$100 An Hour Doing Basic Leaf Cleanups

[@gg32484]

Have you ever considered putting a mulch kit on one of your machines. With leaves that dry, you can mulch them up all day long and it will have the same result as you got there. Plus then no having to dump or mess with the bagger.

[@dancannon5158]

I have the same catcher. Easy fix to stop some of the dust. Put Black Gorilla tape on top and driver's side holes.. Holes on opposite side are enough for air/grass exchange. I have accelerator bagger also. Love it but did similar thing to that. For accelerator bagger I made floating dust cover for the top so the dusty air exhaust comes out the back of the top of the bag about even with me while standing on the Ferris Z3x. Works amazing and cost about 5$ to make. Also have a solution to your tarp issue. 2" PVC pipe, End Cap and a T-Connecter. On your Top board drill a hole just bigger than the OD of the PVC 2" from the front edge and top of board. Do that on both sides. PVC is going to be the front roller for your tarp to fasten to and of course with gorilla tape. Glue on End Cap to PVC and then route PVC thru both holes pushing end cap tight to the outside of top board. Now on other side measure and cut PVC to length so PVC pipe is sticking out of the top rail by 2" inches. Put T-Connecter on that side and fasten with 2 small screws. Don't glue so if needed you can disassemble. Now you should have roughly a 4' piece of PVC left over from the 10' piece. Cut roughly a 18" piece of the left over piece of PVC and use that to insert in the T-CONNECTER as a handle to wind up your tarp. I didn't glue my handle in bc I didn't want a big piece of PVC hanging out the side. I just have it in the truck with me. To make it look nice spray paint end cap & T-CONNECTER black prior to putting together. I actually ordered a 6' x 14' PVC Mesh Tarp for Dump Trucks double pocket for 52$ from myteeproducts.com and it works great.. Good luck

[@CamdenGardenSolutions]

The Catch-Pro is a awesome bagger mate !

[@adventuresinlawncare3734]

Ooh I like the security cameras

[@bblawncarekc]

Me too! They have worked pretty good so far!

[@TristenHernandez]

I think having to go through the struggle of starting a business and doing things the difficult way before you have the money to improve your system is actually a good thing because it makes you respect and appreciate what you’ve got even more I just bought my little Dump her bed and it’s a game changer for me but I still appreciate where I’ve come from.

[@MrDbradie]

Plus growing this way if anything breaks you already know how to revert to a different process!

[@deanswift6480]

I didn’t see the accelerator on Ballard,I only seen their brand,catch pro.which looks nice just small.4.2 bushels I think.I want the jumbo accelerator but it’s like $700 smackers

[@carlossixto82]

Hi Blake I live in Florida and I have a prostance 36 but I’d like to do stipes and mine don’t really makes them. You have a video of a gravely doing amazing stipes how you do it? I mow zoysia grass

[@adventuresinlawncare3734]

Leaves are still hard for me to estimate. Sometimes I’m right on , some times I take it in the shorts. Others times I make sick money. Hopefully I’ll get dialed in soon.

[@geraldjohnson6545]

Good video Blake. Enjoyed it. Hope you & your family had a great Thanksgiving. Yeah get something to stop/block that dust. Thanks

[@trinitylawncare2329]

Awesome set up man. I am still in the leaf bagging phase of business. I have a driveway half full of plastic lawn bags full of leaves. Dump costs $65 a load. So I let it pile up to get my money's worth. Really appreciate your vlogs man. You tell it like it is. Blessings from Louisville, KY from Trinity Lawn Care, LLC. Peace. Keep up the great work and enjoy those little ones.

[@bblawncarekc]

Thank you! That seems expensive to dump!!! Burn those leaves!! Lol

[@ScagPowerEquipment]

Love us some leaf season action!

[@logansimpson305]

Great video hope you and your family have a great thanksgiving

[@bblawncarekc]

Thanks! You too!!

[@Fencearmor]

Innovation, nicely done!!

[@bushwhackerslawncarepryoro6526]

Great video, leaf season hit really quick this year. Right now we’re just mulching up the leaves, but hopefully we’re going to try and get the accelerator in the next couple of weeks. Take care.

[@roachbrotherslawncare2936]

Looking good man!

[@bblawncarekc]

Thank you! Happy Thanksgiving!

[@JohnnyMow]

Nice video my man

[@bblawncarekc]

Thank you brother! Hope all is well!

