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Post# 402306   12/10/2018 at 17:41 (1,960 days old) by scudo (uk)        

I have a not so good G5 and currently have 2 extension hoses.
Out the back along side my fence I have loads of leaves so I was thinking put a hose on the intake and one on the outlet and get the kirby to sling the leaves over the fence. Putting aside any possible fan damage has anyone ever tried this? :-)

My wife hasn't stopped laughing since I suggested this.


Post# 402312 , Reply# 1   12/10/2018 at 18:44 (1,960 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.)        

 

So you're going to blow the leaves into the neighbors yard?

 

And you're not worried about the potential of damaging the vacuum, and who knows maybe hurting yourself?

 

Please tell me it's not raining out, as it tends to do sometimes in the U.K.

 

Are you high?

 

Did you vote for Brexit.


Post# 402322 , Reply# 2   12/10/2018 at 19:55 (1,960 days old) by Rowdy141 (United Kingdom)        

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You could ask your neighbour if he wants the leaves.
Spend hours raking them up, and boxing them.
Then tell him the cost of postage.
You'll never hear from him again.
I guess that's your aim?

This is not how to get on with people.
Enjoy the tree. Rake up the leaves. Bin them. And enjoy a friendly relationship with your neighbours.


Post# 402324 , Reply# 3   12/10/2018 at 20:06 (1,960 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)        
Blowing

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If you are blowing leaves. Nothing leaves are entering the vacuum. Your using it as a leaf blower. If you blew leaves with your g5 in my yard. I'd get my ryobi gas powered backpack leaf blower it has 220 cfm. That is double yours and range of blower would blow away everything. So if you don't want poop shoveled on you don't shovel it on them. That would be funny.
Les





Post# 402326 , Reply# 4   12/10/2018 at 20:17 (1,960 days old) by luxflairguy (Wilmington, NC)        

What an abuse of a Kirby!

Post# 402330 , Reply# 5   12/10/2018 at 20:20 (1,960 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)        

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It's going to bore a crater in your commutator the size of the Grand Canyon, and the bobbies will be after you because you broke the health and safety laws.

Post# 402355 , Reply# 6   12/10/2018 at 22:16 (1,960 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)        

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I believe he's suggesting sucking the leaves up, and letting them blow out onto the neighbor's lawn. idk maybe he hates his neighbor.

I'm with husky on this one, the bobbies will be after you for not having a leaf-blowing-with-a-vacuum-cleaner permit.

:P


Post# 402372 , Reply# 7   12/11/2018 at 04:09 (1,960 days old) by scudo (uk)        

Come on guys do you think I would seriously destroy a working Kirby. Just me thinking out loud and wondering if it would work. As for the neighbours garden I adjoin a wooded area which is where the leaves come from.

I didn't intend to upset members.


Post# 402381 , Reply# 8   12/11/2018 at 09:23 (1,960 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest)        
All the other stuff aside

I am not sure your plan will work. The diameter of the Kirby hose would not easily accommodate the leaves, unless you had already ground them. If that were the case, just let them stay as compost.

Post# 402389 , Reply# 9   12/11/2018 at 13:25 (1,960 days old) by vacuumdevil (Vacuum Hell )        

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Why I read vacuumland .

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Post# 402407 , Reply# 10   12/11/2018 at 17:25 (1,959 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)        

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Alex Tabor once emptied a water bed with a Kirby that had two hoses attached, one out the window and the other in the mattress drain!

Post# 402408 , Reply# 11   12/11/2018 at 17:26 (1,959 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)        

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Alex Tabor once emptied a water bed with a Kirby that had two hoses attached, one out the window and the other in the mattress drain!

Post# 402419 , Reply# 12   12/11/2018 at 20:20 (1,959 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)        

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I'm sure it would work... if you didn't suck up any twigs that were too big, or rocks.

Post# 402427 , Reply# 13   12/11/2018 at 21:11 (1,959 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)        

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Nah nobody's mad, just going along with your theory.


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