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Giant Bucket Cleans Up Leaves Fast
Peter Maitland makes quick work of leaf cleanup with a bucket he built out of an old boat.
“It was a 34-ft. houseboat built in the 1960’s out of heavy fiberglass so it’s strong,” says Maitland. “It works great and it won’t rot.”
He cut the boat in half to make the floor and walls, then seamed the
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Giant Bucket Cleans Up Leaves Fast Peter Maitland makes quick work of leaf cleanup with a bucket he built out of an old boat “It was a 34-ft houseboat built in the 1960’s out of heavy fiberglass so it’s strong ” says Maitland “It works great and it won’t rot ” He cut the boat in half to make the floor and walls then seamed the pieces together with 1/4-in plate steel and bolted it to a plywood back to fit inside his compact tractor’s bucket Turnbuckles inside and outside support the sides Once the leaves are gathered in a pile he uses the bucket to scoop them up and dispose of them “I like doing things easy and simple ” he says “With this I can get about 10 times the load compared to the tractor bucket It works great ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Peter Maitland 23 Cedarcrest Ave Salem Mass 01970 ph 978 745-3913; maitlandmountainfarm@gmail com
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