Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

    Will a riding mower with a big rear bagger work as a leaf collector?

    My riding mower came with a rear grass bag.  It's actually a big plastic tub with a big line that connects to the outlet of the mower deck.  If that's connected will it pickup leaves?  If it does how good are they at doing that?   Is the collection worth it?  I would imagine it would fill up pretty fast if it does not compress the leaves or chop them so they can fit a bunch in. 

Sometimes those little plastic carts behind the rider are nice... Just keep dumping the leaves into that ,  make bigger loads to the multch pile.

The twin blades are better at cutting up the leaves (more cutting surface spinning) ,  but aren't as nice on bagging ( one blade ejects cuttings to the other blade to bag the leaves)

Friiy--my 2 cents