Hi bish,
As an alternative to raking acorns from your lawn, you can vacuum them
up. There are a number of garden tools that will do this, ranging from
small electric hand-held blower/vacuums to gasoline-powered wheeled
lawn vacuums.
In a Detroit News article, Nancy Szerlag mentions the $450 Craftsman
4-in-1 Yard Vacuum. "About the size of a lawn mower, it vacuums and
shreds at the same time ... The 4.5 hp Tecumseh engine creates a
vacuum powerful enough to pick up debris including pinecones, acorns
and small twigs and grind them up without clogging.":
"Gardening"
http://www.detnews.com/2001/homestyle/0111/20/e08-328296.htm
This unit is available from Sears:
http://www.sears.com/
(click on "Lawn & Garden", "Power Lawn Equipment" and "Yard Vacuums")
Hammacher Schlemmer writes that their Best Leaf Blower & Vacuum can
"blow leaves and even sticks, acorns, and other lawn debris into
piles, easily change to a vacuum, suck up the debris and chop it into
a mulch. The collection bag catches the vacuumed and chopped debris
and can be used to disperse the mulch in desired areas.":
"Mulch Tips"
http://www.hammacher.com/about_us/Institute%20Ehelp/ins_November2001.asp
The above unit sells for $100 and is described here:
Tested Best Leaf Blower & Vacuum
http://www.hammacher.com/publish/75591.asp
The Black & Decker Electric Blower/Vac/Mulch Leaf Hog BV2500 is said
to have a "mulcher blade designed to allow acorns and twigs to pass
through into the bag":
Consumer Guide Product Reviews
http://www.consumerguide.com/index.cfm?act=family&main=detail&body=../familychannel/review/product21901
Epinions hosts several reviews of the Black & Decker Electric
Blower/Vac:
Member Reviews (online postings by various contributors)
http://www.epinions.com/hmgd-Lawn_and_Garden-Power_Tools-All-Black___Decker_Leaf_Hog_High_Performance_Blowers_Vac_BV2500
The following review at epinions cautions against getting a unit that
is too small, suggesting that something heavier-duty would be much
better for tasks such as vacuuming up acorns:
Cheap and Compromised (online posting by "micmackman")
http://www.epinions.com/content_63965335172
An example of a much more powerful unit is the Elgee gasoline-powered
Power Vac range, which is said to vacuum up "all types of paper and
lawn debris such as leaves; acorns; and sand.":
Elgee Power-Vac Sweepers
http://www.wikco.com/Elgee.html
In addition to the gasoline-powered models, the above page lists a
wide range of electric and battery-powered lawn vacuums.
Additional link:
"Google Catalogs" search for "blower/vac":
http://catalogs.google.com/catalogs?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&q=%22blower%2Fvac%22
Google search strategy:
vacuum acorns lawn
://www.google.com/search?q=vacuum%20acorns%20lawn
Regards,
eiffel-ga |
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