Home built leaf vacuum
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Home built leaf vacuum
I have needed one of these for years and when someone threw the engine/fan in the scrap metal hopper at the Cat dealership where I worked I couldn't resist the temptation to grab it. The engine had no compression and it turned out to be a stuck valve. After removing the head and cleaning everything it runs great. The body is almost all aluminum and the under carriage is steel with a widened MTD tractor front axle. The blower chute sides are made from excavator plexiglass windows, which is 1/4 in. or so thick and is tough stuff. It works great and will make the fall cleanup a lot easier.
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Re: Home built leaf vacuum
Nice job!
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- mmzullo
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Re: Home built leaf vacuum
Nice score!
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Re: Home built leaf vacuum
Very Nice! I like how u worked the dump bed and the stationary feed tube....real slick! As for the "CAT" decal.....i guess we will let u slide...im sure it was free!
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Re: Home built leaf vacuum
Yes the decal was free. It was an Ohio Cat Dealer decal and i just cut the Ohio part off.
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Re: Home built leaf vacuum
I love it. Very well constructed.
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Re: Home built leaf vacuum
Thank you all for the comments. I used it for the first time this past fall and it worked great!!
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