I love these machines. I love how mine works as well. I will have a video on mine in use pretty soon. Thanks for the great ideas on the hose clamps! Job well done brother!
Thank you buddy! I just got done yesterday doing the last of the leaves, and if I had to make any changes, I would go with slightly heavier springs, but everything worked perfectly 👍🏻
Hester Awesome service on that Leaf vac... They are such a time saver. I did see a video years ago of a guy who bought two hand held leaf blowers and was able to corral a ton of leaves in much less time than raking. =D Great stuff!!!!!!
What a steal you got. I have about 5 acres to take care of and the 1st 2 years I didn't have one of these... got one 2 years ago and absolutely love it. Thanks for the video... was wonder how much oil it needed after an oil change... less than a quart was correct. Lol take care.
Thanks Hester for doing this video. I bought a gently used pro model last year and haven’t used it for a few months. Today I cranked it up and it was smoking a little which it’s never done. I pulled the oil fill cap off and the oil was cloudy. Dipped my finger in it and it smells like gas. Hopefully I didn’t do any damage. Now I see why you say to shut the gas off. I’ll change the oil tomorrow and keep my fingers crossed nothing happened in that 10 seconds I ran it. I can’t find my manual and I was so glad you showed me the drain plug because I forgot that screwed up plug is wheee it is. Is there a dipstick for this thing? I didn’t see one. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.
Definitely change that oil 👍🏻, there isn’t a dipstick on this particular model, the oil fill, is where you check the oil, you want the level to be just under the lip of the oil fill hole.
@@hester781 thank you for the reply. I will definitely change the oil before I try to crank it again. Don’t you just love the way they position the dream hole for the oil.
Great video. I have this same DR vac. The oil fill hole is in a hard-to-reach spot. I was wondering how you put your oil in. Also could you let me know what oil you use. Thanks
I’ve used it HEAVILY for 2 seasons now with no issues whatsoever. My buddy said he gets about 7-8 years out of his which is the same hose just mounted to a commercial vac trailer. however he stores his equipment indoors when not in use which can make all the difference in the world. The DR hoses I could never get a season out of one without duck taping the hell out of it lol
There is a dipstick 2 inches up and to the left of the drain, you can see it at 3:20 . Use a long funnel and you fill it till it just starts coming out of the hole, about a quart maybe less. 👍🏻
Oh trust me, We are definitely chipping away slowly! We cut down 35 trees last year. And We have 30 more on the property lol. It takes about 2 hours on a 46” rider and including weed whacking
