Eggs Zachtly wrote:

Jim Ledford said:
Srgnt Billko wrote:
Eggs Zachtly wrote:
Srgnt Billko said:

It's us against the leaves.

Dig in Sarge! They're bombarding us here!
Eggs

I have a tarp full of mulched leaves right now. Left the tarp open so the
rain will wet them tonight - then I'll button it up and take it out to my
compost pile tomorrow afternoon.

http://www.stihl.us/blowers/BG85D.html

I got the tool because of the optional vacuum attachment.
made a quick way to get leaves out of a flower bed without
disturbing the mulch. I thought it would vacuum the leaves
up and fill the shoulder bag. I vacuumed and vacuumed enough
leaves to fill the bag three times and deciding something was
strange I stopped, opened the bag and to my complete delight
found the leaves had been shredded into tiny pieces.

later when trimming the new growth off a hedge I found out the
tool will vacuum and shred those trimmings also.

funny to me how the sales person made no mention of how the
tool would shred.

Yup, leaf vacs are quite handy, especially for mulched beds. Even better if
you compost. They've already got a nice headstart, size-wise. =) Mine
mulches them 10x. I'm sure that's what yours is, too.

tried the process out this morning and it worked so well I
thought I'd share.

vacuumed leaves off the lawn this morning with the riding
lawn mower baggier attachment. the blades on the rider do
a slight shred on the leaves with not a whole lot of reduction
in volume though they do a fine job of capturing and placing
them in the bag. then using the Stihl BG85D vacuum shredder
attachment the leaves were vacuumed from the mower bag and
shredded again reducing them by at least a 14x ratio. the
result was a finely ground product that ended up being spread
over the garden and then cut into the ground.

if you've got the equipment, you've got to give this a try.

best,
Jim