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    Posted: November-12-2009 at 1:16am
   My mom lives in a timber, with about an acre of lawn. Last weekend we cleaned lawn. Thought I'd post a few pics of the way we "rake" leaves up north....





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and grade gravel driveways, thats a first with the leaves though,
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Now THAT is brilliant. I had better not show that to my kids.
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Steve,
I have used the tractor blade for the same but you do end up with a few divits here and there. Now, if you could figure out how to get the set up to clean my gutters it would be great!


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Originally posted by WakeSlayer WakeSlayer wrote:

Now THAT is brilliant. I had better not show that to my kids.


Mike, I cant take credit for the idea...my father started doing it years before he passed away. I did improve on the idea with the V plow tho..

Pete, we use the mower and a gas powered backpack blower to windrow the leaves onto the blacktop drive. No divots that way!

BTW, In the third picture where we are pushing the leaves, there is a retaining wall.... the leaves are actually 8 to 10 feet deep!
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Did my share today! Wished I took photos's. Smoke was so bad you could see it from the interate that was 3 1/2 miles away!
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On those 8' footers Steve did you have to put your snow chains on?

Saturday is leaf raking day for me, no place to plow them though . . . up in smoke.

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Happy birthday Chuck. It was a pleasure meeting you at GL.

Friday the 13th will be nothing but good luck for you.

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Chuck, happy birthday
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Steve, been there done that, nowadays I just use a leaf blower to push them to my neighbors yard.

Chuck, Happy Birthday!!
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Happy B.day Chuck!!! ... having a birthday on friday the 13th?!! How lucky can you get!
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Thanks Pete, Quinner, Chris, Eric, Lewy (first BD greetings from the Southern Hemisphere for me), and Pete.

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Happy Birthday Chuck, it is my father's birthday today too! 59 I think.
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HW, I'm not sure what to think about being old enough to be your dad . . . although I'm not quite yet at his level. Thank you. BTW thanks for sending the boot hardware.

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Originally posted by 8122pbrainard 8122pbrainard wrote:

Steve,
Now, if you could figure out how to get the set up to clean my gutters it would be great!

Pete

I think if you hooked a rope to the back end of the truck and the other end to a downspout then got a good running start.....you'd solve your gutter cleaning problems.

Oh....and Happy Birthday Wishes to both Chuck and Steve!
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Oh....and Happy Birthday Wishes to both Chuck and Steve!


Thanks Mark... Chuck and I've known each other for 4 or 5 years and just found out this morning we shared the same B.days.
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Happy b-days guys..... Yep, darn the Jason masks and have some fun boys..
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Happy b-days guys..... Yep, darn the Jason masks and have some fun boys..
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Somehow missed this Steve...hope you had a good one.

I know I owe you a call-back. But last week was "Groundhog" day for me. Remember the Bill Murray movie? Every day was just the same as the day before...crazy busy.

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Michael Keaton? bill murray was in the other movie
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Originally posted by eric lavine eric lavine wrote:

Michael Keaton? bill murray was in the other movie



Ground Hog Day = Bill Murray

Carbon Copy = Micael Keaton
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