Has anyone sucked up any acorns with the metal impellar? I have tons of acorns in my yard, but am a little hesitant to use it on them.
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I haven't sucked up acrons but I have sucked up other small things similar to them. Try just a few acrons at the time and see how it works out before you proceed to all of them. Hope this helps.
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I have not picked up acorns, however, I have some hard pods from a sweet glum tree that really makes a bad sound if I get into any. I have since stopped using the vac on them and I rake them into a pile and pick them up by hand. Not to bad, better than damaging the vac.
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I think an acorn will probably wedge and jam the impellar. I dont think it will break the impellar blades as they seem pretty durable but I have had small hard items jam mine. It is fairly easy to disassemble and free up but a pain just the same.
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I pick up small fruits (cherry I think) that are about an inch give or take. I also use it to pick up a small apple, 2-2 1/2 inches. If the acorns are in this range, your good. If they are smaller than that, there is another smaller version of this same tool meant for nuts and whatnot.
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Yes, my wife picks up giant burr oak acorns out of thick St.Augustine grass. One item of caution, we loaned the Nut Wizard to friends that gathered smaller pecans and "Shared" them with us, this little Wizard did not discriminate the dried dog turds!! :(
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Was wondering if you ever found an answer to this - I have a 42" Craftsman and would like to use blades like these to pull up acorns so my cyclone rake will vacuum them up.....
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I have a large honey locust tree in the area where I used the Tordon RTU and haven't experienced any damage to the tree, however it has been only a couple of months. I also didn't use very much, I had several weed tree's in the fence line that had gotten to about 2-3 inch diameter. I cut them as low to the ground as possible and painted the stumps with the Tordon, I didn't spray or pour it on the ground. So, I hesitate to say it's fine but so far so good with a very well established tree and limited use. By the way, it killed the weed tree's DEAD, lol!
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Sorry I did not finish. Louisiana was bad and it would not work when I tried. It was replaced but again in 97 degree weather I have not tried it. Looks good. Good company. I have a blower, weed eater and tiller. Sorry C J
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It would depend on how large, especially how wide the oak leaves are. If they are the typical oak leaves which are more vertical than horizontal, and about 1-2" wide, I'd say yes. However, the instructions state that you shouldn't vacuum up sticks or small rocks. I think this may apply to acorns too. The sycamore leaves that the Toro won't vacuum up are large and round, about 5-6" in diameter. Hope this was helpful.
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We used it on the lawn as well. The neighbors even got one. it works well all over the lawn and my husband just loved it a lot. It is so much better than using rakes to get them. As the old nuts fall everywhere for us all. I hope it works well for you. Much easier on the old bodies than all the raking. Have fun!!
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Julie: Just pull the top silver piece straight off and fill. Be careful as today I filled my pepper grinder and I pulled the top rather firmly and some peppercorns flew when the top came off. My fault as I was in a bit of a hurry. Hope you enjoy the grinder. Do you have both the salt and pepper ones? I have both. Had to order from two different vendors, but love them both. They are well worth the money spent. Enjoy!
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Jason, I've had a hard time getting it up to the desired smoking temp when it's cool & windy or just cool. I think one of the problems is that they only recommending using 12 or so starter coals. Yesterday I increased this number to 20 or so and that seemed to work better. I'll keep fooling with it and could see using up to half the coals in the chimney starter. And I've found that I need to have the top holes open more than the 5/16 they recommend. I'd say open them all the way up and then throttle them down. I also think it makes a big difference and significantly slows down the process if the meat isn't close to room temp to start. But I'll tell you, the more I use the device the more comfortable I feel with it. I'm having a retirement get together this coming Sat so started preparing for that this weekend. Using a rib rack I smoked 6 full racks of ribs on Sat and 6 more on Sun. I'd never have dreamed that 6 racks of ribs would fit on the Weber but they did. I baby sat the Sat batch pretty closely but once the Sunday batch was up to speed I only looked at about once/hour to stir the coals, add water & wood. We ate one last evening and it was good but will put the rest in the oven for 2 or 3 hours to get them more tender before serving. I hope that this (long) answer is of some help and encouragement. Dave McCartney, Marion, OH dkmcpa@yahoo.com
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Pretty sure it will. Mine picked up rocks, so I had to be ultra careful. If the acorns are out of the shell, they'll be toast with this unit. Hope it helps.
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I use a long poker that you would pull weeds out with. do not touch the poison as the moles will not eat it then. I have had no problem with squirrels and I live in the country. just prod until you feel an opening and drop one or two marbles in it. works better than anything I have ever tried and that is a long list. good luck
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HI again. Did a little reading on your 2 lined chestnut borer. this might work. I'd give it a try. They do feed on live bark, so there is a shot that they may ingest the product. You'd have to ask a competent arborist if the bark would absorb it.
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I usually have squirrels, but I have not seen any since I started using Sweeney's Solar Mole spike. It's strange because I have a large walnut tree in the yard.
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Dang, people! I'm looking for an herb grinder to crush caraway seeds for my homemade rye bread. Now you've got me nervous that my mailman will think I'm doing weed!!!
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Hello, When I used the Snake-B-Gone, I just sprinkled the little pellets under tree's, bushes, along the property line. I would use it just like the pellets of the Snail's B'Gone, Hope I have helped and that all of your little slither s stay away. B
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I have a large oak in my yard, too. The vac does pick them up, but be warned about the noise level when it tries to chew them- it is quite loud. I used the collection system with mine and when I poured the refuse out, the acorns were mostly intact. I'm not sure how the wear and tear on the blades will affect the unit's lifespan but it made it through year one ok.