lawn vacuums

[Jason]

Was at my dealer today. He has a Toro lawn vac. It's a pretty small unit with Briggs 6hp motor. Just a push type. Was curious as how well these units work and if anybody has any experience with them.<p>Not real serious about buying one, but it did look kinda neat.

[Charles]

The push behinds and self propelled lawn vacs were are the biggest scams ever perpetuated on mankind(well almost) Ever try to push a bag of heavy leaves? Even self propelled models get bogged down on lumpy ground. The adds alway show flat ground. And the dust.....

[Lazer]

They work good for sucking up cigarette butts and cleaning up curbs at commercial sites. Not much use on lawns.

[Alan]

In my experience, you can't vacuum up anything that is matted in the turf. For spring cleanup I either use a rotary broom or a York power rake to loosen everything up,, then suck it up with mower and bagger. Maybe not an ideal system but it works so far. Has anyone seen a Goosen &quot;Mid-Vac&quot; in operation? I've thought about looking into one,, just the price scares me

[richard]

i stripe lawns in the late fall with my BILLY GOAT and just spread the debris thin over beds to cut dump fees...i don't know how i ever worked without my goat