***official 2008 post pics of your leaf rigs page****

[resurectionlawn]

Post pics of your leaf removal rigs or what you use for leaves.
Thanks

[Signature Landscaping1]

you first......

[resurectionlawn]

you first......

ok no problem

[Petr51488]

Lots of "official" threads going on lately.

[Lawn Freak]

Lots of "official" threads going on lately.

Ditto,although I would like to see these set ups

[Drew Gemma]

here is one of mine front mounted giant vac 16hp walker ghs efi 48 in deck larger hopper 2 pb650's a mesh tarp to leaf reakes

[Drew Gemma]

side shot of truck custom plate bolts to frame vac mounts to that a fernco black rubber coupler 7inch clay to 6 inch pvc a 6 inch pvc coupler going to a 6 inch pvc 45 degree inside the truck the pipe goes through the tarp and into a home made brace to keep pipe from moving a vent in the tarp I had made I am one bow tie short somehow it walked out of the shop over the summer? But still works no bungies or straps to dangerous seen it first had so we use rope that tie to the side of dump we can fill that to the top and have a few times already This is the best setup I have used so far plus the addition of the walker we are flying through clean ups

[Lawn Freak]

That looks pretty slick Drew. Why aren't there any warning lights on the rig though, it looks like your on the side of a highway. Personal safety if you ask me.

[Drew Gemma]

we have a sign up behind us that has a flashing led like road crews use. It says workers ahead slow down plus you can see the cloud of dust we are creating!

[Lawn Freak]

L.E.D lights and strobes on the truck look B/A though

[Drew Gemma]

i hate doing electrical especially running wires all over my truck which has to much on it already. Here is what happens at the end of the day at my compost pile on the farm

[Kglenn04]

I the offical threds its well put to gether ill let yall see mine tomorrow and as all ways at 9pm

[TXNSLighting]

I the offical threds its well put to gether ill let yall see mine tomorrow and as all ways at 9pm

huh???????

[resurectionlawn]

Here is my new to me liitle wonder blower vac

[02DURAMAX]

side shot of truck custom plate bolts to frame vac mounts to that a fernco black rubber coupler 7inch clay to 6 inch pvc a 6 inch pvc coupler going to a 6 inch pvc 45 degree inside the truck the pipe goes through the tarp and into a home made brace to keep pipe from moving a vent in the tarp I had made I am one bow tie short somehow it walked out of the shop over the summer? But still works no bungies or straps to dangerous seen it first had so we use rope that tie to the side of dump we can fill that to the top and have a few times already This is the best setup I have used so far plus the addition of the walker we are flying through clean ups

Nice setup!!!!:)

[MAC LLC]

few of mine, built the box last year and rebuilt it this year to get all the kinks out, it cost more to ship that diamond plate than to buy it... and lucky the mesh tarp fit perfect. its not the biggest box but it does what i need it to do

[oakwdman]

Very nice and clean!!! Love the black.

[Green Team Landscaping]

side shot of truck custom plate bolts to frame vac mounts to that a fernco black rubber coupler 7inch clay to 6 inch pvc a 6 inch pvc coupler going to a 6 inch pvc 45 degree inside the truck the pipe goes through the tarp and into a home made brace to keep pipe from moving a vent in the tarp I had made I am one bow tie short somehow it walked out of the shop over the summer? But still works no bungies or straps to dangerous seen it first had so we use rope that tie to the side of dump we can fill that to the top and have a few times already This is the best setup I have used so far plus the addition of the walker we are flying through clean ups
Wow, you've got yourself quite a nice company there. Lots of nice equipment. I hope I can get there some day.

[Green Team Landscaping]

few of mine, built the box last year and rebuilt it this year to get all the kinks out, it cost more to ship that diamond plate than to buy it... and lucky the mesh tarp fit perfect. its not the biggest box but it does what i need it to do
Same goes for you. That's quite a nice truck.

