Re: Shredding leaves

Heh,  I did the same thing this year; driving around the neighborhood at night collecting bags of what I assume to be leaves.  Many of my neighbors are using clear trash bags this year, making it a little easier to know what I'm getting.
 
In response to the original question, I have both a blower/vac/shredder and a 6 HP chipper/shredder.  The blower/vac, like you said, has too small a bag and you have to carry it.  My 6 HP chipper not only does a better job, but shreds them finer than the blower, I'd guess about 1 bag out of 2-3 bags from the blower/vac.  One "problem" with the chipper is that it creates A LOT of dust, which I am sure does not please the neighbors.  It is faster than my blower/vac, but still seems slow when you've got 20 bags worth of leaves to shred.  Incidentally the bag holds about 3x what my blower holds, and the best part is that I'm not carrying it. 
 
Bryan Saylor
Herndon, VA
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: L*@aol.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: Shredding leaves

In a message dated 11/10/2001 4:26:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, S*@webtv.net writes:


our village crews have the job of leaf removal for leaves piled up
curbside a call to the village roads superintendant and the promise of
beer for the guys resulted in us getting a large pile of shreaded leaves
delivered 3 truckloads hubby says at least 15 cu. yards a few soda cans
and stuff like that also come with it


Thanks Deb....after depleting my nieghbors trees i run around under the cover of darkness stealing bags of what I hope are leaves left out at curb for pickup by garbage man........so far mostly leaves and a few body parts....but no major surprizes...sure...the ones on the lawn are easy...just run them over with the mower.....but opening the bags and spreading them over the lawn to get re-mowered isn't an option....hmmm....I wonder if I can convince my wife to get a riding mower for my 30 ftx 20 ft front yard ????/........thanks....G
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