View Full Version : Biggest leaf piles
NEWGUYRI
11-07-2009, 04:40 PM
Post pics of your largest ones ever.
BTM Lawn Maintenance L.L.C
11-08-2009, 10:42 AM
Here's one..But I've made bigger !!!
nnj18
11-08-2009, 11:42 AM
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn4/JJLMC/JJ-Fall08014b.jpg
South Florida Lawns
11-08-2009, 02:40 PM
The last one you can't tell how big the pile is till you look at the 2500 dodge to the side of it.
nnj18
11-08-2009, 03:08 PM
Yah that retaining wall is like 6 1/2 feet tall too.....maybe 7'+ not exactly sure. Wish I woulda pulled the dodge up more so you can see it even better. It was a HUGE pile. I'll have another one this year in a few weeks soooooo......
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srl28
11-08-2009, 04:36 PM
I can confirm, that was one hell of a pile! and it was packed in with a leaf plow so its smaller than it should be. Wish I had pics from this weekend, did a 28 acre camp. Some crazy big piles.
thu cutting edge
11-08-2009, 07:38 PM
i will have to take some pics but had one friday that filled the international up. took them an hour to suck it up.
ZOO YORK
11-08-2009, 07:50 PM
heres one from one of my accounts
ZOO YORK
11-08-2009, 07:58 PM
more pics of leaves
STIHL GUY
11-08-2009, 10:01 PM
i never remember my camera. ill try to get some pictures up soon.
joef450snowplow
11-08-2009, 10:20 PM
hope u guys have dump trucks and dont have to bag it that would suck
I will put you all to shame tomorrow . we blowed leaves all day on one big job we will vac the rows up and dump them and get pics of the one big pile. you guys will cry, i promise.
2brothersyardcare
11-09-2009, 06:50 AM
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lawn Freak
11-09-2009, 03:49 PM
I got some decent pics. I've had piles taller than me (6' 0") But not sure if I got pictures of them
FinerCutslawnCare
11-09-2009, 05:09 PM
I will put you all to shame tomorrow . we blowed leaves all day on one big job we will vac the rows up and dump them and get pics of the one big pile. you guys will cry, i promise.
I am looking forward to this!:dancing:
mdlwn1
11-09-2009, 05:12 PM
I will put you all to shame tomorrow . we blowed leaves all day on one big job we will vac the rows up and dump them and get pics of the one big pile. you guys will cry, i promise.
I hope so......the first pics were kinda like someone braggin about how big their 2" penus is...................
nnj18
11-09-2009, 06:43 PM
If you're gonna post pictures of your dump pile then I've got you beat.
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gobblet
11-09-2009, 07:09 PM
I'll get my pile picture tommorrow, if township does not take it all away got to love the cyclone rake (8 acres of 200+ trees):hammerhead:
holy **** we didnt get that f-ing job done we domped our lawn truck and our magnum walker 16 stinking times this is bull normal we do 5 cleanups on him this year we will be lucky to do it 3 times
post them tomorrow if we get done
i took the pleasure of measuring the rows we had 5423' of rows all atleast 3' high and 5' wide it was alot
NNJ18 this is not a dump pile it is this home owners field he lets us dump the leaves there instead of hauling them 30 miles to our pile our personal leaf pile is currently 6' deep and covers 3/4 an acre
tstutz
11-09-2009, 07:55 PM
good stuff. i just never remember my camera
gobblet
11-10-2009, 06:43 PM
I'll get my pile picture tommorrow, if township does not take it all away got to love the cyclone rake (8 acres of 200+ trees):hammerhead:
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gobblet
11-10-2009, 06:50 PM
8ft wide X 400 ft. long about 3 feet high.
SLC, LLC
11-10-2009, 10:31 PM
This is not at a homeowners lawn, but the pile that has accumulated behind our shop. These pictures do not do the size of the pile much justice... will try and get some more tomorrow before we start hauling it to the dump.
asalow
11-10-2009, 10:49 PM
slc, what size of john deere tractor do you have?
