usually make nice piles against a fence or similar porous windbreak. If you go diving into these, appropriate head gear is required. Another recommended piece of safety gear would be a good set of gardening gloves. Notice our test dummy here has not got a set on. He will wish he did in a few moments.

Folks who try this usually don't come back for more.

Cheers,

W2

 

[ionbeam]

...what do you do when it gets full?...I'd still have to bag them and set them out at the curb for pickup.

The leafs have been through the mower deck producing roughly a 5:1 volume reduction, what is in the trailer is dense and compacted leafs. I built the tailgate to swing up and rest on the top of the trailer. At this point the options are to pull the dump handle and end-up the trailer or put a 40 gallon leaf bag over the tail of the trailer and scoop the leafs into the bag. As I said, the leafs are compacted and come out in 'flakes' like a hay bale separates when the wires are cut. It ain't perfect but it does work quite well on residential size properties. These pictures sure aren't glamor shots of the setup but you get the idea. The tailgate 'hinge' is just a larger piece of PVC over a smaller piece. When the leaf season is over the whole wire cage simply lifts out of the trailer. I've been using this setup for roughly 10 years now and it is beginning to show some aging.

 

[old Pilot]

The weather is awesome this weekend, but I have tons of leaves to clean up in the yard instead of riding. I decided rake a section of the yard into one big pile:

Haha, looks like fun, we did that when we were kids. I don't rake them now, just mow them (push mower) once or twice.

 

[ahchiu]

That looks like fun, the leaves up here are very wet and cold..I was waiting for you to ride you bike through it and use the FJR exhaust as a blower..

 

[chrisflock]

I've been taking the 'organic' approach to my yard.

There are leaves in the back yard. Soon, it won't matter, when they are covered with snow. But for now, they seem to trap the smells of rabbits and such, so the dog finds them quite interesting.

 

[UselessPickles]

That looks like fun, the leaves up here are very wet and cold..I was waiting for you to ride you bike through it and use the FJR exhaust as a blower..

I suggested that I ride my wife's Honda Rebel through it. She didn't like that idea.

 

[FJReady]

Alan,

I just so happen to have that exact model mower. (do you go through alot of drive belts?) I'm hoping you'll rent me that leaf contraption. Just what I've been looking for?

Nothing beats good 'ol yankee (not the baseball team) ingenuity! Good on ya!

How about this weather this week?

Russ

 

[RadioHowie]

...what do you do when it gets full?...I'd still have to bag them and set them out at the curb for pickup.

The leafs have been through the mower deck producing roughly a 5:1 volume reduction, what is in the trailer is dense and compacted leafs. I built the tailgate to swing up and rest on the top of the trailer. At this point the options are to pull the dump handle and end-up the trailer or put a 40 gallon leaf bag over the tail of the trailer and scoop the leafs into the bag. As I said, the leafs are compacted and come out in 'flakes' like a hay bale separates when the wires are cut. It ain't perfect but it does work quite well on residential size properties. These pictures sure aren't glamor shots of the setup but you get the idea. The tailgate 'hinge' is just a larger piece of PVC over a smaller piece. When the leaf season is over the whole wire cage simply lifts out of the trailer. I've been using this setup for roughly 10 years now and it is beginning to show some aging.

Hmmmm.....I think I see a loose camchain on that thing. h34r: