RATSSSSSS,, looks like I didnt need to do all that fall leaf clean-up after all!!

[cowpuc]

Just noticed that @Flyingfool has a test run of his Snopercharger scheduled for Wednesday thru Friday here on the Pond that separates our madness.. Talking 60 mph winds and Lake Michigan waves of,, get this,, 20 feet!!! Could have just left all the leaf cleanup for the end of this week - let nature do her own clean up:big-grin-emoticon:

Tip and I went down and watched the last coal ship delivery to our local powerhouse (they are closing the ol Coal fired plant, see link to story - shame cause there goes a bunch more high end jobs:95:) come in a couple days ago,, looks like them fellers just made it (actually would have made some AWESOME pics watching that thing handle the big ones).. Forgot my camera for the ship but will try and sneak down for some 20' wave pics - should be interesting..

 

http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2015/11/last_coal_ship_to_bc_cobb_plan.html

[eagleeye]

I used to sit on the pier in Sheboygan and watch the coal ships spin around out in front of the harbor and back into the harbor/river to unload coal back around 1980. That was pretty cool. I was pier fishing at the time.

That lake can get real ugly real fast.

And, I cleaned up the leaves in my yard for the last time this morning. Tomorrow, out for a ride. Mid 50's here.

[Flyinfool]

Clean up leaves?

I think I have a leaf rake somewhere, haven't used it in at least a decade or two.

I just ignore them and wait for a "little breeze" to send them on to the east.

 

With 20ft waves coming in, you might even get some surfers show up.

 

OK now you went and got the engineer in me thinking again, you know that is always dangerous.

I'm wondering just how long a shipload of coal will last for running that power plant?

How much coal is on that ship compared to the 300 train car loads of coal that is delivered to our local power plant EVERY day.

If our power plant is burning 300 carloads of coal a day that means that each carload of coal will last about 4.8 minutes, on average. You just know that there is a higher burn rate in the daytime vs night time. I wonder just how many tons of coal they can burn per minute, or even is it tons per second?

 

OK I'll shut up and go back to work and stop thinking out loud..........

[Pam]

Spent the last two days cleaning up leaves here, Sunday and Monday) Sunday was in the high 40's we should have been riding but I guess that is the way it goes, Monday was only about 35 so even cleaning up leaves was not much fun. I would like to see those waves. The power always leaves me with my jaw swinging in the wind

[SilvrT]

you're wasting your time cleaning up the leaves in the fall. On top of that, you're removing valuable nutrients from getting into the ground, exposing your lawn to winter damage, and myriad of other things.

 

Spring is the time to cleanup the leaves. Haven't ya ever heerd of the term "spring cleaning"?

[mirider]

Moved last year from 3 acres of trees (lots of leafs [emoji33]) to a condo where somebody else does the clean-up. [emoji3][emoji106] I have heard you can leave them all winter but you need to mulch them to prevent grass rot......

[SilvrT]

I have heard you can leave them all winter but you need to mulch them to prevent grass rot......

 

ahhhh yes... I inadvertently failed to mention that important point.....

[Sylvester]

Moved last year from 3 acres of trees (lots of leafs [emoji33]) to a condo where somebody else does the clean-up. [emoji3][emoji106] I have heard you can leave them all winter but you need to mulch them to prevent grass rot......

 

That's what we do down here in God Bless Carolinasjust a quick mulch an get on th bike. Only 71 today, but I can deal with the cold.

 

[SilvrT]

here's a vid on what to do with those leaves (and yes, it's viewable by minors....)

 

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/videos/Gallery/all/video_gallery/one-weird-trick-to-raking-your-leaves--dont-do-it/sharevideo/4603417943001

[uncledj]

I live in an A frame in the woods, with maybe a half acre of yard, and 700' of driveway. If I don't keep on top of it, I get BURIED. They'd literally be 6" deep all around the house. Probably my least favorite chore.

[Beach Bum]

I live in an A frame in the woods, with maybe a half acre of yard, and 700' of driveway. If I don't keep on top of it, I get BURIED. They'd literally be 6" deep all around the house. Probably my least favorite chore.

That's why you need this...

 

[Sylvester]

I live in an A frame in the woods, with maybe a half acre of yard, and 700' of driveway. If I don't keep on top of it, I get BURIED. They'd literally be 6" deep all around the house. Probably my least favorite chore.

 

Buy a chain saw and get to work. Otherwise I see no relief for your leave removal. I have woods on my property but way out back. Only planted trees that will not affect my gutters when building the house. But the grass is killing me mowing weekly from early March until ??? still mowing.

 

[uncledj]

I use a parking lot sweeper and it helps a lot. It's a big blower on wheels with an 8 horse Kohler engine on it. I blow them until they're too high to blow any further, which is usually a line about 2 1/2 feet high, then rake them onto a tarp and drag them into the woods. The trick is to do as much as possible while they're dry, since they're a lot harder to blow when they're wet.

At this point I'm about 3/4 of the way through this painful Fall chore.

Still wouldn't go back to the 'burbs for anything. At least for as long as I'm able to keep doin' it. I love the seclusion.

 

As far as the chain saw goes....have plenty,....from 14" up to a 24" Shindawa beast. I love the trees when they're not messing up the yard.

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