Anyone have to rake up acorns each fall?

[edprush]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Isn't there some kind of vacuum thingy you can get for a riding mower that'll suck up grass clippings? Maybe it can also deal with acorns.

I've talked to people that use something called the "cyclone rake" and they said it doesn't have enough suction to get more than a few acorns.

 

[edprush]

Originally posted by: conehead433

Originally posted by: edprush

Originally posted by: conehead433
Ride over them with a lawnmower and chop them into nothing.

Have you ever mowed? Do you know how small an acorn is?

I've got a mower with a five foot deck. That sucker will pick 'em up off the ground and chop them almost into dust. I have an oak tree in my yard that easily drops over a ton of acorns every year and that's how I deal with them. And yes, it is a big a$$ tree with a trunk circumference of over 18 feet.

I have a John Deere with a 5' deck and the blades miss the acorns. The acorns are below the mower deck cutting height--2.5", in my case.

How short do you cut your lawn?

 

[edprush]

Originally posted by: slag
I'll take a pic in a day or so before and after and what i use to suck it up and you will be amazed.

I'd like to see those pics.

Thanks.