Takes me back to thinking about when I did landscaping, raking was always the hated part for me. Right up until I found one of those push lawn vacuums. Eight horse engine, yeah it was kinda clumsy to move with it's small wheels, until those got upgraded. After that the only gripe about it was the small capacity but it was light-years better than running a rake I felt. Small water oak leaves, giant magnolia leaves, pinestraw with cones, poplar leaves and flowers... That vacuum was one of the best investments ever for the job.
I have a PTO powered one called a Goosen that you pull with a tractor you can just drive over the leaves or use the hose. I got it from a country club for $100!
I miss the days when we were allowed to burn the leaves in those metal cans with the holes in them but the stupid environmental stuff started and they banned it where I live, it used to smell so good on a chilly autumn day and yes I guess it might have been a fire hazard if not done right. The city used to have these giant vacuums towed by a truck that had a big box on the back, it had a huge pipe with a ninety degree angle and the end had a wide flat funnel thing, there were usually two guys with rakes, they would walk alongside and pull the leaves from the gutter and the vacuum would suck them up, as a little kid I used to love watching it, now we have to bag the leaves, I have a Snapper with a snapperizer attachment, if you don't know what it is it's a screen type device that attaches to the mower deck, you need to take the blade off attach it then put the blade back on, it basically shreds the leaves and reduces them so you can fit for in a bag then I have a funnel that goes inside the paper leaf bags and keeps it open, it's a lot more efficient than raking and works best when the leaves are dry, I don't know if they still make the snapperizer, they used to cost about 120 bucks, I found one at a car swap meet a guy had, it was brand new in the box, he didn't even know what it was, I asked him how much, he said 20 bucks, it was probably the quickest sale he ever had, my friend who passed away had one in his shed, I don't think he ever used it so now I have an extra one.
thank you for this. It can be an art to it with technique and good machinery. Bulk vacuuming and shredding is key too. I just upgraded our Agrifab 's engine and the thing sucks leaves up, sticks too, with ease. A slight funnel-like end on that hose would increase efficiency about 10-20%. (just me thinking aloud(
I can’t imagine how many thousands of dollars worth of equipment is sitting there that is so nice. I wish I had anything to help load leaves other than a bucket and a rake into my truck bed. That drone flies a long time up there!
Get a small, hand held gas powered leaf vac. Cut the discharge tube down to fit into a trash can made to fit lid with screens for air displacement. Fill then empty the can into the truck.
I did this for 20 years an this was always my favorite time of year just beca8se of this right here we used lawn mowers to pick them all up an then dropped em for the sucker we put a drop arm on the back that allowed us to carry the tube it takes alot of the weight off it while transporting an using
Absolutely love the concept of cutting an alleyway thru the pile and then working the edges. I've watched so may try to push the pile. Even with a pair of guys it doesn't work as well. Blowing the edges down a 10-20 ft alley is incredible. Walking up and down the edge is incredible feeling of power as a tumult of leaves pours down. Requires a circular motion with the blower that takes a little practice but once mastered you "Control The Wind"
That was (sniff) so poetic but I'm not too nostalgic for my prior years of blowin' rakin' & (oof!) baggin'. Guy's got the serious gear yet truck's too pretty for this gig:/
i run a little wonder HPV for leaf clean ups, doesn't make a mess like a blower and you don't have to quit if it's windy sucks all the leaves right up. I empty the bag into a 95 gallon garbage can I can empty the bag and be back to running in 1 minute.
Build yourself a plywood 2 piece wedge backstop hinged in the middle with the appropriate opening for hose and thank me later. Fold it up and move to the next job. I mulch the pile with my ztr to make it hold way more leaves. It's basically dust and confetti. Less need for dumping this way. It's a money maker for sure.
How did you film this? Very nicely done. Forget all those folks in the comments that say their way is better or faster. You are doing great, your truck is an indicator of that.
Im always looking for new ways to collect the leaves with the billygoat what ive noticed is raking the leaves in to the hose doesnt create as good of a shread
@@thelawncareguy Not stalking, just never got any notifications that you were posting videos for months now so getting caught up on your new channel. Still love to watch G4 content and hopefully Andy gets some more Cut and Clean videos too.
use a rake to move big piles. even on concrete. it saves so much time. less time on the blower. blower cleans use the rest quickly. edit. commented too soon.
I just got my first leaf blower for Father's Day in June and I did my yard which is much bigger than this one and I noticed after I got done that all of the many oaks around my house still have a lot of leaves to drop. just like in this video those leaves are going to drop again do you have to come back and do it when it's cold because those oaks hold on to their leaves until January?
I do the same thing, I try to rake/blow all my leaves into the driveway or street. Then I vacuum them up with a push style yard vacuum that sucks them up and mulches them. Problem is, my neighborhood is all 100 year old oak trees that drop gigantic leaves! So my vacuum gets clogged up pretty easily. But I'm only doing my own yard so I'm not going to be buying a giant trailer vacuum like this. Must be nice though!