SLC, LLC
11-10-2009, 11:11 PM
it's a 4320
Ben's Landscape
11-11-2009, 06:55 AM
WOW thats a lot of leaves. I will get some of mine up there.
Mike's LawnCare Landscape
11-12-2009, 06:52 AM
camera camera never no camera
167671
167672
this is the big job all tripple mulched and yet look at it all Shi*
gobblet
11-15-2009, 05:19 PM
love those oaks. I have the eye, camera does not do any justice. Keep it up. :hammerhead:
Leaf Jockey
11-15-2009, 07:39 PM
http://www.lawnsite.com/showpost.php?p=2030879&postcount=6
This pic is a few years old. The pile is much longer now than can be seen. All the leaves were collected by a single 5-7 man crew.
We dump mostly whole leaves on one end and try to turn the pile over a few times a year. The other end is rich dark compost that we run through a dirt shredder to remove the junk. Some gets sold as compost and some gets mixed with topsoil and sold that way.
Scott
i wish i had that pile of ours off tht job at our office to compost with the rest of the leaves we collect that is just one job that allows us to dump in his field ue to the high number of loads
you guys will love it in the spring when i start how big is your daily grass pile .!!! we do 600 walker dumps a day in the spring . if i can get all my guys to get on LS to post their piles to yall wil cry .
we actually feed livestock day to day for the most part . we charge $1.00 per dump to different farmers and it feeds their cows and pay for us hauling the grass. the only grass we compost at the main offie is dirty !!
lawnproslawncare
11-15-2009, 08:25 PM
This is not at a homeowners lawn, but the pile that has accumulated behind our shop. These pictures do not do the size of the pile much justice... will try and get some more tomorrow before we start hauling it to the dump.
Why are you hauling them to the dump? You should think about selling as compost. Just turn the piles ever couple months. Dump grass and lime on it too.
Well I guess I'm gonna have to take some pics of our New Pile.
lawnproslawncare
11-15-2009, 08:28 PM
we actually feed livestock day to day for the most part . we charge $1.00 per dump to different farmers and it feeds their cows and pay for us hauling the grass. the only grass we compost at the main offie is dirty !!
:confused: I might have to think about doing this!! ;)
we started out with the smaller 6.5 bushels going for .50 per dump and we tracked the total dumps we got in the day . and when we upgraded to the 9.5 we just kept the same price and recalculated the price per and then inflated the price after we had a demand .
lawnproslawncare
11-15-2009, 09:27 PM
I just wonder how this would go in my area?
corey4671
11-18-2009, 07:26 PM
this is a SOLO job I did on Monday. There were two other piles on this job roughly the same size.
nnj18
11-18-2009, 08:40 PM
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn4/JJLMC/fall%2009/FALL09198.jpg
gobblet
11-18-2009, 08:59 PM
Man up! The other half went to woods... post the pics :rolleyes:
168418
heres a little pile took 40 mins for her to get it job done
the 2 lawns across the road they did the day before and look at them
i will try to get pics of some of the dump trailers tomorrow when they come in for tire rotations
corey4671
11-20-2009, 08:30 PM
the 2 lawns across the road they did the day before and look at them
I know the feeling. Did one like that last Friday and by Saturday morning it was covered again
i love the feeling of "lets do it again"
I know, I know .... should have a leaf plow. The mower is a 72". I blew all those leaves through the gate into a pile then pushed them to the rear of the property.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWfg3uUTZv0
we looked tonight and we personally have 42 xleanups to do before Tday
we looked tonight and we personally have 42 xleanups to do before Tday
Better hope the weather works out!!!
corey4671
11-21-2009, 10:16 PM
we looked tonight and we personally have 42 xleanups to do before Tday
need a sub?
corey how far south will you come ???
