On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 03:48:21 GMT, Gerald Miller
wrote:

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



It seems like a typical story; you don't know how great a product is
until you have used it for years and by then it is no longer available.

Any suggestions where suitable pieces of metal might be available?

Thanks,
Pete.

I don't have a suggestion on how to fix your rake but would suggest a
Stihl leaf blower. They work great.
Al
I use an electric blower and ignore the vacuum pick up feature after
replacing a couple of impellers - bags are cheaper than impellers. For
pick up I use a fan rake in each hand and dump them into the held open
bag. My annual crop is 40 - 50 of the large bags well stuffed.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

My boys wanted a house with trees when we moved up here (Midland,
Michigan), so my wife found one. The damn leaves just took up a month
of free time. We used blowers and rakes. Total haul was about 20 9'
X 19' tarps piled high.

I don't know about other places, but here you pile them in the street
next to the curb. They pick them up twice with modified front end
loaders (big angle - chicken wire extensions) and compactor trucks.
Before both pickups, you can barely navigate down the street since 10'
X 3' high piles line both curbs.

I'm sure glad it's done. At least in the back yard, which is worse
than the front, I can just haul them into the woods.

Pete Keillor