[Lawn Freak]

I love that diamond plate. The Ford itself looks good too

[STIHL GUY]

nice equipment

[CLARK LAWN]

pic of the truck and loader

[MAC LLC]

thanks for the compliments guys

the truck is my baby, my girl friend knows it too. the truck has 4 in turbo back stainless "exhaust", afe stage 2 intake, sct programmer from innovative diesel, gauges, 90w whelen hideaway, firestone air bags, 20% tint, ss fisher x blade, blah blah blah.

i just wish the leaves would all fall

[syzer]

Here is ours from 07. BLowers are repainted now, will get some updated pics. We will probably update the whole thing next year:

http://www.precision-aquatics.com/gallery/albums/album04/leaf_collection1.sized.jpg
http://www.precision-aquatics.com/gallery/albums/album04/100_0023.sized.jpg

[J&R Landscaping]

Drew, your set-up looks great!

Mac, that diamond plate looks great!

Chris, what brand of leaf loaders are those? Any website for them??

[Eurosport]

Chris, what brand of leaf loaders are those? Any website for them??

They are made by ODB http://www.theodbco.com/products/leafvacequip.asp

[Matts lawn care]

few of mine, built the box last year and rebuilt it this year to get all the kinks out, it cost more to ship that diamond plate than to buy it... and lucky the mesh tarp fit perfect. its not the biggest box but it does what i need it to do

How do you like the dump kit and who is it made by? Also could you get pictures of how you have mounted the leaf loader? Thanks

[J&R Landscaping]

I don't have any full shots from last season but heres a couple from my leaf box from fall 07. Not the greatest but hey.

Once I get some pics of my new insert, I'll post them up. I have a few mods to do for the leaf box for this year yet.

[deere615]

Drew- that is a sweet setup, ever have any problems woth that long tube clogging?

few of mine, built the box last year and rebuilt it this year to get all the kinks out, it cost more to ship that diamond plate than to buy it... and lucky the mesh tarp fit perfect. its not the biggest box but it does what i need it to do

How do you like that dump bed?

[Drew Gemma]

actually if we do get a clog it is the intake hose never the discharge side of the set up.

[MAC LLC]

the dump conversion works well, its no replacement for a one ton dump truck though. I would probaly buy a dump insert if i were to do it all over again but it weights a lot less than an insert and can handle light debris such as grass clipping, leaves, or 3 or 4 yrds of mulch.

ill take some pics of how the loader is mounted, but i simply welded 2 pieces of 2x2 angle iron to the trailer, drilled 4 mounting holes and bolted everything together. just took some measuring and guess & check

[Patatoe1]

For you guys running one truck with a leaf vac. How do you go about loading other debris into the truck that wont go through the loader?

[Matts lawn care]

OK thanks. I have a swing mount now but I want to be able to bring my trailer to the job too.

[MAC LLC]

i have wing nuts holding the tarp on the back/ tailgate of my truck. if there are large branches, or sticks i can take one or two of the wing nuts off and throw the larger debris in

[Drew Gemma]

just untie 2 ropes throw it in but with our fall clean ups 3 houses will end up getting additional fees because the sticks are so bad with the leaves we usally fill up the other truck twice through leaf season we pile them up on site and with a diff truck two guys go get them

I had an old ford that i put the dump conversion on the factory bed it was great for leaves but everything else was a pain and not very safe in my opinion it was a long bed so it wobbled a lot when you lifted it.

[deere615]

actually if we do get a clog it is the intake hose never the discharge side of the set up.
wow, thats good
the dump conversion works well, its no replacement for a one ton dump truck though. I would probaly buy a dump insert if i were to do it all over again but it weights a lot less than an insert and can handle light debris such as grass clipping, leaves, or 3 or 4 yrds of mulch.

ill take some pics of how the loader is mounted, but i simply welded 2 pieces of 2x2 angle iron to the trailer, drilled 4 mounting holes and bolted everything together. just took some measuring and guess & check

cool, thanks

[Uranus]

I'd post mine, but you guys would laugh at me. My bumper almost scrapes the ground when empty. You should see it when its full.


Nice setup mac

[MAC LLC]

thanks i think i saw urs going up on monday night?

did u like those two pristine properties i was cutting on parker st?

[ch973934]

Mac, pristine properties on Parker street? You were in E. Long on parker if that's the case! haha! Nice set-up!

Connor

[MAC LLC]

no in springfield, its a joke. i do two properties that my father in laws mother rents out... there a joke, i wont even park my truck near the properties and i hope no one spots me when i mow them...i get paid so i cant complain that much

[Micheal2008]

no in springfield, its a joke. i do two properties that my father in laws mother rents out... there a joke, i wont even park my truck near the properties and i hope no one spots me when i mow them...i get paid so i cant complain that much

Take pics of the properties i wanna see :drinkup:

[zim bob the landscaper]

here my leaf truck not the nicest looking box but it will do the job this year

[Danielslawnservice]

DUDE that's a sweet~! truck i love how u painted the rims the same color as the truck!

