The Cyclone Rake: One badass machine

[Gern186]

Well, it's that time of year again......leaf pick up. Last year I decided raking was too much work for my property and bought a Cyclone Rake after seeing it on a TV commercial......let me tell you that this machine is worth every penny! I have it attached to my Ferris ZTR and this combination works awesome. I also bought the 17 foot hose extension to clean up around the house and buildings.


What do you guys use for leaf clean up?

 

[Beentown]

Mulch plug.

 

[Milo]

man i have always told myself i needed one of those. dam maple trees anyway. your a lucky man Gern.

 

[Buckmaster]

I mulch and give back to the Earth.

 

[Diablo54]

How many acres before each dump?

 

[Gern186]

How many acres before each dump?

It depends really on how many leaves are on the ground and how much grass you are cutting at the same time.....I would say I can do 1 acre on average before dumping.....everything is ground up into such fine pieces that it goes into the hopper very compacted, so it holds quite a bit. I have cleaned up the yard about 4 times already in the last week and it only takes less than an hour each time.

 

[RedCloud]

Looks like it works really good. I bet your hands and back thank you for that too lol.

 

[Mike]

That's some A+ mulch material. With that much surface area, it will decompose quickly.

 

[matt hougan]

I have a John Deere 318 that pulls an Agri-Fab leaf vac. I also use my big Redmax 7150 back back blower an and huge tarp. I can drag tje loaded tarp right into my 16' enclosed trailer and off to the mulch spot for a free dump.

http://m101.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/MattHougan/Before.jpg.html?newest=1

http://m101.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/MattHougan/After.jpg.html?newest=1

 

[Huckleberry Finn]

Gern, do you fugg around with anything? Nice setup!

 

[Gern186]

Gern, do you fugg around with anything? Nice setup!

No not usually....I fugged around with a rake and a tarp and a leaf blower for a couple years and said fugg it....I'm getting serious.

 

[bowhunter1023]

I use a blower to clean off the driveway and to clean out the landscaping. Then I used the John Deere to mulch up everything and end up raking a couple times on each mowing. This year's leaf pickup went well since they came off early. I'd like to have vac, but it really isn't something I have to have right now. Looks like a badass setup though!!!