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Reader Shares Leaf Pickup Tips
Cyclone leaf and grass rakes are handy tools, but the fabric box can be hard to dump, notes Paul Zawalick. He came up with a simple solution…hard sides.
“When the sides bellied out, it wouldn’t dump, and I had to dig the leaves out by hand,” says Zawalick. “I connected two 1-in. steel tubes between the corner u
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Reader Shares Leaf Pickup Tips WAGONS/TRAILERS Conversions Cyclone leaf and grass rakes are handy tools but the fabric box can be hard to dump notes Paul Zawalick He came up with a simple solution…hard sides “When the sides bellied out it wouldn’t dump and I had to dig the leaves out by hand ” says Zawalick “I connected two 1-in steel tubes between the corner uprights of the frame for the leaf box I mounted plywood panels between them and the fabric bag to keep the sides from bellying out ” Zawalick made other changes to the Cyclone rake to make leaf handling easier Now 84 lifting the leaf bag to dump it was getting to be a chore “When it’s full of mulched leaves it’s too heavy for me to lift ” says Zawalick “I added an electric lift cylinder to the cart and the leaf bag That solved the problem ” He also bolted a slip-pin holding hinge plate to the side of his ROPS post When using the Cyclone mower he runs the throttle cord through a cotter pin and slides it into the hinge plate “It’s easy to reach when I need to adjust the throttle ” says Zawalick “When I unhook the Cyclone I slip the pin out and leave it with the machine ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Paul Zawalick 545 Sylvester Rd Florence Mass 01062 ph 413-584-4162; J0236@comcast net
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