[zim bob the landscaper]

DUDE that's a sweet~! truck i love how u painted the rims the same color as the truck!

thanks it should hold a lot of leaves compared to the box on the chevy.

[Petr51488]

thanks it should hold a lot of leaves compared to the box on the chevy.

Nice, but the truck looks a bit overkill! lol j/k do you have a loader?

[deere615]

The dump looks great all painted up!

[zim bob the landscaper]

Nice, but the truck looks a bit overkill! lol j/k do you have a loader?

ya we got a loader not the best in the world but it will do this year.

[zim bob the landscaper]

The dump looks great all painted up!

thanks, still need to get it lettered that will happen in the spring though.

[ExecutiveLawns]

Here is mine. No action pics of sucking leaves just dumping them. we were able to fit just over $2k worth of leaf jobs in there and it still wasnt filled to the max but we had a real big job next so we dumped on the way.

[stuntmanlogan]

sweet setup man i actually saw your other mowing setup over in west des moines the other day.

[ExecutiveLawns]

sweet setup man i actually saw your other mowing setup over in west des moines the other day.

Thanks,
Where are you from? We pretty much service the west side of des moines (West Des Moines, clive, urbandale, johnston, waukee, one crew goes to norwalk for a half day a week)
What about you?

[stuntmanlogan]

If live in wdm i only servie in wdm and urbandale area not to far from home.

[ExecutiveLawns]

Hey if you ever need guidance or help on a large job feel free to give me a call.
John 208-7476

Also do you do holiday lights?

[stuntmanlogan]

yeah no problem im only 17 about to turn 18 so all that im doing right now is mowing and leaf cleanups for a few customers and a couple of fertilizing yards but i hope to start providing every service within the next few years and get some large commercial accounts so i can get bigger equitment.

[Petr51488]

Executive, thats a nice setup you got there. I think i'm the only one who cant get many leaves into my trailer. Do you suck up leaves? or once they have been shredded by a mower? Take a look at my setup. http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=250869

[Marek]

New leaf toy and the old leaf toy.

[ExecutiveLawns]

Executive, thats a nice setup you got there. I think i'm the only one who cant get many leaves into my trailer. Do you suck up leaves? or once they have been shredded by a mower? Take a look at my setup. http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=250869

Yea there is a 10 or 12 ft hose that come off the leaf loader on the tongue of the trailer. We can pack 20 cu yards of leaves in there. If I can offer any advice for your set up it would be to mount you loader to the front of the trailer so you dont have to take it on and off to unload. I can send just one guy to dump ours at the end of the day. Saves on labor cause Im not making it back with dump runs.

[G.M.Landscaping]

New leaf toy and the old leaf toy.

Do you have any videos of that monster? I'd hate to walk by that.:)

[Marek]

You have to be careful around cars . They are great for larger areas.

[Petr51488]

Yea there is a 10 or 12 ft hose that come off the leaf loader on the tongue of the trailer. We can pack 20 cu yards of leaves in there. If I can offer any advice for your set up it would be to mount you loader to the front of the trailer so you dont have to take it on and off to unload. I can send just one guy to dump ours at the end of the day. Saves on labor cause Im not making it back with dump runs.

That won't be happening. I put in alot of hours for that setup. I'm solo, so when i go to the dump, i just pull the pin, and get my brother to take it off with me. I would imagine that i would dump once a week. I chose the back of the trailer because my streets are kinda tight, so i would rather back into a pile then pull along side a pile. Plus the tongue weight and a few other things. Overall i'm very happy with the setup, but a little disappointed with the shredding ability.

[Mowbizz]

Will be putting it to the test next week...:drinkup:

Thanks to all the previous leaf box builders on Lawnsite for the ideas...!

[G.M.Landscaping]

Will be putting it to the test next week...:drinkup:

Thanks to all the previous leaf box builders on Lawnsite for the ideas...!

Looks great. You'll probably end up covering up your two expanded metal windows. I did the same thing on mine , even using the smaller opening expanded metal and got to much blow out. I ended up covering them up with a piece of rubber, but left the buttom open.

