|
|
|
|
|
#1
11-15-2013, 06:45 AM
|
||||
|
||||
Leaves!
It's that time of year again. Fortunately the freezing temps a few days ago brought down almost all the rest of them and they're dry so they burn up quickly. Got part of the backyard cleaned up yesterday after taking Susan to airport, she's back in LA now. Just need a few more days of dry weather to clean up the rest of them.
I'm getting too old for this shit, maybe I should just get out the chainsaw and get rid of some of these damn trees. 
|
|
#2
11-15-2013, 08:39 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I chop mine up and leave them there but I seem to have a bumper crop of them this year .I have mowed them three times already and they keep on coming .I am cutting several big trees which I hope will help next year .
__________________
John
|
|
#3
11-15-2013, 08:40 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
I feeling the same way. One tree is coming down this winter. I have hauled off 3 - 5X8 trailer loads of leaves and still have more to pick up. I'm having some of my trees cut back this year. I also hate this time of year and most of the time I have to clean them up in the rain and slop.
__________________
Ray 1970 SS Chevelle Van Nuys Built
|
|
#4
11-15-2013, 09:34 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Hey Hank, did you know its against the law to burn leaves here in Michigan?? I used to love the smell of it when I was a kid. Now with COPD I cant stand it anymore.
EDIT Just checked Michigan laws......it says some communities allow burning leaves.......do you live in Brighton Twsp? If so, it says ya gotta get a permit to burn. Last edited by Ken Hayes; 11-15-2013 at 10:07 AM.
|
|
#5
11-15-2013, 05:24 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
|
|
#6
11-15-2013, 06:16 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
We get a ton of them here. Went yesterday and bought Kathy her Christmas present. One of those back-pack type Stihl blowers. That sum-bitchin thing will make 212 mph winds. She's been blowing leaves alll over the place. Mostly just pushing them into the woods. Seem's to be working pretty good. She usally cuts them up with the mower too. This year she got a sweeper. That is a lot better than when we used to rake them.
|
|
#8
11-15-2013, 07:45 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I live on a hill in our sub and I mow the lawn real low starting in Oct and just like magic when its windy all the leaves are gone...
Ken, Tony's wife Kathy is a great girl and is a lot of fun to be around Here is a pic of her getting the Hot Rod ready for the awards at Frankenmuth last year....Trust me Kathy is the boss.
__________________
Ric Beckman  1969 Chevelle SS396 1972 Camaro SS350
|
|
#10
11-16-2013, 07:04 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
We keep the grass cut as short as possible in the fall but it's not enough to blow them all away. Wish I had some woods around to blow them into. The people next door can and the people behind us and Darryl across the street but not us. Blow into piles, rack them onto a tarp and haul them to the back. Did that Friday afternoon and yesterday afternoon, hopefully we can finish today. We've picked them up with the mower but there's so many the bags fill up in a few minutes. Then you might have to drive it 200' around back, dump them then drive 200' back to where you were. Just no easy way to deal with so many leaves.
|
 |
|
|
Hybrid Mode
