Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
"Muddymike" writes:
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| While vacuums do work better, I doubt that the cheap ones are any
| more effective than a rake, either.
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| For these reasons I use a Billy Goat vacuum. Its big, its noisy, it uses a
| lot of petrol, and the bag is a pain to empty, but it sucks up everything in
| its path. As soon as the rain stops for long enough I shall be using the
| Billy Goat today.

And it's not cheap. I never said that the large, expensive vacuums
didn't work!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


Use one in the school where I work - cost new about £600 +vat, bags
about £80 each. Very wffective unless the leaf litter is trodden in and
damp. I believe the way to empty it is th unzip the flap of the valve
and blow the contents inta a netted enclosure. We ift the bag an empty
it into a compost heap. Somewhat overkill for a garden - we have 6
large trees and of the order of 800m2 of playground. We also have a 4
stroke blower (?Makita?) which is very effective at clearing corners and
under seating, bu only blow with the wind :-)

Malcolm