Guess you'll find out soon enough.

[Green Team Landscaping]

Hey Executive, whats that meche thing you're using to hold in the leaves?

[Mowbizz]

Looks great. You'll probably end up covering up your two expanded metal windows. I did the same thing on mine , even using the smaller opening expanded metal and got to much blow out. I ended up covering them up with a piece of rubber, but left the buttom open.

Guess you'll find out soon enough.

yup...easy enough to cover up so yes, I will find out...:)

[groundscarepro]

This is our leaf collection equip. 3 Self contained ODB vacuums. Ford diesel engines, 25 yard capacity. Bought the at city auctions over the years. New cost over 30K! Paid only 10cents on the dollar. Will suck the blacktop up! LOL. We pull them with Chevy 4500 and 5500 kodiaks.

[ExecutiveLawns]

Hey Executive, whats that meche thing you're using to hold in the leaves?

its a breathable pvc tarp

[deere615]

That is a sweet chevy dump. You must do alot of leaves!

[N.H.BOY]

used trailer=3,000 bucks
used 16hp leaf loader=600 bucks
lumber for box=85 bucks
no more blue tarps=PRICELESS

[Lawn Enforcer]

Here is a link to my truck during leaf season-it's not much because I don't do enough clean-ups to justify a full leaf box and leaf loader.

http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=249776&page=6

[oakwdman]

This is our leaf collection equip. 3 Self contained ODB vacuums. Ford diesel engines, 25 yard capacity. Bought the at city auctions over the years. New cost over 30K! Paid only 10cents on the dollar. Will suck the blacktop up! LOL. We pull them with Chevy 4500 and 5500 kodiaks.
I really like those rubber strips on the dumps. seems like a nice accident saver. I would love to see more of your trucks / equipment! Love the logo and colors, everything looks good!

[Kglenn04]

I just tried to haul the leaves from a fall clean up in my trailer, not a bad idea but I should have mulched them first...

[MysticLandscape]

finally brought the camera..

[Matts lawn care]

OK, here are a few shots of my new and improved leaf set-up. If you are wondering about the stripes I was teaching my bro how to use the Quick 36 and this was his first yard. Personally I think he did quite well.
EDIT:Sorry about the blurry pics I need to learn how to use my new camera.

[Lawn Enforcer]

finally brought the camera..

Nice set-up Mystic... I see Micah's trailer is getting some good use. How many guys do you typically have on a fall clean-up crew?

[SIWEL]

just got these uploaded, none on the job yet. in this picture:
Scag turf tiger with clam shell
Scag turf tiger with gator blades
20hp billy goat leaf loader
97 ford f250 Downeaster dump insert with leaf box
2 8hp walk behind giant vac blowers
br 600
br400
honda 21" with bagger

and my helper loading up string trimmers

[G.M.Landscaping]

Creekview, Very impressive for 20yrs old. Looks like a great setup.

[SIWEL]

thank you, sorry about the sideways picture.

[RedMax Man]

finally brought the camera..

fixed your box for ya

[MysticLandscape]

Good looks Mica, We got two or three guys this year, works out fine so far.

[MysticLandscape]

creek that trucks hurting get some airbags or somthing

[SIWEL]

creek that trucks hurting get some airbags or somthing

next season i am planning on it. i bought a lot so far this year so the airbags are going to have to wait.

[ryansbob]

I have been watching this thread since it started, Plan to post picks of my rig next week, will be completing the truck sides tomorrow, as cleanups will start this coming week for me. I live in PA. Somewhere on her is a pick of my 25hp tow behind leaf vac from last year but I can't figure out how to find it: can anyone help me?

Leaf Equipment
98 Chevy 3500 Dump Stake Body 8ft by 12 ft box by 6ft high
98 Chevy 2500 Pickup Truck
16 Foot Enclosed Trailer
2004 Giant Vac 25hp trailer mounted leaf vac
2 (8) hp little wonder blowers
Backpack Blowers
Echo PB 650 Unit #1
Echo PB 651H Unit #2
Echo PB 755T Unit #3
2 Exmark Lazers (one grass gobbler bagger, one accelerator industries bagger)
rakes, tarps, etc
Owner, one employee, one sub-contractor that supplies me labor himself, his brother, and his employee, in exchange for me sucking up his leaf piles on his own customers properties...Excellent deal for the both of us. Got to get all the leaves up before the Snowplowing starts...

