How to Rake Leaves With a Tractor
Raking leaves the old-fashioned way can be a back-breaking job. The larger your yard is, and the more trees you have, the worse the job is. That's why using your tractor to gather up leaves is such a good idea. It will save you plenty of sore muscles and hassle. Rake leaves with your tractor and the task will be done much faster, too. Instead of spending a whole day cleaning up the yard, you can be sitting on the couch watching your favorite sports. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Mow your yard clockwise with a tractor. By mowing your yard in a clockwise direction, you'll chop the leaves into smaller pieces and gather them into manageable piles.
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Continue driving a decreasing spiral around the yard, clockwise, with the tractor. This will shoot the leaves (grass and debris, too) to the right onto the uncut/unraked area.
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Keep shooting the leaves over farther, building up a larger leaf pile. You'll end up with one big pile of raked leaf pieces.
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Hook up a yard cart to the tractor and park it next to the raked leaves. Use an extra-wide yard rake to gather up the piled leaves. Put them in the cart. When the cart is full, empty it into a compost pile--you'll be keeping waste out of the landfill, and making environmentally friendly fertilizer.
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Tips & Warnings
Don't clear leaves when they're wet--they're heavy and too hard to work with. Wait for dry weather.
Wear hearing protection when using a tractor.
Keep children and pets from the area. Never take children for a ride on a tractor.
