clearing up leaves

[anthony]

i got sick of trying to sweep them up so i did it this way just for a laugh and to see the look on my neigbours face i know some of you will be horrified but let me just say i did take the brushroll out first .It did a great job the leaves were getting sucked into the machine befor it even got near them if the woman on compulsive cleaners can do it with her Hetty then why not me

 

[caligula]

Hi anthony

Yes, I know the look on some people's faces. I've also vacuumed up leaves from the parking lot of an apartment complex, but it was not my idea, rather a boss of mine who said it was better than scattering the leaves while raking.  Then one resident got out of her car, she glared at me. "What if I tell your boss?" she asked. I smiled, and said, "go right ahead, it was his idea!"


 


As long as you removed the brush roll, I guess it can't hurt the Hoover.

 

[ultimatevacman]

That's actually quite a good idea!

 

[sebo_fan]

I used to use my Sebo Dart for picking up dry soil whenever I finished doing pressure washing. However any dry vacuum is great for outdoor garden rubbish provided that it is of course, dry! I now use my old SEBO C1 for that job as well as for cleaning out the car with.

You should get yourself a garden vac, Anthony - they mulch up leaves and cut them to the consistency of Weetaflakes.

 

[kirbyvacuum]

Way to nice vacuum to pick up leaves.I would never do that but that is what makes the world go around

 

[dustin]

I don't see any harm in that, it's no worse than vacuuming up bits of paper, and no leaves scattering. We have a leaf blower with a vac attachment, so I use that on the driveway, but to tell the truth, it does a pretty poor job.

 

[anthony]

as long as there dry

its not a problem lets face it its going to take more than a fiew leaves to do any harm to this monster [those of you who have one will know what i mean]theres a paper bag inside the cloth one i had a look afterwards the leaves are nicely minced up before they get to the bag so it will take quite a lot once full either throw it away or empty it because its only leaves theres very little dust to clog the pores of the bag .This machine came from the ODEON cinema in my home town [gone now the cinema not the town ]its sucked up far worse things than a fiew leaves in its day [IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STOMACH DONT READ ON My grandma used to clean in the said ODEON with this hoover one day she was vacuuming when she came across a used tampon she could not bare to pick it up so she sucked it up the hoover YUCK

 

[davetranter]

Garden Vac

Spent yesterday evening repairing, and this afternoon using, a 'proper' garden vac. The internal isolator switch had got wet (last time it was used, I assume). It's a customer's appliance, so anybody's guess what abuse it had suffered.... :-(

All best

Dave T

 

[eurekaprince]

Beware of getting an electric shock if you run the Hoover over wet surfaces outdoors or if those leaves are wet. Perhaps it would be safer to use a Shop Vac designed for oudoor use or use on wet surfaces? I just keep thinking of that warning plastered on every domestic vac I have owned since 1980!

 

[sebo_fan]

The first time I did wet leaves it was with my old Vax wet and dry tub vacuum. Like a lot of vacuums, unless the hose has a much wider width than 32mm with good suction, leaves and twigs tend to clog the hose especially up by the handle. Now I use vacuums that have a bigger width hose. When I used to SEBO up the path after pressure washing (and making sure that the soil was dry) the Felix brush roll used to chop dry weeds between the cracks of paving stones as I went along - so handy!

 

[vacuumfreak95]

Garage Cleaning......

For a while I used a dying Oreck to vacuum my garage. It actually did a pretty good job and I'm sure it sucked up all kinds of awful things before its demise. Apparently cleaning out a garage is the only thing an Oreck is good for!

 

[ultimatevacman]

"<a name="start_22929.256493">This machine came from the ODEON cinema in my home town"</a>


 


Is that the old cinema near Harehills, Anthony? If so then how did you get it from there?


 


~ Joe

 

[anthony]

no ultimatevacman

i come from Stockton On Tees up near Middlesbrough the said ODEON was turned into a nightclub in the 1970s so the hoover was to be thrown away along with all the other cinema equipment so gran brought it home [on the bus imagine that]because she didnt have a vacuum just a carpet sweeper she used it for years then when she got to frail to push it it ended up in a cupboard under the stairs which is where i found it when she died about 15 years ago .Just for the record i did the leaf thing for a laugh i made sure everything was perfectly dry and i just wanted to see how it would perform i wont be doing it again .i have been playing around with electricity for the best part of 50 years and know exactly what i am doing

 

[tolivac]

That is interesting using that Commercial Hoover upright to pick up leaves without the brush-and to top it off the fan chops them somewhat for mulch.Just dump the bag into the mulchpile!For me this may not work so good-the HORRIBLE,long,tough pine straw we get my way.I guarantee you it will choke ANY vacuum-including the gas motored ones you use with a lawn tractor or mower.When doing outdoor pickup with the Hoover-just hope it doesn't pickup a large pebble or nail-that may do in your fan.But it is a unique idea sure to get stares and questions from neighbors.

 

[tolivac]

At least this idea is better than the YouTube video awhile back of someone using a Hoover Elite as a makeshift snowblower!Vacuuming leaves for the most part shouldn't cause harm-but blowing snow sure could and possible shock hazard!!

 

[eurekaprince]

Hi Anthony! I can rest easy now knowing that your experience with electricity is far broader than mine! The pic is indeed funny. Happy Hoovering!

 

[beko1987]

That's a brilliant idea! I'd give it a go myself with my 612 but my parents have a gravel driveway, and as tough as those 612's are I think there's a limit!

You could probably rig a leaf vac bag to the612 and carry on for hours! Maybe you should find a nackered one without a bag and try it? (Wouldn't want you to ruin that one, all that history!)

 

[dysondestijl]

I do this ALL the time... Lol

 

[anthony]

i work

for leeds city council the building i work in has a large hall used by local elderly tennants on a daily basis it has a thick blue axminster type carpet that is quite old but shows no sign of wearing out a fiew weeks ago the henry that usually cleans it packed up so the next day i took the hoover to work with a new paper bag in it and asked the cleaner if she would like to use it till a new henry could be delivered she agreed before she went home she asked me to come and look at the carpet she said i dont know what it is but the carpet looks really nice [you could see the stripes where the Hoover had been so i said it must be the hoover lets take a look in the bag i wish i had taken a picture the paper bag was at least half full of grey /brown dirt that must have been deep in the pile obviously the hoover had dislodged it and vacuumed it up [exactly what it was designed to do you might say]i took the bag off and put it to one side and fitted a new one we didnt look again for two days when we did there was more of the same but the carpet looked even better all the flattened carpet was now standing up free of all that dirt i brought it home the next day because the new henry arrived but i will give it a fiew months then repeat the process just to see how much dirt has acumilated