[DLAWNS]

I can't wait to post pics of mine. I still have to finish it, but it's close. I need to finish soon because leaves are starting now. It just keeps raining. Soon enough!

[RedMax Man]

next season i am planning on it. i bought a lot so far this year so the airbags are going to have to wait.

they're not very expensive. about $300.

[GLS]

Here are a couple of pics from last week. Leaves are really coming down quick here now, we are gonna have some huge piles next week!

New to our leaf cleanup gear this year is the leaf plow...works great so far. It has really cut down on our tarping.

I look forward to seeing other leaf setups!

[JosephLawnCare]

^^^That dodge is sweet!!:cool2:

[LawnMowerKing10]

How do you like the toro?

[CrewCutEnterprises]

I see Synergetic found you too. We have one of the others. PS your setup is nearly identical to ours.

Here is mine. No action pics of sucking leaves just dumping them. we were able to fit just over $2k worth of leaf jobs in there and it still wasnt filled to the max but we had a real big job next so we dumped on the way.

[nnj18]

Here are a couple of pics from last week. Leaves are really coming down quick here now, we are gonna have some huge piles next week!

New to our leaf cleanup gear this year is the leaf plow...works great so far. It has really cut down on our tarping.

I look forward to seeing other leaf setups!

Those leave plows save so much time. How are you like the toro? Nice dodge....what made you go with a 2500 srw instead of a 3500 drw??

[GLS]

The leaf plow is saving us a lot of time, we should have bought one sooner!

The toro is great. The cut is excellent (even at high speed), it's very comfortable, and the bagger works great. Hate to say it, but it is a far superior machine compared to our old JD 757.

We went with a SRW for snowplowing purposes. We didn't want to risk traction issues with dual wheels and the extra width would make it difficult for some of the accounts we do. We may look into a dual rear wheel when we replace our oldest truck. Also, parking would be an issue for us right now.

[nnj18]

The leaf plow is saving us a lot of time, we should have bought one sooner!

The toro is great. The cut is excellent (even at high speed), it's very comfortable, and the bagger works great. Hate to say it, but it is a far superior machine compared to our old JD 757.

We went with a SRW for snowplowing purposes. We didn't want to risk traction issues with dual wheels and the extra width would make it difficult for some of the accounts we do. We may look into a dual rear wheel when we replace our oldest truck. Also, parking would be an issue for us right now.

Have you tried the new 800 series? My dealer is now only a JD dealer and is really looking to get me into their "stander" and new 800 series mower. Not a big fan of JD but I put it next to an exmark and it was a lot beefier. Also on your 8x16 if you added say another 48" stander how much room would you have left?

[GLS]

We havn't tried an 800 series. I havn't heard very good reviews on them either, but I can't say it's not a good mower. I don't plan on switching from toro anytime soon, I love the machine and the dealer is awesome.

Our 8x16 is loaded to the max. The only thing we have room to add is a second 21" (which we will be doing next year), and it will be very cramped. Next trailer will be a 20' for sure.

[nnj18]

So with just the two 36"s and the 60" with bagger its cramped? I guess I'll buy a 18' then....

I've been looking at JD a lot more closely, because 1- me dealer is great and 2- his price is unbeatable. So who knows...maybe I'll just get a exmark 60"...

[GLS]

[QUOTE=nnj18;2594181]So with just the two 36"s and the 60" with bagger its cramped? I guess I'll buy a 18' then....

QUOTE]

When the bagger is on the 60" machine, we only haul the 36" stander and a 21"; we don't have room for the 36" WB. Normally we haul the 60" without the bagger, the 36" stander, 36" WB, and 1 21". We will be adding a second 21", and that's all it will be able to hold.

Always get bigger than what you need!

[ryansbob]

Hi Guys, Here is a picture of my leaf setup as promised 1998 Chevy 3500 one ton dump stakebody I purchased brand new, 6ft high sides, Pulling 25hp Giant Vac Leaf Loader, I'll get picks up soon of the other pickup and enclosed trailer, maybe my lazer z's pushing piles of leaves if I can find the time to take more pictures. I have a friend that has a landscaping business and helps me out we load the little wonder blowers, backpacks, tarps, rake, gas cans in his pickup, or I bring my other truck to the jobs with the enclosed trailer if I need to do a final mowing. My accounts are close by to our shop so I can afford to have 2 trucks at each job.:)

[nnj18]

how many of those size piles do you fit in that truck?