[@treysimpson9294]

I personally don’t like the aluminum catchers. The molded plastic ones are my favorite. I have found that covering the top of the catcher with fabric or even a towel. Just poke some holes in the fabric and zip tie it to your catcher.

[@sunseeker5071]

Great resource .......keep the S. Nation informed

[@bblawncarekc]

Thank you!!

[@wh8085]

Can't believe how many leaves were still on the trees in this video . You will be doing another leaf clean up on those yards . Nice Job Bud !

[@bblawncarekc]

Yes! Thank you!

[@LorenzoSerchia96]

Buyers makes the rolling tarp kits. Do yourself a favor and get a few green barrels. Much easier than constantly dumping catcher in truck

[@bblawncarekc]

What do you mean? Like trash can in the bed and then just dump the cans?

[@LorenzoSerchia96]

@@bblawncarekc google “green landscape barrel” they are very popular in the north east. we keep 3 on the truck so we can dump right into the barrels instead of going back to truck every time the catcher is full. They are wide enough for grass gobbler/accelerator.

[@LorenzoSerchia96]

I just sent you a picture on Instagram

[@tonyslawncare]

I have the real accelerator 6.2 cubic ft deal its not bad

[@bblawncarekc]

Where did you get it?

[@tonyslawncare]

@@bblawncarekc hey buddy got it from there website call them they are great owners 👍 heres the link

[@Carolinagroundskeeper]

I knew leaves created dust. But never realized it was that much. Yards look awesome when your got done. Job well done!

[@bblawncarekc]

Very dusty!! Thank you!

[@1972jeep1]

Time for a walker mower.

[@logdon17]

Definitely time to upgrade the leaf clean up system. Might be best to buy a used sit down zero turn with a bagger.

[@gmoorehead70]

Blake why don't you have the scag bagging system with the 2 bags??

[@bblawncarekc]

I just don’t have it on this machine!! Probably will next year but you have to dedicate a mower with that system on it for the fall time and we couldn’t make that happen this year!

[@jesse4639]

@@bblawncarekc I run the Scag 52 with the twin bagging system and you can actually take it off in under 5 minutes.

[@williamferem5360]

We have an accelerator. It’s good so far. Covering the top with fabric is a must.

[@jrodeo96]

You got a late start my friend. I have been doing leaf cleanups for a month now.

[@Ruiz9423]

Nice

[@RavensHardCore]

Awesome video Blake! Did you ever find a better solution to your health insurance coverage? I know you had made a video or two a while back about it not being great. Thanks! Happy Thanksgiving 😊

[@brianmartinez16]

What blades were you running ??

[@bblawncarekc]

Scag High Lift at the moment!

[@kingcolten1]

You got any other discount codes? I’m grabbing some kujo shoes and gonna use bb10 but doing some more Black Friday shopping 👍🏼👍🏼

[@bblawncarekc]

Heck ya! www.thestripenation.com/products

[@bblawncarekc]

And 30% off my online course!

[@adanvaldcontreras4283]

Why don't you guy's buy dump trucks?..

[@blackhornet25]

I would be mad at 5.41 cause I just paid to have my yard cleaned up just for the neighbors leaves to blow back into my yard.

[@bblawncarekc]

Luckily I drove by the next day and they were cleaning up there leaves!

[@chefmatthammerschmidt8408]

Blake, I'm impressed, you only used the word, "like" three times. Getting better in your speech. Keep up the good work. Your wife being brought up tends to dumb you down. "Dude" and "Like" being used constantly show dumbness. Dumb is the inability to speak. I am only bringing this up to help you in sounding more intelligent to match your brain. As a finishing note, I look for quality, not cheap. I prefer an inexpensive underdog as opposed to some cheap, flimsy hunk of junk. What competitors of that dump bed are on the market that are made in the USA?

[@johnshorba]

I wanted to grow my company but it does not seem worth it for me to make a living. Grass cutting and this stuff seem great when you make a ton of money in a day, but how do you justify it when it's just seasonal, and you have rain and such interfering with all the business. Do you have multiple crews?

[@tonyslawncare]

Cool

[@awinters9111]

Notification gang!!

[@bblawncarekc]

Heck ya!!! Thank you!

[@triumphovertragedy7860]

100$ an hr take away BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH. LAH. 12$ an hr 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@bblawncarekc]

???

[@triumphovertragedy7860]

Never mind clown.

[@bblawncarekc]

Happy Thanksgiving!

[@bblawncarekc]

God bless!

[@derekl8189]

Dollar signs go in front of the numbers. Clown