Comments on: My Troy-Bilt Yard Chipper Vacuum Review http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/my-troy-bilt-chipper-vac-review/ Home Improvement Tips and Tricks for the Average Homeowner! Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Tom http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/my-troy-bilt-chipper-vac-review/comment-page-1/#comment-94263 Tom Sat, 27 Nov 2010 02:18:12 +0000 http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/my-troy-bilt-chipper-vac-review/#comment-94263 Dan,

Heh… Fair assessment, but I haven’t lost mine yet :-) That being said, maybe I’ll be more careful! Thanks!

-Tom

]]> By: Dan C http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/my-troy-bilt-chipper-vac-review/comment-page-1/#comment-93145 Dan C Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:03:04 +0000 http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/my-troy-bilt-chipper-vac-review/#comment-93145 That “clever thumb swivel system” for the bag opening isn’t so clever – the swivel tabs are not locktited, so they end up vibrating off…of course by the time you notice you have no clue where you lost it/them and no hope of finding them. Replacement bag is like 200 bucks. I ended up cutting two small slits in the bag and using a couple of leather buckled straps from a bike bag so secure the bag shut, but still fairly easy to open. Bad QA and bad engineering on MTD’s part.

]]> By: Tom http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/my-troy-bilt-chipper-vac-review/comment-page-1/#comment-57055 Tom Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:54:34 +0000 http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/my-troy-bilt-chipper-vac-review/#comment-57055 Richard,

Okay, ya got me stumped :-) Here in New Jersey we usually have a few weeks of cold wet weather (nothing like Ireland, I’m sure) and during that time I pretty much just give up trying to get leaves up. Moisture just weighs down the leaves and turns them into a matted mess. I haven’t used my chipper vac with wet leaves too often. It works, but it does get messy and a bit gummy. I usually quit before I risk making it work too hard.

On the plus side, I know first hand that you can use some cheap piping or aluminum duct work to make a cool gutter vacuum of your own!

]]> By: Richard http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/my-troy-bilt-chipper-vac-review/comment-page-1/#comment-56903 Richard Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:19:10 +0000 http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/my-troy-bilt-chipper-vac-review/#comment-56903 Hi Tom, here in Ireland we have an extra problem, it is seldom dry long enough for the leaves to dry out, I am trying to find a way of dealing with wet leaves not just on tarmacadam & concrete but on the lawn and pebbled areas, not to forget the gutters, wet wet wet.. Big problem…

]]> By: Tom http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/my-troy-bilt-chipper-vac-review/comment-page-1/#comment-32340 Tom Sat, 16 May 2009 00:18:16 +0000 http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/my-troy-bilt-chipper-vac-review/#comment-32340 Nadav,

I don’t have any leaves that big, but I would think that just about any chipper vac should be able to get them up. The hose attachment might jam a little bit if you’re sucking in too many leaves at once and I’ve learned that I can’t just run the chipper vac into a pile of leaves and immediately expect everything to be sucked up. Really, if your regular lawn mower can chop up your leaves than a this chipper vac should definitely be able to do it. You might have to empty your leaves pretty regularly because the bag does fill up pretty quickly (after about 15 minutes) of constant leaf pick up… It’s still a HECK of a lot faster than raking and bagging manually…

]]> By: Nadav http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/my-troy-bilt-chipper-vac-review/comment-page-1/#comment-32299 Nadav Fri, 15 May 2009 10:43:56 +0000 http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/my-troy-bilt-chipper-vac-review/#comment-32299 Hello!
im about to buy this product, i enjoyed the thorough review thanks
BTW i have a lot of big leaves [Avocado], and about “10 high twice a year can it take this?
Thank you!

]]> By: Gutter Cleaning Vacuum - Home Improvement http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/my-troy-bilt-chipper-vac-review/comment-page-1/#comment-13148 Gutter Cleaning Vacuum - Home Improvement Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:58:33 +0000 http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/my-troy-bilt-chipper-vac-review/#comment-13148 [...] chipper and leaf vacuum out and I was using it to clean up some sections of the yard. In my chipper vac review I said that I had only use the hose a few times because I didn’t have many hard-to-reach [...]

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