Anyone have any better ideas than a rake or by hand? Getting sick of all these darn walnuts to pickup......
Best way to pick up walnuts?
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I have a lawn thats covered in walnuts. I have checked with the home owner and we advertise free walnuts. it actually works have a guy come in pick them all up for us. So I don't need to pcik them up or mow over them. There are alot of older people that will come and pick them and get rid of them for u
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Couldn't you use a Billy Goat lawn vac?
that would sound like a machine gun going off. LOL Never mind what it will do to the impeller.
Have a kid go in a pick them all up for a cool $5.
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Yeah I guess that would be a loud S.O.B :laugh: I figured if a billy goat could suck up glass it would do walnuts. But, those nuts are some hard m f'ers!that would sound like a machine gun going off. LOL Never mind what it will do to the impeller.
Have a kid go in a pick them all up for a cool $5.
There's a rolling wire basket type tool that is made for walnuts etc. It is on a broom stick and consists of a rolling cage about the size of a football. You also need the wire braket for emptying it, that hangs on a 5 gallon bucket. I've used them quite a bit and they work great.
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Black walnuts? I've got 3 of the trees in my yard and I'm here to tell you a Billy Goat vacuum will not pick them up. They are too heavy and round to effectively create enough lift for any walk behind vacuum (our or competitors) to effectively pick up. It will pick up some of them and they are no match of 1/4 armor plate steel spinning at 3600 rpm. I've found it will only get about 25 to 50% of them and that's not enough for me. The way I handle them is with a wheeled blower. I use one of our 9 or 13 hp self-propelled units (I live on a moderate hillside) and blow them to and unkempt area of my yard.
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You need one of those contraptions that picks up golf balls at the driving range, mount it on the front of your mower and go! .
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Best way we have done is to pick them up if they are a nuissance, because they are blade and deck destroyers. Wear gloves when they are rotten to keep from staining your hands and from getting the juglanin on your skin. Squirrells can't carry the green fruit, it is too heavy fo them. By the time the outer sheath is rotten, the mowers pulverize the things.
Wait until you have a few customers with the Sweet Chestnut trees. Those seed coverings are detrimental to your hands, so the mower is the only way to go!!!
Wait until you have a few customers with the Sweet Chestnut trees. Those seed coverings are detrimental to your hands, so the mower is the only way to go!!!
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wow... i'm amazed by ppl ingenuity : )
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Cut the tree down
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If there's a wooded area within 30 yards or so, get yourself a good pitching or sand wedge and practice your chip shot. Or for longer distances work on your irons some.
That bag a nut thing is almost exactly what they use on some of the golf courses around here to pick up balls on the practice greens.
That bag a nut thing is almost exactly what they use on some of the golf courses around here to pick up balls on the practice greens.
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