[ryansbob]

I can fit at least 5 piles like that in the truck in one load if the leaves are wet, I limit to 5 if it is wet due to the weight and not wanting to overload the truck. The leaf box on the truck bed is 6ft high by 8ft wide by 12ft long. That pile was dry oak leaves so probably 6 of 7 piles like that per truck load. The vac shreads the leaves so good and with so much force the green tarp actually gets a bulge in it like if the truck had pvc or steel arches then it is time to go to the dumpsite. I don't pay by weight to dump, I go to a mulchyard and pay per truck load to dump, so the more leaves in my truck the more I profit. I bought the leaf loader brand new and this is my 3rd season using it. You can hear it 2 blocks away when it is running (Great Advertising everyone hears it watches it and wants a price for me to do their leaf Cleanup)

[Grasshoppers410]

IM not sure thats legal having a 12" pipe obstructing your view.

[CrewCutEnterprises]

IM not sure thats legal having a 12" pipe obstructing your view.

Half the people on here probably dont have trailer taillights, or even report taxes and your worried about it obstructing their view. Btw, tree trucks can get away with it, having cages over the cabs with posts off the bumper but... they are not 20 inches.

[CrewCutEnterprises]

Here is both trucks, F350 with dump insert and 16 ft trailer, and f250 with 12 ft dump trailer and 10hp vac. We had 4 houses on the same street so they were together.

[CrewCutEnterprises]

Here is the F250 with the custom bed, we haul the Z on it.

[CrewCutEnterprises]

A pic of the custom built bed.

[CrewCutEnterprises]

And a pic of the leaf vac set up, If you want more pics let me know.

[CrewCutEnterprises]

Some pile pushing.

[nnj18]

you should make your F-250 a dually....looks to be sagging a little in the rear...

[CrewCutEnterprises]

The truck looks like it is sagging because of the way the bed was built. I made it so it sat as low as possible to make it easier to load the truck.

Also, How would a dually make it not sag?, more leaf springs or timbrens or air bags or overload springs would help it not sag since the sag would be in the springs, not in the tires. But yes fully loaded its heavy and it does sag.

[South Florida Lawns]

I see one of the gates is bent, is that from one of the guys flipping the toro off of it? I read your flatbed thread and remember you talking about a mower falling off.

[CrewCutEnterprises]

I see one of the gates is bent, is that from one of the guys flipping the toro off of it? I read your flatbed thread and remember you talking about a mower falling off.

Nope, That was from the truck towing a 16 ft trailer and it has a cage on the front, well someone jacknifed it triing to get out of a dead end road and bent it, still works, just bent a little

[South Florida Lawns]

oh its not bad at all. you lucked out with minimal damage. The green grill looks awesome especially with the graphics on the side of the truck. It really jumps out from the rest of the super duty's on the road. I never saw how the white diesel turned out you should post up a pic of that if you have any. Oh and was that done with a brush or did you mask it off and spray the grill? Good luck in 2009!

[LawnMowerKing10]

What brand of ztr? what brandd of mowers do you use?

[South Florida Lawns]

he uses toro mowers.

[CrewCutEnterprises]

We do

1 Toro ZTR ( added this year)
2 Toro 36 Walkbehind
1 Toro 48 Walkbehind
3 Exmark 48 Walkbehinds (Added 2 last year and 1 this year)


I've painted with brushed and sprayed. To me from 10 feet away it all looks the same. I will have new trucks professionally sprayed but these work for now, Ill start a thread someday soon and post all of our stuff, trailer and trucks. I added alot late this year in prep for the 2009 Season.

[M and S Lawn Care]

Here's my leaf sucker.. I posted this in my own thread also, but why not here too?

Besides this, we have a 52" Bobcat with a large vac system on it, a catcher for our 60" Bobcat, two Redmax 8000's and some rakes. I really gotta get pics of all our stuff sometime!!




http://www.themikepage.com/leafsucker.png

[Petr51488]

^^^THat truck looks like its hurtin! Why didnt you go with a higher box? Doesn't look like you can fit much in there.

