Ken wrote:

On 24 Nov 2003 15:06:52 -0800, the renowned (Al 2)
wrote:


I don't have a suggestion on how to fix your rake but would suggest a
Stihl leaf blower. They work great.
Al

Four rakes and a heavy-duty cart with pneumatic tires with a cardboard
box from a big-screen TV on it, and ALL the leaves are finally ready
at the curb for the city vacuum trucks. The newfangled plastic rakes
work better than the steel ones for some places and some sizes of
leaves, and vice versa. The contractor we used to use just bought some
kind of tractor attachment that does the trick and got rid of most of
his hired help. He used to use gas-powered leaf blowers and tarps.

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Spehro Pefhany
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Hundreds of years down the road, we'll probably *still* be doing the
same thing - - - ya'd think someone could come up with a *good*
pulverizer to turn them into dust and be done with them. Some of the
shredders aren't too bad, but ya still have to bring the leaves to the
shredder . Need something lawn tractor mounted that grinds them up
into nothing.
Ken.

I've got a mulching blade on my $129 Walmart lawnmower. Unless the grass
is very thick or the leaves over a foot deep it's enough that I only rake
the leaves out from where the mower can't reach. If the first pass doesn't
chop them all up I run over them again.
Joe
who should have started earlier this year, and done it in phases.