Landscapers: Bad for the Earth, Bad for the People Part 1

[caterpilar665]

yo im all for helping the envoiroment but leaf blowers are not the problem its the people who waste time making videos about using leaf blowers when theirs power plants that put out more pollutents than 600 leafblowers in a day, and by the way this is their jobs, their lively hood i dont know what you do for a living, but those landscapers are the only one breaking their asses out their in 100 degree wheather think about that!!!

[mechanicojoe]

hm, that is one huge truck at the beginning! we only use trucks like that for actual landscaping, not mowing lawn and sucking up leaves, only translporting 2 ton rocks and heavy materials, but small landscaping jobs with mowing are only done with pick-up trucks

[morningsidemoons]

I forget to mention out in the midwest huge leaf blower picks up the leaves. All you have to do is rake the leaves to the curb and the blower of the town/city comes once a week picks it up. Wouldn't that be much better? Why waste tons of bags?

[BillyKess]

The problem is the rich are not going to stop hiring them. I have never seen a rich person cut his own lawn or rake his own leaves. They are pampered and spoiled and they don't care.

[dolly244]

I used to rake them into a pile and put them in the compost bin, made great dark soil. We never heard of a leaf blower. Peace

[PinePowerLI]

Good for you! Too bad most ppl like you left LI and we got these snobs instead.

[MillerMeteor74]

I've never seen landscaping trucks like you show in the beginning of your video. The landscapers here use pickups or pickup-based stake body trucks, with trailers.

As for leaf blowers, I know for a fact that if you have a 5 hp leaf blower on wheels, you can do the work of an army of guys with backpacks, in half the time. The only thing you need the backpack for is for behind the bushes. But the landscapers don't get it. They do things the hard way, which puts out many times more pollution.

[PinePowerLI]

Yeah some of these trucks are huge with long trailers and double cabs. Very few landscapers here use pickups. Everything here is overkill, most of the lawns they do aren't even that large!

I rarely see the leaf blower with wheels, usually they are always backpack powered. They hire crews of 5 or more illegals to do something that could be done by 1 person!

[morningsidemoons]

I believe the leaves should just be left alone and be cleaned up in the spring. Why do people do in the fall anyway? Nobody looks at your lawn with the daylight hours being short plus snow will cover it up. Don't forget about all those windy days with the leaves blowing all over the place.

[PinePowerLI]

I agree, the leaves should just be left alone. They are actually beneficial to the lawn by providing natural nutrients. Unfortunately people here on the island are so superficial they want a green flawless lawn year round. It's all about beating the Joneses. Its why I hate Long Island and eventually want to leave.