TOO WINDY!!

[SJR Lawncare]

You guys who do leaf cleanups by blowing, What do you do when its windy? Today it is so windy, I had to stop the job & go home, because the leaves were blowing back at me, & making more of a mess.
Do you guys try to work through it when its windy or quit?

[toddman35]

I think you did the right thing, i dont know about everyone else but i try to stay away from mowing, especailly with sidedischarge, when its to windy outside. I think that you would make a bigger mess than you would do good, plus you would get even dirtier, and you might get dust or something in your eyes. I would try to stay away from mowing when its windy outside.

[mdb landscaping]

if the wind is blowing in only one direction i just blow the leaves that way with the wind. if the wind is constantly shifting then i just dont even show up at the job. too hard to make it all work and look nice in the end

[thelawnguy]

Work with the wind. Since I mulched all the leaves this season it hasnt been a problem, actually the wind has been helpful, after mulching an extraordinary amount of leaves, a once-over with the blower into the wind scatters the small particles like confetti.

[jeffyr]

Today was the worst I had it. As of 2, I called it quits.
After taking way too long blowing earlier in the day, I decided to use the 1/2 a$$ed approach of sucking up leaves with the mower....30 catcherfulls later.... What a day.

jeffyr

[MWHC]

I would be willing to compare my average wind speed with anyone. I think we are rated #2 in the nation for average wind velocity. We work through it most days, unless the winds are over 50mph sustained. Yes, this happens all the time. The highway dept. even close roads to high profile trucks all the time due to wind. Don't move to WYO. if you don't like a little wind.

[ronslawncare]

the wind is better they just help u blow them into the street thats for me at least i dont no how windy it is by u but its pretty windy everyday here 2 i got windburn on my face so it must be lol. i just deal with it another thing is if its to windy mulch them up go over it two if needed a third time the mulch dust will just blow away usally by the second time theres not even a leaf left except stuck around tree bases .try it that way think when you go home that just means extra work left for tommorow and rushing so u can get to your next cleanup...

[cleancut]

I'm in Tennessee and I had to quit early yesterday and didn't even try it today because of the wind...when we do the leaves we also do the gutter and it's just not worth fighting the wind...If it's windy tomorrow, I don't know what I'll do...I still have several leaf clean-ups to do and I feel like I'm running out of time...I guess we'll just try our best tomorrow, maybe we'll get a break...Clean-Cut...

[SLC1]

We just try and work with the wind, sometimes it takes longer but you got to do what you got to do. Sometimes we will just make smaller piles and keep mowing and bagging them over with our Hustler Bac-Vac and in the worst case situations we will go home, but that is only very rarely. The only bad thing about the fall is we only have a short time to do alot of work, about 6 weeks, and we can not miss to many days so we usually just work through it no matter what. Just My two cents

[bob]

Sometimes I'll start early in the morning before the wind picks up. If I can't use the wind to my advantage, I'll stop for the day.

[Skookum]

I was wanting to be done for the year Monday or Tuesday. But, both days have been too windy and cold to finish mowing the one property and pickup leaves and dead annuals and pickup leaves on another little yard.

High 27 with a 35 mph wind is too cold to be doing yardwork!

Last year I had petunias at a property that were still blooming after Christmas when I finally took them out. I also had grass that needed mowing the week of Christmas. Too cold too fast this year!

[jrblawncare]

I just try to work with the wind...but the past two day it has been just too D#$% cold,17 out this a.m. should warm up a little by the weekend.Tuesday I just washed the truck and put it in the heated shop and waxed it.A vac system does help on windy days,My Ultra Vac does a nice job.Say warm JOHN

[ronslawncare]

i jinxed myself.today i couldnt do crap i blew them in piles with my walking blower they blow back on the lawn i started mulching them the leafs were blowing everywere i couldnt start at one section and finish .but i stuck it out a 4hour cleanup took me 6hours but i like to leave a job with not even one leaf on the lawn i dont want to be look down on by other landscappers just starting out i want to compete so perfection is a must but today i charged 200 hundred that should of at least been 250 or even 300 but i stuck it out and the customers love my work and gave me a 40.00 tip witch help out but alls i kept thinking is i just wrote on lawnsite that wind is better the wind sucks plus my face is burned so bad i had to put moisterizer on it twice tonight .but still believe that dont leave a job unless u r getting struck by lighting you r just gona have to face that job tomorrow and might even miss out on other work u were supposed to be doing

[guntruck]

If you can use it to your advantage great......if not, theno go home till later. =)

[yardsmith]

all the leaves here are under a 2.5" white blanket.......