Leaf bucket

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sequoyah101

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Short post.

Lots of leaves to move out of the yard. Like a mountain of them.

Pallet forks, two 16' gates covered with field fence, strap them on with some ratchet straps and Voila! You can move big piles of leaves out of the yard pretty fast.

A bit awkward and not deep enough to make full use of the gate height. The angle of repose for oak leaves is highly variable but low. I need to build about a 12' x 6' deep by 4' high basket with a front lip more conducive to scooping the leaves. One day when I've nothing else to do.

I'm retired! What I don't get done today can usually wait until tomorrow. What I don't get done before I die won't matter anymore!

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Well done! I could use something like that too! Cheers!
 
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Hope you're using them on a compost pile. Even unground-up, they'll eventually compost.

I just used a ZTR to bush up leaves underneath big oak trees on 5 acres of church property back in the 80s. Left them on the grass where nature wants them.

Ralph
 
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Good idea. :thumbsup:
 
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I like it! Nice work.
 
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Good idea. I also mulch mine into the lawn in the fall, but still have a bunch on the flower beds that we clear out in the spring and haul to the compost pile.

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Great thinking out of the box. I love the ideas that people think up to make jobs easier.
 
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Geez, Seq/101 - you DO have a lot of leaves. When you mentioned leaves I was thinking of maybe a 55 gallon drum full. Heck - you could fill a dozen of those with one load of your home-make leave-hauler. Super idea.

On the other hand, I'd probably simply mow over them, chopping them up into mulch. Great for the lawn, and a lot less work.
 

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