My $15 gutter cleaner.


 
Bob Correll

Bob Correll

R.I.P. 3/31/2022
I was checking Amazon for a leaf blower extension for gutters and a reviewer had a pic and said just make one, so I did.
One 10' section of downspout and two elbows.
Blew the heck out of the maple whirlybirds, without getting on the roof.



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That's a good idea, I like that. I put gutter guards on about 10 yrs ago and haven't had to clean a gutter since.
Your whirlybirds are falling already? Heck mine are still green:)

Tim
 
Bob Correll said:
I was checking Amazon for a leaf blower extension for gutters and a reviewer had a pic and said just make one, so I did. One 10' section of downspout and two elbows. Blew the heck out of the maple whirlybirds, without getting on the roof.
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I needed this 08/03/13 (when I fell off the room and broke my back)
 
Ingenious!

I'll have to remember that setup, but it might be difficult to attach it to an Echo blower (round exhaust).
 
Prior to adding gutter guards I used to take the shop vac up on the roof and vacuum them out.

My wife doesn't like it when I get up there (second floor)...so now I don't even put up Christmas lights higher than I can reach from ground level. :)

Our maple's are giving us whirly-bird hell already. I just run the John Deere with the bagger on. Luckily, I live where I can burn.
 
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I love watching whirly-birds fall, but you don't see very many maple trees in these parts. Actually, there are maple trees around here, but most have no whirly-birds such as a white maple we had cut down of late.
 
Rusty James said:
I love watching whirly-birds fall, but you don't see very many maple trees in these parts. Actually, there are maple trees around here, but most have no whirly-birds such as a white maple we had cut down of late.
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Bob, send those whirlybirds to Rusty
 
Rusty James said:
I love watching whirly-birds fall, but you don't see very many maple trees in these parts. Actually, there are maple trees around here, but most have no whirly-birds such as a white maple we had cut down of late.
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...and we don't have "pine straw"... :)

(I did 3 tours at Ft. Bragg so I know).
 
I picked up one off Amazon last fall.
It use to take me well over an hour and a half to do what I can do in fifteen minutes now.
 
Bill Elwell said:
...and we don't have "pine straw"... :)

(I did 3 tours at Ft. Bragg so I know).
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Ah, pine straw. I love it, but ticks love it too for some reason.

My wife is from the Ft Bragg area. Seen many a C-130 fly over the countryside down there, and you could here artillery practice at times too.
 
Jim Lampe said:
Bob, send those whirlybirds to Rusty
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While were on the subject, I found a list of the worst trees in America...

https://dengarden.com/landscaping/5-Worst-Trees-For-The-Lazy-Landscaper

I have four of the these trees in my yard - well, actually only three since the sweet gum tree was taken down recently (hallelujah). The others are pecan, magnolia, and water oak. The pecan tree is notorious for falling limbs (some very large), and the magnolia sheds leaves in late spring to early summer. It also releases large grenade-shaped seed pods on the ground in the fall that are a bear to clean up. The city came by last year to trim back trees from residential power lines, and I gave them permission to whack the fire out the magnolia. It looks grotesque (especially after I climbed on top of the house and trimmed the other side away from the roof, but I could care less what it looks like.

Water oaks (the predominate oak species in this area) are notorious for diseased rotten limbs, and they hold on to their leaves far into the winter months.

But of all the trees listed in the link, the sweet gum gets the nod for worst tree I have ever dealt with. The leaves are beautiful in the fall, but the sticker balls (seed pods) keep falling late into spring, and hitting one with a mower can propel it long and hard. I've sprained my ankle more than once on those pesky buggers too. A tree specialist told me that sweet gum roots will shoot way out from the trunk and crack a house foundation as well.
 
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