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Possum Lodge Skunk Works

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If necessity is the mother of invention, laziness is the grandaddy.

I have almost a half acre which gets covered in oak leaves during the fall. I have to get them all to the burn pile on one end of the property which usually involves blowing them into separate piles and transporting each pile to the burn pile a bit at a time.

I figured there has to be an easier way to do this. I used a leaf blower/vac, a 4" flexible hose, and an insulation disposal bag that I had leftover from another project. It works pretty good. Actually better than the vacuum does with the shoulder bag probably because the airflow isn't as restricted.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Well I need this to vacuum all the old insulation from my attic.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

In my experience the small Harbor Freight dust collector works pretty well for this.