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Will a leaf and lawn vacuum work for this application? Who makes good ones? FacilityFred 12-09-2006
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Posted by FacilityFred on December 9, 2006, 5:17 pm


Dear Friends,

We are a school with a lot of property in the heart of a big city. We
are trying to find a way to "police" all around the block we occupy -
picking up both leaves and the paper trash that people drop all over
the sidewalk.

We are considering purchasing a leaf and lawn vacuum. Will it work to
suck up the papers, even those close to the chain link fences that run
around most of the property? Will it operate effectively on sidewalks
even though most of the catalogue photos show it being used on lawns?

The one we are considering is the walk-behind model, the so-called DR
Leaf and Lawn Vacuum.

It is about $1600 Can anybody give any feedback on this? Is there a
better machine we don't know about.

Thanks so much for your help.

Mike


Posted by DanG on December 9, 2006, 5:29 pm


You might at least look at and compare to a Billy Goat.

Here is some information:
http://www.billygoat.com/site/categoryLobby.aspx?id=10

I know these work well for debris and pavement. Large sheets of
paper and newspaper may hang up. You might be interested in the
attachment hose and the chariot:
http://www.billygoat.com/site/accessories.aspx?pid=28
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> Dear Friends,
>
> We are a school with a lot of property in the heart of a big
> city. We
> are trying to find a way to "police" all around the block we
> occupy -
> picking up both leaves and the paper trash that people drop all
> over
> the sidewalk.
>
> We are considering purchasing a leaf and lawn vacuum. Will it
> work to
> suck up the papers, even those close to the chain link fences
> that run
> around most of the property? Will it operate effectively on
> sidewalks
> even though most of the catalogue photos show it being used on
> lawns?
>
> The one we are considering is the walk-behind model, the
> so-called DR
> Leaf and Lawn Vacuum.
>
> It is about $1600 Can anybody give any feedback on this? Is
> there a
> better machine we don't know about.
>
> Thanks so much for your help.
>
> Mike
>



Posted by BobK207 on December 9, 2006, 5:32 pm



FacilityFred wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> We are a school with a lot of property in the heart of a big city. We
> are trying to find a way to "police" all around the block we occupy -
> picking up both leaves and the paper trash that people drop all over
> the sidewalk.
>
> We are considering purchasing a leaf and lawn vacuum. Will it work to
> suck up the papers, even those close to the chain link fences that run
> around most of the property? Will it operate effectively on sidewalks
> even though most of the catalogue photos show it being used on lawns?
>
> The one we are considering is the walk-behind model, the so-called DR
> Leaf and Lawn Vacuum.
>
> It is about $1600 Can anybody give any feedback on this? Is there a
> better machine we don't know about.
>
> Thanks so much for your help.
>
> Mike

Mike-

Checkout

http://www.billygoat.com/site/productCategories.aspx?id=10

Have a rep demo the unit he suggests for your application...seeing on
work is the best

cheers
Bob


Posted by on December 9, 2006, 8:55 pm



>
> FacilityFred wrote:
>> Dear Friends,
>>
>> We are a school with a lot of property in the heart of a big city. We
>> are trying to find a way to "police" all around the block we occupy -
>> picking up both leaves and the paper trash that people drop all over
>> the sidewalk.
>>
>> We are considering purchasing a leaf and lawn vacuum. Will it work to
>> suck up the papers, even those close to the chain link fences that run
>> around most of the property? Will it operate effectively on sidewalks
>> even though most of the catalogue photos show it being used on lawns?
>>
>> The one we are considering is the walk-behind model, the so-called DR
>> Leaf and Lawn Vacuum.
>>
>> It is about $1600 Can anybody give any feedback on this? Is there a
>> better machine we don't know about.
>>
>> Thanks so much for your help.
>>
>> Mike
>
> Mike-
>
> Checkout
>
> http://www.billygoat.com/site/productCategories.aspx?id=10
>
> Have a rep demo the unit he suggests for your application...seeing on
> work is the best
>
Mebbe they should consider a student chain gang? Tell all the kids with
detention, that 1 hour of picking trash gets 2 hours credit against their
time?

(Yeah, I know- they ain't allowed to treat the little dears that way any
more....)

aem sends...



Posted by HeyBub on December 9, 2006, 6:15 pm


FacilityFred wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> We are a school with a lot of property in the heart of a big city. We
> are trying to find a way to "police" all around the block we occupy -
> picking up both leaves and the paper trash that people drop all over
> the sidewalk.
>
> We are considering purchasing a leaf and lawn vacuum. Will it work to
> suck up the papers, even those close to the chain link fences that run
> around most of the property? Will it operate effectively on sidewalks
> even though most of the catalogue photos show it being used on lawns?
>
> The one we are considering is the walk-behind model, the so-called DR
> Leaf and Lawn Vacuum.
>
> It is about $1600 Can anybody give any feedback on this? Is there a
> better machine we don't know about.
>
> Thanks so much for your help.

One of those blowtorches that firefighters use to start backfires would be
more fun.

You'd probably have dozens of kids volunteering.



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