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EA Quinn
10-30-2008, 03:38 PM
Just completed the custom hitch to tow this sucker around. I think it came out pretty good. This should prevent us from having to dump so often. Not the greatest turning radius, but we do a few condos that have a ton of leaves. We plow them all to the curb and suck em up.....
DBL
10-30-2008, 03:49 PM
well now hold on those leaves might get the gvw of that truck some issues....be careful with that
Scag413
10-30-2008, 05:19 PM
Nice set-up man...that thing should be able to hold alot of leaves!!!
KrayzKajun
10-30-2008, 05:35 PM
very cool set up! if yur guna go big, you gotta GO BIG
syzer
10-30-2008, 05:57 PM
Nice set up! You can use this for your leaf blade =)

http://www.septicisle.info/uploaded_images/26_CaterpillarBulldozerD11R-795078.jpg
cat320
10-30-2008, 05:57 PM
That is a nice set up everything has another use well besides the leaf vac. truck can haul multiple bodies and equipment the dumpster unit can also haul demo,dirt or what ever.
STIHL GUY
10-30-2008, 07:19 PM
go big or go home. that will hold some serious leaves
doubleedge
10-30-2008, 08:19 PM
That seems like overkill to me, but maybe you could put up some 10 foot sides to give the truck a little bit of a workout :laugh:. It looks really nice.

How much hp does that leaf loader have? It looks like a beast.
CLARK LAWN
10-30-2008, 10:16 PM
what size is that dozer looks like a D10
EA Quinn
10-30-2008, 11:02 PM
Like stated above, we use the truck for multiple purposes. We have a can with shorter sides and we can haul our bobcat excavator and a skidsteer at the same time to a job. We also have a finn T330 hydroseeder that is mounted to a skid. We use the truck all winter long hauling snow after snow storms. We have several accounts in the city where it requies snow removal.
Here is a picture of the rig hydroseeding.....
EA Quinn
10-30-2008, 11:05 PM
Heres a picture of our second leaf truck. We will be real efficient this year with both trucks running. It allows us to run multiple clean-up crews, or on the larger jobs, sucking leaves goes much much quicker. I do agree its a bit overkill, but we had the truck and can, so we added a second sucker.

http://www.lawnsite.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=66956&stc=1&d=1161817838
corey4671
10-30-2008, 11:11 PM
pfft...lowballer...:D
doubleedge
10-30-2008, 11:12 PM
Heres a picture of our second leaf truck. We will be real efficient this year with both trucks running. It allows us to run multiple clean-up crews, or on the larger jobs, sucking leaves goes much much quicker. I do agree its a bit overkill, but we had the truck and can, so we added a second sucker.

http://www.lawnsite.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=66956&stc=1&d=1161817838

Did you post that picture before? I remember seeing one that looked just like that.
greenred
10-31-2008, 01:47 AM
Wow that is just frggen cool
syzer
10-31-2008, 09:40 AM
You just cant beat the large leaf loaders. A lot of ppl think they are over kill, but when we are sucking up huge piles of wet or half decomposed pine needles that would easily block the smaller ones up its worth it. Not to mention when you suck a pile of leaves up the size of a truck as fast as you can move that hose.
Brad Ent
10-31-2008, 12:04 PM
That's the real deal
KW tri axle for leaf pickup
RedMax Man
10-31-2008, 05:59 PM
very impressive.

If you get a chance can you get a picture of it in action so we can see the size of the leaf piles?
Leaf Jockey
10-31-2008, 08:01 PM
In the first pic is that a tree tarp being used for a roof/vent? Does it fill evenly? Do the leaves try to push up over the sides of the tarp? We use a 14 foot steel box with a small vent on top near the back. The vac(120hp) will bow the sides out. How does that tarp respond when leaves are pushing against it?
DLAWNS
10-31-2008, 09:04 PM
That is one serious rig. Good luck with it. I also would love to see some action pics.
EA Quinn
11-01-2008, 02:53 PM
The tarp works great. You cant se from the pictures, but at the front of the can we have the tarp sandwiched between a piece of plywood, to try and stop so much from blowing onto the cab. In the back, we also sandwiched the tarp in between some 2 x 6's. In between, it is bungeed down. We were going to make the top more enclosed, but everyone I know from municipalities said leave the top open as much as possible, because the machine puts out so much force, if it doesnt vent well, it wont suck as well. It actually works perfect. There is absolutely no blowout, other than the dust at the top.