Autumn is a colorful season in so far as trees are concerned. This is the season where trees shed their leaves. The leaves turn reddish or golden in color before they fall to the ground and into your lawn.
Now, if you have a huge lawn with more than one tree, that would mean more leaves to clean. In a typical lawn, a rake will do the job just fine. But what if you had a lawn as big as the White House?
A leaf blower vacuum can provide an easy but somewhat expensive alternative solution for getting leaves off your lawn. They are either powered by electricity or gasoline. In contrast, electric leaf blowers are lighter and more quiet than their gas powered brothers. Power wise, a gas powered leaf blower will clear your lawn way faster than an electric powered one.
If you look at the unit or box, you will see power output ratings in cubic feet per minute or CFM. This tells you how much air comes out of the leaf blower. The higher the CFM rating of the leaf blower, the stronger the output. It also goes without saying that leaf blowers with high power ratings are more expensive.
You can also buy a battery powered leaf blower vacuum. The problem with these units is that they only have so much stored power before you have to charge them again. If they put in more batteries, the weight of the leaf blower will become too heavy. If you have a typical New England yard that spans 2 acres, you should stick to electric or gas powered leaf blowers.
The main problem of electric powered leaf or mulch blowers is the power cord. If your lawn is big enough that you have to carry an extension cord, you run the risk of tripping yourself with it. Sometimes, fate conspires to lay the extension cord on the pile of leaves you want blown away. This means that while you are working the leaf blower, you'd also have to mind the position of the electric cord.
The alternative to electricity is gas power. Gas powered leaf blowers are heavier and noisier but they are more powerful and could easily clean a 2 acre yard. A solution to the weight problem is that you can try and look for a leaf blower that can be mounted on some sort of cart. You can also modify your unit to be able to mount it on a cart. The real problem comes from the noise. A gas powered leaf blower emits a high pitched whine together with regular gas engine noises. You can easily muffle the sound with ear muffs, but that won't stop your neighbors from hearing the noise.
A gas powered blower can also work in such a way that it becomes a vacuum cleaner instead of a blower. Instead of blowing around leaves on your lawn, it would be more efficient to actually suck the leaves into a bag. This added feature in your leaf blower also means added expense. But really, if your lawn is small, you'll only need to blow the leaves to one location to collect them so you won't need the vacuum. A typical New England yard, on the other hand, will definitely have uses for these dual function leaf blowers.
Leaf blowers can be light and very heavy. The heaviest leaf blower can weigh as much as 25 pounds. Naturally, the more power the blower has, the more weight you have to lug around with you on your lawn. However, if you take into consideration the size of your lawn, your selection of a leaf blower vacuum will be easier.
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