sun joe dethatcher

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I have the dethatcher for the allett. This particular area the roots are coming out so it breaks the tines.

 

Use the verticutter blades on the SunJoe. It will still pull out lots of dead material and will cut through the stolons.

EDIT: Oh, wait! Are you doing this on Saint Augustine? I wouldn't do a dethatch on Saint Augustine.

 

Regular rotary mower will pick up leaves no problem. Pine cones too if they aren't too big or heavy.

Otherwise a lawn sweeper or perhaps a brush cartridge for your Swardman/Allett?

 

I have used a couple different systems for my leaf collection. It is a bear in my backyard as I have currently 12 hardwoods and a privacy fence so it all just gets trapped, plus some leaves that never belonged to me.

The first piece of equipment I ever got was a Troy Bilt vac shredder. It worked okay but was honestly a pain in the rear to operate because the wheel setup was really bad, regular lawnmower wheels on a much heavier piece of equipment with a giant bag. I did like that it had a 10:1 shred function.

The leaf vac I have now is a Billy Goat MV650. It will suck up anything and the wheel arrangement is much nicer but it has no shredding action to speak of- just an impeller. Whatever area the leaves are when they go into the impeller is the area that comes out, no reduction whatsoever. But because it's easier to operate with the larger wheels I suspect I'll keep it.

I don't know what it will do with pine tags. They really don't have any area to speak of and probably won't react to suction. No worries at all about leaves though, even wet ones, the Billy Goat will get them up.

 

sun joe dethatcher

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EDIT: NOT FOR ST.AUGGIE

 

If you have an Allett mower, the brush reel works great for me. Misses a few leaves but picks up most. Capacity of the hopper is the only issue I would think

 

I borrowed a Billy Gost (or maybe it was a Little Wonder) vac once. It worked okay, but at the time it was one of those things that would take up way too much space for the amount of time I would need to use it. So like MasterMech suggested, I just used my rotary mower with bag for cleanup duty.

 

I borrowed a Billy Gost (or maybe it was a Little Wonder) vac once. It worked okay, but at the time it was one of those things that would take up way too much space for the amount of time I would need to use it. So like MasterMech suggested, I just used my rotary mower with bag for cleanup duty.

Disregard my last post... when I heard Billy Goat I was thinking of the power rake.

 

The first piece of equipment I ever got was a Troy Bilt vac shredder. It worked okay but was honestly a pain in the rear to operate because the wheel setup was really bad, regular lawnmower wheels on a much heavier piece of equipment with a giant bag. I did like that it had a 10:1 shred function.

couldn't you change the wheels? To make it easier?

 

Billy Goats work great, but the unspoken problem with them is the size of the bag. I finally figured out that, because I have to bag everything, you can only fill it about halfway before it needs to be emptied. Otherwise, it's b__ch to manhandle. They do also take up a massive amount of space.

You can also order, eBay it probably easiest, a screen that will install in the impeller chamber and create reduction in the bagged debris.

 

The first piece of equipment I ever got was a Troy Bilt vac shredder. It worked okay but was honestly a pain in the rear to operate because the wheel setup was really bad, regular lawnmower wheels on a much heavier piece of equipment with a giant bag. I did like that it had a 10:1 shred function.

couldn't you change the wheels? To make it easier?

I did look at that first, the Troy Bilt needed wider and taller wheels which
1) would not have fit without completely reorganizing the deck and handle bar arrangement
2) would have thrown off the geometry of the nozzle.

That's why I like the Billy Goat; it's designed with adequate wheels in mind

 

@AMG I purchased one of these and couldn't be happier...

 

@AMG I purchased one of these and couldn't be happier...

I've got the corded Toro version I got from Home Depot. I think maybe $65 or so. I've used it for years and it is freaking awesome (for what it is). I used it for 6 years before I needed a new one. Well worth the $65 in my mind.

 

I picked up an almost new Craftsman 4.5hp yard vacuum/chipper/shredder for $60 late last summer. It works ok for my small yard, can't imagine using it on 10k sqft or more. The bag is definitely the biggest drawback, fills up quick and isn't fast or easy to empty.

 

I picked up an almost new Craftsman 4.5hp yard vacuum/chipper/shredder for $60 late last summer. It works ok for my small yard, can't imagine using it on 10k sqft or more. The bag is definitely the biggest drawback, fills up quick and isn't fast or easy to empty.

Agreed if you try and do the entire yard walking it. I usually blow all the leaves into one giant pile or several piles and then I can simply suck and shred all the leaves in one spot with the barrel right next to me.