And those are not "Commando Mufflers"...Did ya get a NEW Peterbuilt?
I notice truck Pipes...
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I notice truck Pipes...
Might be 80 here Sunday
Last cruise ?
Last cruise ?
I never put away my long sleeve underwear until real winter
@Mailman Said I better get busy, so....
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But it was too darned nice to not ride this afternoon.
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Greatful we have such productive farmers.
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River's pretty even without an XS in the pic.
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As always, I love your fall color photos!
I see the trees are getting bare. 
Yeah they're calling it peak but it's on the downhill side.As always, I love your fall color photos!
Some places its still not peak and other places its past peak...
Yeah they're calling it peak but it's on the downhill side.
Yup. Ours went from "not quite peak" to "dammit!" literally overnight thanks to high winds and heavy rain.Forecast says sunny and just a touch of a breeze today, so I'll be vacuuming up the leaves from the big maple in the back yard today.
Perfect Fall day here - wall-to-wall sunshine, mid 50's.
Runnin' leaves. I bought a Milwaukee battery powered blower for cleaning grass clippings off the walks and flower beds, turns out it works slick as a smelt for piling leaves too! Always thought they would just make a bigger mess than you started with, but once you get a windrow going, you can roll it up pretty neatly. Plus, it doesn't pick up sticks and stones like a rake does. MUCH easier on the shoulders and elbows too!
Sticks and stones are an issue because because once piled up, I use a Toro corded lawn vac which sucks them up, shreds them and bags them. A stick will plug up the works and stones are obviously hard on the impeller.
The shredded leaves are a great addition to my compost pile, but in moderation. The bulk of them get dumped in a wet hole in the back corner of my property. There are piles of leaves back there 4-5 years old that haven't completely composted as I don't mess with turning and aerating them so they get compacted and slimy.
That's about 2/3 of ONE maple tree in the back yard, shredded and partially compacted. Gorgeous tree, but if I left the leaves down it would kill the lawn for 50 feet in every direction.
Runnin' leaves. I bought a Milwaukee battery powered blower for cleaning grass clippings off the walks and flower beds, turns out it works slick as a smelt for piling leaves too! Always thought they would just make a bigger mess than you started with, but once you get a windrow going, you can roll it up pretty neatly. Plus, it doesn't pick up sticks and stones like a rake does. MUCH easier on the shoulders and elbows too!
Sticks and stones are an issue because because once piled up, I use a Toro corded lawn vac which sucks them up, shreds them and bags them. A stick will plug up the works and stones are obviously hard on the impeller.
The shredded leaves are a great addition to my compost pile, but in moderation. The bulk of them get dumped in a wet hole in the back corner of my property. There are piles of leaves back there 4-5 years old that haven't completely composted as I don't mess with turning and aerating them so they get compacted and slimy.
That's about 2/3 of ONE maple tree in the back yard, shredded and partially compacted. Gorgeous tree, but if I left the leaves down it would kill the lawn for 50 feet in every direction.
Beautiful photos! So how are you enjoying the scooter life? I can see the appeal of those maxi scooters!
For the last 3 years I've been just running over the leaves and shredding them real fine (back and forth)
Doesn't hurt the lawn any in fact my lawn looks better because of it
I have to do it 2-3 times as the leaves are coming down but no more bagging for me
Doesn't hurt the lawn any in fact my lawn looks better because of it
I have to do it 2-3 times as the leaves are coming down but no more bagging for me
I'm even lazier, wait til spring, mow (shred) once before the grass starts growing, done.
Thanks Bob..I'm loving the scooter life...Coming from an ST1100....I wanted a maxi scooter..Darn thing is heavy ..500# but its c.o.g. is low so its not the beast my ST1100s were...Very easy to ride and with a light throttle hand I am getting 55 mpg...But the main reason i bought it was for the ease of operation...No clutch to pull,no gears to shift..And more comfortable ergos than a m.c....I wish I had done this several years ago...View attachment 228057
Beautiful photos! So how are you enjoying the scooter life? I can see the appeal of those maxi scooters!
As yard maintenance goes..our Husqvarna backpack blower will blow even heavy gravel..wet leaves and pine straw(needles)..We're surrounded by woods so no raking ,,mulching or burning..just blow everything back into the woods...and we're good...We have Loblolly Pines ..White Oaaks and Sweetgum trees..the spiked balls from the Sweetgum tree are a PITA to blow..and we have a ton of acorns from all the Oak trees...Pine straw from the pines gets so thick its like a carpet..But the blower takes care of it all...
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I doubt I could get my mower through the leaves if I waited. They'd be at least a foot and a half high.
Back in the day when I had free labor around it would be a weekend of just raking and dumping. Now I mow once a week just to pickup/shred and they get dumped into a compost heap in the garden.
Recently green folks claim leaving leaves over winter is good for soil, allows some good fungus microbes even 
to do better. That's my excuse anyways.
to do better. That's my excuse anyways.
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Ah'm gonna have to remember that one . . .Recently green folks claim leaving leafs over winter is good for soil allows some good fungus microbes even
A look at all the leaves that will BLOW into my yard soon because most folks west of me don't rake. They don't need to. 
Looking directly west of my house...I guess I could/should drag my '77 into the street and retake this shot.
Looking directly west of my house...I guess I could/should drag my '77 into the street and retake this shot.
I used to just chop them up with my LX178 rider w/mulching deck and let the wind scatter the flakes.New house has only 2 small trees. The drainage ditch at the road collects the leaves and I and granddaughters rake those for an afternoon burn pit event.
What year is your LX178? Mine is a '95 bought new and still running strong 27 years later.
I bought mine used (lightly) in 97 or 98 so it would be maybe 96? Best grass cutting rider ever in my opinion. Liquid cooled Kawasaki v twin, the mulching "Pirrana" deck and grease zerks for the important points. I sold it to my neighbor when I downsized 5 years ago and he loves it still.
The LX178 is a perfect mower for 3/4-2 acre lots with some elevation changes (hills) . It was paired with 42-44 inch decks which deal with hills without scalping. This all is before the zeroturn revolution.