Do you need to blow the leaves together to make a mound before vacuuming/mulching or can you do it on the fly?
1543024
Less time putting it into a mound, if the area is not too large. If you are covering the realm and the kingdom perhaps on the fly is better.
1543025
It can be done on the fly. I think putting leaves in a mound is faster, and I think getting the leaves out of the beds using the blower first does a better job. Maybe if you are just picking up leaves off of grass, it doesn't matter.
1543026
You can do it 'on the fly' as you say. It is one of the best parts of the unit. It will handle the vacuuming/ mulching as you go or if you have things in a mound, it will take of that as well. Great, versatile unit.
838468
I would rather buy a blower/mulcher in 1. It will be faster. Just vacuum the leaves and empty the bag into a pile or the trash when full.
90836
I used this to pick up newly fallen leaves, not mulched leaves. Esentially it is a hose that connects to your leaf blower/vac and would depend on how powerful your vac is. I would think that would work but would depend on how fine the leaves are mulched and the power of your vac. Good luck!
176401
The suction is pretty good, i have picked up lots of leaves, and paper, maybe acorns but I can't say for certain. I can say if you have tons, this will take too long. Leaves took a long time but I'm the genious that waited till all the leaves were on the ground before starting.
234364
Sort of. you rake the leaves into a pile, then use these to scoop into a bag. They're nice because they're the width of a lawn bag so you don't lose many leaves over the side.
873554
Well...the only things that you will have adjusted the height with the brush underneath. But I don't guarantee that will work well. I always used broom and rake to put on the lawn as well. It will help faster to clean out the lawn than doing more work on the hard surface. I hope this would be helpful to you.
2176557
I haven't tried leaves, but the hose is about the same size as a regular vacuum cleaner so I think leaves would easily clog it up. Unless they are quite small, like from a house plant.
888533
There is a dust port on the back of the unit. As I recall, it is kind of small. To use the dust port, you are going to need a ferocious dust collection system. When this thing gets going it turns out a lot of sawdust. I use mine outside of my shop for that reason; moving it back and forth. I can't handle that big a pile of wood shavings very well in the shop. After use, I wind up sweeping and shoveling. The sawdust is kind of fine and I doesn't make very good mulch.
1586503
Part of it depends on how high the grass is. If the leaves are stuck in the grass, it takes the right angle of the blower to make them move. If the leaves are sitting on top of the grass, I'd say about 8. Part of it also depends on how heavy the leaves are (if they're wet.) That's the hardest to make them move, and then it'd be about a 5.
2055674
It will not skim the leaves 100% efficiently. Some mulch will be vacuumed as well. It depends on the vacuum setting as well as the amount of moisture on the small leaves. The more moisture will force you to increase the vacuum power settings and this is what causes the mulch so be extracted along with the leaves.
968029
Maybe- can you get over the wall and straight down? The vacuum is better for larger pieces, such as leaves, not good for very fine dirt.
580688
You do need to use your current pole / handle that the brush or manual vacumn uses. If you don't have one for those you will need to buy one.
589074
No.Easier thuan the small gas mower I had. Kind of like vacuuming the yard. My wife has no problems using.
1749552
Sucking up and mulching Live Oak leaves is a strength of this machines performance. I have a Live Oak and it does a great job. It also does very well with Crepe Myrtle and clippings from shrubs. A bigger challenge is the large leaves of Magnolia trees - it picks these up "most of the time" but occasionally if they get positioned wrong in the intake, you have to give them a little help to get sucked in.
1584859
No. You need to brush away any leaves etc in the area you want to set-up in. I imagine a floor could get slippy and noisy.
1588616
If the leaves were green, I would say "NO". However as long as the leaves are dry and crunchy, I don't see why the machine can't handle the job as long as there's more branch than leaves.
782602
You just attach hose, and put extensions together for a long handle. It was good at picking up leaves but not dirt since it just goes right thru the collection bag.