I think they only got about 8 left in franklin we got about 12 here but they are large properties just trying to get all the other stuff done is the problem
the rest are follow ups just for the holiday ....dang all the ones we havent gotten to yet
corey4671
12-04-2009, 09:38 PM
man I am so sorry I never replied back to this thread. with the pretty weather we had leading up to Thanksgiving I was covered up and then just didn't check back.
corey4671
12-04-2009, 10:30 PM
Man up! The other half went to woods... post the pics :rolleyes:
I think this was probably aimed at me and YES I know the rule if I don't have the pic to prove it it never happened. Sorry. didn't even think to snap a pic until I got to this pile. When I'm working I have my headphones on and I'm in my own little world and only focused on the task at hand. I'm getting better at being aware that I need to be taking more pictures. Sorry...you'll just have to take my word for it on this one :waving:
we did 1650' of a 4'x 6' rows tomorrow i get to go help i think i have 1 ,(snicker snicker) to complete and they can do the rest , its a training thing lol .will post pics of work tomorrow.
johnnybravo8802
12-06-2009, 07:23 PM
Just wait until I get my zipper unstuck. You guys are going to sh#@!!!!!!!!!!
alf500series
12-06-2009, 08:51 PM
here a few pics from a yard i did this week:
here are a few more pics i posted the other day from this same yard:
http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?p=3305405#post3305405
gobblet
12-06-2009, 09:01 PM
Great pile! Love to keep this going ,as we all work so hard and don't make the money we deserve. LOL. I think I'm winning:rolleyes: Calling out
johnnybravo8802
12-06-2009, 09:11 PM
Great pile! Love to keep this going ,as we all work so hard and don't make the money we deserve. LOL. I think I'm winning:rolleyes: Calling out
I agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!
alf500series
12-06-2009, 10:16 PM
that was the third pile like that of mulched leaves that i sold to a church for $20 a load. worked out great cuz i made $60 off of something i was just gonna dump anyway!!!!! woo hoo:cool2::cool2:
Joe Spinelli
12-06-2009, 10:51 PM
I grew up on Long Island and when we were kids we use drive around looking for big leaf piles in my van and then go racing through them.... Boy those people must have been mad the next day....
gobblet how big is your pile ???
johnny wife said pull it out and she would look ,if it beats 1650' then she has a new best friend ,what ever that means lol
Joe Spinelli
12-06-2009, 11:08 PM
Sorry, Wrong Thread.
johnnybravo8802
12-06-2009, 11:54 PM
gobblet how big is your pile ???
johnny wife said pull it out and she would look ,if it beats 1650' then she has a new best friend ,what ever that means lol
My wife knows who has the biggest. That's why she's my wife!!!:weightlifter::weightlifter:
hehehe and i can say the same of mine lol it took 8 hours to roll my 1650 out how about you ?? i even triped over it 2 times AND it take a 180 bt blower to get a good blow job with 1650 of it ............ funny !!!
johnnybravo8802
12-07-2009, 06:15 AM
hehehe and i can say the same of mine lol it took 8 hours to roll my 1650 out how about you ?? i even triped over it 2 times AND it take a 180 bt blower to get a good blow job with 1650 of it ............ funny !!!
My neighbors complain everytime I get mine out but she sure doesn't!!!:)
lol and your favorite thing to say to her when done is " whooooa Maaaaaam-ma
i love brovo ,daughter watches all the time
all in good fun .
Marcos
12-07-2009, 09:21 AM
Just curious.... if you guys dump leaves at facilities that compost them for reuse (& maybe for resale?), or if in your area there's no facility like that, or if you do something else altogether with them?
Hey! This could be a good poll Q!
depending on which business location i am refering to they do it all ,most of the guys compost the leaves, some towns offer city dump grounds where they compost to resale , and in some places our guys/families just have the land and ditches to dump in
all of our clean grass is sold to farmers at a per load fee
dirty grass is just composted with the leaves.
the guys who compost on site use the ammendments in reworking beds to filling holes in lawns .
it depends on the locations.
