Low-Cost Leaf "Picker Upper"

Low-Cost Leaf Picker Upper FARM HOME Miscellaneous “It cost very little to build and I never have to rake any more ” says William Yewell Ogden Iowa about the “leaf picker upper” he built to pick up leaves and grass from his farm yard It simply drags on the ground and requires no outside power Yewell bought a 6-ft long piece of poly at FarmTek and rolled it into a 2-ft dia tube using rivets to hold it together He bolted the tube to the discharge chute on his Murray 40-in riding mower and installed a hinged plywood door with screen on back of the tube “The mower mulches the leaves and grass and blows them into the tube It only takes 10 min to fill ” says Yewell “It fills up so fast that I had to put another screen on top of the tube to keep it from plugging up and blowing everything back toward the front To empty out the material I open the rear door and use a rake to pull the material out ” The tube is bolted to the deck with two 1/4-in bolts and also secured by a bungee strap to a handle on the riding mower that’s used to adjust the mower height Contact: FARM SHOW Followup William Yewell 1721 K Ave Ogden Iowa 50212 ph 515 275-2252

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