Fall Leaf Removal

by Exmark on October 01, 2010, under Business Tips

A bit of crispness in the air. The days getting shorter. Sweaters making their way out of storage. Yep, fall is heading toward us, bringing a quiet end to mowing season and a frenzied beginning to leaf removal season. Having spoken to quite a few pros in the past, we know that each one has his trick and technique to picking up leaves. And, we’d love to know what those are. Today, we’re asking you to share your personal twist on leaf removal.

We’ll start it off by sharing our “techniques,” which come in the form of attachments and a mower.

These tools quickly and efficiently get the leaves off the grass and out of sight. The attachment you choose depends on the kinds of properties you mow and your clients’ preferences. If you want finely mulched leaves spread evenly over the grass, then the Exmark mulching kit will be the tool you’re looking for. If you want finely mulched leaves collected, then check out our UltraVac® attachment and the Exmark Navigator®.

Now it’s your turn. What’s your best technique or trick for leaf removal? We’ll select one of the techniques shared and feature it and the genius landscape pro behind it in an upcoming blog post!

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2 Comments for this entry

  • Mitch
    October 19th, 2010 on 9:40 am

    I own an Exmark Turf Tracer HP. Usually I blow all the leafs out of the flower beds and such; onto the lawn, with my blower. Then I mow the lawn two to three times to mulch up the leafs. The mower is designed so well; it acts like a very powerful vacum, sucking the leafs up into it, shredding them into tiny pieces! It doesnt miss any leafs and I’m just using the normal Exmark blades. After I mow it two to three times, I put on my aluminum bagger made by Accelerator Industries. And all I have to do is mow over it once, emptying my bagger every once in awhile. This works great for me.

  • Ryan McCallum
    October 28th, 2010 on 5:22 pm

    I own a Navigator. After blowing the leaves out of the gardens and tight areas I run over them with the machine equipped with the mulch plug to chop them up really fine. then I take the plug out and bag as usual. Takes a bit more time but saves a lot of space on the trailer. For really heavy leaves run over them backwards. For some reason it doesn’t bog down the mower as bad.

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