Blower attachment

[MAWHguy2019 21]

Hi everyone, looking to get some opinions on whether I should begin to search for a blower attachment for my 312-8. I will likely be doing at least two more smaller yards (3/4 acre) and understand that these work well for dry leaf cleanup. What is everyone's experience? Alternatively, I could blow many of the leaves and simply drive over the rest to mulch them back into the turf.

 

Finally, any maintenance concerns with these attachments I need to know about?

 

 

[Pullstart 62,902]

@953 nut has one he built from an old furnace squirrel cage and some vent elbows.  It sounds like it does a swell job!

 

 

[Ed Kennell 38,181]

I built one from a furnace blower for fun.    It worked good, but Mother Nature blew all my leaves away before I could get to them.     I sold it at this years Big Show.

 

[MAWHguy2019 21]

Ed, that is way cool! Actually, I was thinking of the vacuum-type that attaches to the 42 in deck. Thoughts?

[Ed Kennell 38,181]

I really don't have any experience with lawn vacs.    When my grass gets too long to use the rear discharge deck, I go to the side discharge and blow the grass into windrows.  Then use the sweeper to gather it up.        If I were maintaining multiple yards and had the room to store it, I would probably go with a combo chipper/vac.  like this.

 

 

[CCW 1,295]

Recently purchased an Ohio Steel lawn sweeper at TSC for grass cleanup.  It works great and will try it on my leaves this fall.

[JCM 9,168]

I used a lawn sweeper for many years at my last house with the 520. It was made by CASE / orange color. It worked very well and laid down the stripes too. I also used a Peco bagger that does work good but the extra maintenance and listening to a 5 HP and a 20 HP simultaneously were a bit much as well as fuel consumption. Good luck with your sweeper.