Marcos
12-07-2009, 10:28 AM
and in some places our guys/families just have the land and ditches to dump in
Yeah, that's one of two irresponsible methods I thought I might see posted!
Around here guys do this a lot in ditch lines, etc.
And massive storm runoff water will pull leaf debris from these ditches into creeks & eventually into larger streams & eventually, rivers & man-made lakes. :cry:
And even if they don't make it that far, leaves will combine with other limbs & other trash to plug up culverts, causing unnecessary flooding of roadways.
Leaf debris is just one of many types of sediment that are annually dredged out of navigable waterways & multi-use reservoirs, costing US taxpayers hundreds of millions of $'s!!
But obviously, as proven by your post, a certain % of this influx of sediment could be prevented by the use of more COMMON SENSE:
Instead of "dumping in ditches", contractors with any type of environmental ethic whatsoever should be staging leaves etc in areas where they can't be washed area, and ideally can be layered upon each other through time & turned over again & again to create decent heal-in material for nursery stock, and eventually workable compost.
Yeah, that's one of two irresponsible methods I thought I might see posted!
Around here guys do this a lot in ditch lines, etc.
And massive storm runoff water will pull leaf debris from these ditches into creeks & eventually into larger streams & eventually, rivers & man-made lakes. :cry:
And even if they don't make it that far, leaves will combine with other limbs & other trash to plug up culverts, causing unnecessary flooding of roadways.
Leaf debris is just one of many types of sediment that are annually dredged out of navigable waterways & multi-use reservoirs, costing US taxpayers hundreds of millions of $'s!!
But obviously, as proven by your post, a certain % of this influx of sediment could be prevented by the use of more COMMON SENSE:
Instead of "dumping in ditches", contractors with any type of environmental ethic whatsoever should be staging leaves etc in areas where they can't be washed area, and ideally can be layered upon each other through time & turned over again & again to create decent heal-in material for nursery stock, and eventually workable compost.
sorry not trying to piss in your cherrio's and your save the world campain but these are not those kind of ditches lol and these dont lead to rivers and streams lol they are just ditches and lowspots jeeese some people are off in the way they make words fit there needs in the most simple of forums
last i checked there was navatable water ways in every county of tn ........ j/k
Marcos
12-07-2009, 01:15 PM
sorry not trying to piss in your cherrio's and your save the world campain but these are not those kind of ditches lol and these dont lead to rivers and streams lol they are just ditches and lowspots jeeese some people are off in the way they make words fit there needs in the most simple of forums
It's not my or anyone else's "need", XLS.
It just makes sense to make more contractors everywhere more AWARE of it.
Leaf erosion of this gross magnitude into waterways is a problem contractors everywhere may not be so much aware of.
So why not use lawnsite to spread the word a little bit?
If you feel I used you as an incorrect example, I apologize. :waving:
In the wording you used, it came off to me as though "your guys" could easily be dumping leaves down watershed hillsides directly toward creek beds.
And XLS, as far as "saving the world" is concerned, if all of the world's people individually began to use more common sense & concentrate on our own back yards 1st and foremost, wouldn't most environmental issues eventually fall by the wayside?
That's the heart & soul behind the environmental slogan: "Think Globally. Act Locally."
i appoligize as well my bad i read it as hostile toward me if not all is good lol we contain our dump sites fully misunderstanding is all sorry
Marcos
12-07-2009, 01:28 PM
i appoligize as well my bad i read it as hostile toward me if not all is good lol we contain our dump sites fully misunderstanding is all sorry
And I as well.
Go Titans! :waving:
il hit on that as well , i know alot of guy who bag them in gabage bags then go out , back into the woods and throw out the bags and all . these kind of guys are my personal heros if ya know what i mean its bad
johnnybravo8802
12-07-2009, 03:59 PM
lol and your favorite thing to say to her when done is " whooooa Maaaaaam-ma
i love brovo ,daughter watches all the time
all in good fun .
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