Trailer Vacuums Up Grass Clippings And Leaves

Trailer Vacuums Up Grass Clippings And Leaves MOWERS He’s still in high school but Jerome Kuenzi Salem Oregon already has a head start on his plans to someday become a mechanical engineer He recently built a trailer to collect leaves and grass clippings from his family’s big lawn The trailer is towed behind a Cub Cadet riding mower A leaf blower powered by a 7 hp pull-start gas engine mounts on a metal frame on front of the trailer An 8-in dia flex hose runs from a 22-in wide fan head to the blower and then back through a plywood chute to the trailer The blower vacuums leaves and grass and blows them back through a plywood chute and into the trailer “We make one pass with our riding mower to divert the grass clippings into 2-ft wide windrows Then we make another pass to vacuum them into the trailer ” says Kuenzi “The fan head is supported by a pair of large wheels and swivels on a bar that comes off the trailer with a bolt running through it It allows the head to swivel up or down on rough ground ” says Kuenzi “It works even better than I thought it would I got the idea because my mom doesn’t want a lot of grass clippings on our lawn It works especially well when the grass is tall and thick We’ve even used the vacuum on our pasture to pick up heavier windrows I got the engine and leaf blower from my dad who had used them on another trailer with a different setup ” The trailer measures 4 ft long by 2 ft wide and about 4 ft tall and is made from expanded metal to let air out and plywood The box’s rear hinged door opens up to remove the clippings Kuenzi used 1 1/2-in square aluminum tubing to build the trailer frame and a 1-in dia bar to build the axle Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Jerome Kuenzi 102 117th Ave N E Salem Oregon 97317 ph 503 576-9940; jeromekuenzi03@gmail com

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