[CrewCutEnterprises]

^^^THat truck looks like its hurtin! Why didnt you go with a higher box? Doesn't look like you can fit much in there.

Probably becuase you answered it with you first line. Hey we all have to start somewhere, I started with an explorer, then a beat 89 f150 that sagged worse.

Use what you got till it breaks, then go bigger, and the ford f150 is the most abused work truck, everyone you see sags because people use them and put alot in them. I love that green color!

[carterslandscaping08]

Hey guys,
Here are some recent pictures of our leaf outfit.
07 chevy 3500 duramax
04 homesteader 6'x12' dump trailer
?? Billy Goat Vac (older, but runs like a new one)

Enjoy!
John Carter
Carter's Landscaping
859-621-5918

[Lawn Freak]

All the setups look good guys.

[Junior M]

That has got to be the smallest GN trailer I have ever seen!! Looks almost like a toy! :laugh: Your whole set up looks good, atleast you dont have to worry about over loading with a 1ton! :weightlifter:

[nnj18]

That has got to be the smallest GN trailer I have ever seen!! Looks almost like a toy! :laugh: Your whole set up looks good, atleast you dont have to worry about over loading with a 1ton! :weightlifter:

lol I thought the same thing! lol it looks a joke behind your crew cab dually....I thought I had it bad with a 6x12 open behind my 07 dodge crew caw SRW. Nice setup though.

[PerfectEarth]

......and mine--->

[deere615]

carterslandscaping- Nice Truck!

[G.M.Landscaping]

......and mine--->

Very nice stuff Perfect Earth.

There is no way we up north could back on someone's lawn without destroying it this time of year. Wish I could, but I would leave 6" ruts.

[nnj18]

why don't you mount the leaf vac on the front of the trailer and put a box on the dump as well.....seems like a waste of a dump truck.

[PerfectEarth]

Very nice stuff Perfect Earth.

There is no way we up north could back on someone's lawn without destroying it this time of year. Wish I could, but I would leave 6" ruts.

Thank you! Well, I took these pic a few weeks ago when it was VERY dry here. We have never put a truck/trailer on this turf in prior years. It was perfect this year- very solid....I was still nervous though! But not a mark. And a good thing, cause we had 6-7 HUGE piles out in the middle, away from the drive.

why don't you mount the leaf vac on the front of the trailer and put a box on the dump as well.....seems like a waste of a dump truck.

I primarily do landscaping and need to have one bed free to haul stuff around. Plus, the tube goes in the dump- as well as rakes, blowers, fuel cans, etc... AND, this set-up requires no metal fabrication on the trailer- have not wanted to get into that. I actually don't do TOO many leaves each year. I have a full-time gig (landscape/estate grounds-related) where I bill out my equipment. I have thought about building a nice box on the truck bed but I'd need to fabricate a swing-away mount for the vac (PLUS the box itself)... and I just don't do enough leaves at this time. I'll make more hauling soil, rock, etc, for my job.

[nnj18]

I primarily do landscaping and need to have one bed free to haul stuff around. Plus, the tube goes in the dump- as well as rakes, blowers, fuel cans, etc... AND, this set-up requires no metal fabrication on the trailer- have not wanted to get into that. I actually don't do TOO many leaves each year. I have a full-time gig (landscape/estate grounds-related) where I bill out my equipment. I have thought about building a nice box on the truck bed but I'd need to fabricate a swing-away mount for the vac (PLUS the box itself)... and I just don't do enough leaves at this time. I'll make more hauling soil, rock, etc, for my job.


Oh, OK I got yah. If you've seen my thread, there are TONS of leaves here so I could fill your dump trailer and dump truck 3x in a day no sweat. lol it gets pretty crazy.

[J&R Landscaping]

Nice Set-up perfect earth!

[Furness & Sons L&L]

here is one of mine front mounted giant vac 16hp walker ghs efi 48 in deck larger hopper 2 pb650's a mesh tarp to leaf reakes

Sweet set up. very efficient. I bet u can load quite a few leaves in that bad boy. Hows t still working for ya?

[joef450snowplow]

nice rigs guys let see more pics

[flxinxj]

anyone load leves in a landscape trailer. i have 16ft with 4ft high sides. going to put a 6x6 in the front with 2 chains down each side to a tow strape and pull the leves out with the 6x6

[mtchockey30]

Marking to remember