Home built leaf vacuum
 

I have needed one of these for years and when someone threw the engine/fan in the scrap metal hopper at the Cat dealership where I worked I couldn't resist the temptation to grab it. The engine had no compression and it turned out to be a stuck valve. After removing the head and cleaning everything it runs great. The body is almost all aluminum and the under carriage is steel with a widened MTD tractor front axle. The blower chute sides are made from excavator plexiglass windows, which is 1/4 in. or so thick and is tough stuff. It works great and will make the fall cleanup a lot easier.



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Nice looking set up!

That is neat! Would love to see some action shots this Fall.

Watching stuff go up the chute will be fun! Don't run into something watching:biggrin2:
Nice work!

That came out sweet. :beerchug:

I like it. Also like the clear chute for viewing any potential blockage.

Good job.

Thanks to all for the replies. It was a fun build !

Like the curved plexiglass chute!

Nice work ! Should work well.

Nicely done!