It’s crazy my roommate hates it when the yard guy wakes him up to blow leaves so we tried raking them ..yard way to big ..had to use a hand held blower so I said a backpack blower is faster so now he wants the backpack blower that pros use it’s like $629 ECHO X Series PB-9010T to use 1 to 2 times a year..and his mother buys him whatever he wants..almost 10k in apple products not counting his 8k tv that was close to $6k
Blow them into my yard! I get the ones my neighbors pay to have blown to the street and spread them over my grass and run over them with my mower. They break down over the winter and feed my lawn. Never have figured out why people get rid of leaves.
He doesn’t have permission to go into the neighbors yard. That’s not who hired him. You never know the relationship between neighbors and you can never assume.
@@JC-dr8ev You’re correct but wasting your time. The average person has no clue what running a business entails and they don’t want to know. Folks have ideas, suggestions and criticisms that are unworkable, inadvisable, illegal or unprofitable. But they think they know and you can’t tell them otherwise. I’ve quit trying to explain.
@@digginestdog5824 You’re exactly right. Everyone has the way they would do it in their imagination, all while they’re going to their 9-5 everyday with someone telling them every move to make.
@@JC-dr8ev And at their jobs they criticize management and ownership without understanding anything about the nuances of running things. If I do 2,000 jobs a year and save just $1 in fuel at each site, that’s 2k straight to the bottom line. Other people are willing to give away my money as though they’d forfeit the profits if they were in my position.
I feel like once you get the the point at 4:30 its quicker to grab two rakes and shovel them into a big pile and come back with the blower to clean it up, no?
I feel like that suction hose should have a large funnel on the end so it collects more leaves, as they are blown in.
Our how about a v shaped wall of maybe plywood where the suction is at the center?
@@joeheskett7225You'd have to move all that plywood weight around. Pain in the asssss.
8:48 - "When it gets down that small, im done blowing" - The LawnCare Guy
Fun to watch ,great technique - work smarter not harder! You da man! Thoroughly enjoyed the video
Takes me back to thinking about when I did landscaping, raking was always the hated part for me. Right up until I found one of those push lawn vacuums. Eight horse engine, yeah it was kinda clumsy to move with it's small wheels, until those got upgraded. After that the only gripe about it was the small capacity but it was light-years better than running a rake I felt. Small water oak leaves, giant magnolia leaves, pinestraw with cones, poplar leaves and flowers... That vacuum was one of the best investments ever for the job.
I clicked on the video just because of the title. The Billy goat! Hilarious for a leaf eater.
same
The drone is impressive. It barely moved it seems, for good amount of time on a windy day
I have a PTO powered one called a Goosen that you pull with a tractor you can just drive over the leaves or use the hose. I got it from a country club for $100!
Billy goat should build a metal "wall" that would sit on top of the intake chute and funnel the leaves into it so not as many leaves blow past it.
I’ve looked at these a few times and wondered how well they work. Looks like it’s a good machine.
I miss the days when we were allowed to burn the leaves in those metal cans with the holes in them but the stupid environmental stuff started and they banned it where I live, it used to smell so good on a chilly autumn day and yes I guess it might have been a fire hazard if not done right. The city used to have these giant vacuums towed by a truck that had a big box on the back, it had a huge pipe with a ninety degree angle and the end had a wide flat funnel thing, there were usually two guys with rakes, they would walk alongside and pull the leaves from the gutter and the vacuum would suck them up, as a little kid I used to love watching it, now we have to bag the leaves, I have a Snapper with a snapperizer attachment, if you don't know what it is it's a screen type device that attaches to the mower deck, you need to take the blade off attach it then put the blade back on, it basically shreds the leaves and reduces them so you can fit for in a bag then I have a funnel that goes inside the paper leaf bags and keeps it open, it's a lot more efficient than raking and works best when the leaves are dry, I don't know if they still make the snapperizer, they used to cost about 120 bucks, I found one at a car swap meet a guy had, it was brand new in the box, he didn't even know what it was, I asked him how much, he said 20 bucks, it was probably the quickest sale he ever had, my friend who passed away had one in his shed, I don't think he ever used it so now I have an extra one.
Thats an awesome rig , great job and great video.
That’s a slick setup sir!!
thank you for this. It can be an art to it with technique and good machinery. Bulk vacuuming and shredding is key too. I just upgraded our Agrifab 's engine and the thing sucks leaves up, sticks too, with ease. A slight funnel-like end on that hose would increase efficiency about 10-20%. (just me thinking aloud(
I was thinking this too. And an old trampoline net placed behind the hose to minimize blowpast.
What do you charge for a yard like this?
Awesome video. That thing is a beast.
I like the strip of leaves in the neighbors yard!!!! Haha
Fantastic video! Thanks so much
Wish you were my Neighbor !!!!
I could get some mulch !!!!😡😡😔😔😔😔😔
GREAT JOB !!
Hmm, I would try fabricating a large scoop/funnel (like a snowblower shape) and then try blowing all the leaves into that target. Nice equipment.
Great video!
noisey leaf blowers 24/7 in these "manicured" neighborhoods... meh... let's the leaves sit... amazing what folks worry about when they own a home.
Young men need to do jobs like this, hard, smart work. Get dirty.
New Subscriber, Awesome you have the technique down.
I can’t imagine how many thousands of dollars worth of equipment is sitting there that is so nice. I wish I had anything to help load leaves other than a bucket and a rake into my truck bed. That drone flies a long time up there!
Get a small, hand held gas powered leaf vac. Cut the discharge tube down to fit into a trash can made to fit lid with screens for air displacement. Fill then empty the can into the truck.
Reminds me of the hoover from ‘Teletubies’ 😁👍
It definitely helps when you have all the proper tools. Makes any job that much easier!
I live in the desert. No leaves. And I watched this whole video for some reason ha ha
I did this for 20 years an this was always my favorite time of year just beca8se of this right here we used lawn mowers to pick them all up an then dropped em for the sucker we put a drop arm on the back that allowed us to carry the tube it takes alot of the weight off it while transporting an using
Great video
A good blower will dethatch! Really amazing.
Absolutely love the concept of cutting an alleyway thru the pile and then working the edges. I've watched so may try to push the pile. Even with a pair of guys it doesn't work as well. Blowing the edges down a 10-20 ft alley is incredible. Walking up and down the edge is incredible feeling of power as a tumult of leaves pours down. Requires a circular motion with the blower that takes a little practice but once mastered you "Control The Wind"
That was (sniff) so poetic but I'm not too nostalgic for my prior years of blowin' rakin' & (oof!) baggin'. Guy's got the serious gear yet truck's too pretty for this gig:/
The lawn care guy you gained a new sub
Great video! We purchased a DL3701VE that will arrive in December, we are excited to try it out!
Мечта детства у мужика сбылась.
Rocket science analogy of sweeping leaves! Lol
i run a little wonder HPV for leaf clean ups, doesn't make a mess like a blower and you don't have to quit if it's windy sucks all the leaves right up. I empty the bag into a 95 gallon garbage can I can empty the bag and be back to running in 1 minute.
This was strangely satisfying to watch
Crazy clean up
That sure is a pretty truck.
Build yourself a plywood 2 piece wedge backstop hinged in the middle with the appropriate opening for hose and thank me later. Fold it up and move to the next job. I mulch the pile with my ztr to make it hold way more leaves. It's basically dust and confetti. Less need for dumping this way. It's a money maker for sure.
I would love this job. I could the this work all day.
How did you film this? Very nicely done. Forget all those folks in the comments that say their way is better or faster. You are doing great, your truck is an indicator of that.
He’s using a drone. At one point early on he mentions that the drone was moving about a bit due to the wind.
Great Question!
@@markb8954 thanks I must have missed that portion of the video
Hey. we have a lot of squirrels in our yard. Wonder how the BillyGoat would......
"When it gets down that small I'm done blowing"
I like leaves a little damp, much less dust
Im always looking for new ways to collect the leaves with the billygoat what ive noticed is raking the leaves in to the hose doesnt create as good of a shread
How much does a service like this typically cost?
You would be amazed at how much more control you have over the leaves if you put a handheld blower in your left hand.
Good job, especially for a one man job. 💯
And I subbed.
Looks like my front yard and I don't even have any trees on my property.
Where did get the rig from? Cost? Thank you for the amazing video!!
Nice setup, how did you rig the trailer up? Is there a special net and intake piece? Do you have plans or close up pictures?
With my luck the wind would come up and blow the pile down the street.
Things pretty damn powerful.
Does it bog down is the leaves are real wet?
Can you do a video on your trailer setup?
Are you stalking me bro!? LOL. I really hadn’t thought about doing content like that yet. Maybe I should.
@@thelawncareguy Not stalking, just never got any notifications that you were posting videos for months now so getting caught up on your new channel. Still love to watch G4 content and hopefully Andy gets some more Cut and Clean videos too.
I agree that a video on your trailer setup would be great
Thanks for the awesome video!!! Where did you get your trailer from? Cost? Thanks. God Bless!
Funny how a person gets so many leaves when the trees are still full of leaves, Like me, i get all of the neighbors leaves blown in
Just ordered a 29, can you do a video on how you mounted it to the dump? I think its to heavy for the back doors. Thanks
looks like you will be back with those trees overhead.
use a rake to move big piles. even on concrete. it saves so much time. less time on the blower. blower cleans use the rest quickly.
edit. commented too soon.
Hey landscaper here. Getting into leaf removal this year. How much did you charge for this yard? Or an average
Is that a Lamar dump trailer? I have the 7x16 telescopic hoist….. only complaint is it seems to get kinda rusty quick
I just got my first leaf blower for Father's Day in June and I did my yard which is much bigger than this one and I noticed after I got done that all of the many oaks around my house still have a lot of leaves to drop. just like in this video those leaves are going to drop again do you have to come back and do it when it's cold because those oaks hold on to their leaves until January?
When I was in lawn care we would go thru the list for lawn clean ups basically til it snowed, so yeah we would hit same yard multiple times
So unexpectedly satisfying
So satisfying.
Very cool)
Esa máquina es muy buena 👏🏼👌🏻💪🏼
Makes me glad I can just blow the leaves into the woods where I live.
I do the same thing, I try to rake/blow all my leaves into the driveway or street. Then I vacuum them up with a push style yard vacuum that sucks them up and mulches them. Problem is, my neighborhood is all 100 year old oak trees that drop gigantic leaves! So my vacuum gets clogged up pretty easily. But I'm only doing my own yard so I'm not going to be buying a giant trailer vacuum like this. Must be nice though!
It’s crazy my roommate hates it when the yard guy wakes him up to blow leaves so we tried raking them ..yard way to big ..had to use a hand held blower so I said a backpack blower is faster so now he wants the backpack blower that pros use it’s like $629 ECHO X Series PB-9010T to use 1 to 2 times a year..and his mother buys him whatever he wants..almost 10k in apple products not counting his 8k tv that was close to $6k
DO you compost all those leaves? If you have the space and the know how it could make you some money as well as some prime compost
Will this still work on a rainy day when all the leaves are saturated?
Blow them into my yard! I get the ones my neighbors pay to have blown to the street and spread them over my grass and run over them with my mower. They break down over the winter and feed my lawn. Never have figured out why people get rid of leaves.
Clay, I agree. Leaves are great fertilizer!
Just wondering what you charge per yard?
What was the disposition of the collected leaves?
Much better would have been to mulch the leaves into the lawn.
He's going to be that guy that leaves that little section undone...im assuming its part of neighbor's lawn but come on
I hate that look too. 😂
He doesn’t have permission to go into the neighbors yard. That’s not who hired him. You never know the relationship between neighbors and you can never assume.
@@JC-dr8ev
You’re correct but wasting your time. The average person has no clue what running a business entails and they don’t want to know. Folks have ideas, suggestions and criticisms that are unworkable, inadvisable, illegal or unprofitable. But they think they know and you can’t tell them otherwise. I’ve quit trying to explain.
@@digginestdog5824 You’re exactly right. Everyone has the way they would do it in their imagination, all while they’re going to their 9-5 everyday with someone telling them every move to make.
@@JC-dr8ev
And at their jobs they criticize management and ownership without understanding anything about the nuances of running things. If I do 2,000 jobs a year and save just $1 in fuel at each site, that’s 2k straight to the bottom line. Other people are willing to give away my money as though they’d forfeit the profits if they were in my position.
What size of a dump trailer is that? Nice video.
How did you mount the loader to your trailer
I like the way a lot of you tube guys and diy guys say that's not the way to do it but that is what I am doing..
@ lawncareguy what size is that dump trailer?
It's called a rake. Much faster and less mess. Never understood the ridiculousness of wrangling leaves with a blower.
If you did it for a living you would understand.
You’ve obviously never used a modern backpack blower 😂
If I had one of those I could potentially do more leaf cleanups in a day. This bagging them or putting them in trashcans is starting to kill my back
where do you dispose of the leaves?
Since u enjoy doing them you can come do mine please 🙏 I have a frozen shoulder and I can’t hardly use my right arm at this time
👍
Trees still holding a lot of undropped leaves…
I watched this whole video only expecting an actual leaf tornado...
When doing stairs, use I circular motion, have found it works better, not as much blowback
If ya had a trough, foldable/collapsible , you could save even more time
BTW great aerial shot! I assume you are using a done and if so nice video.
Video starts at 5:30
What size is your trailer?
what blower make/model?
I don't think I've ever heard anybody say it's too powerful I can't buy this maybe it's too expensive but not too powerful LOL
I feel like once you get the the point at 4:30 its quicker to grab two rakes and shovel them into a big pile and come back with the blower to clean it up, no?
So, where do you dump the collected leaves?
Normally at a landfill or compost facility.
And the tree still hasn’t fallen all the leaves.
How do you know how to charge?
I always enjoy a good “blower”
Can paper be made from leaves🤔
Just switched out 12 br800s for echos 9010's way worth it