What happens if you run over pine cones while mowing?
785407
The air will smell very pretty for a bit and the blades will make noise when they grind them up to a pulp or into seeds to fill your yard with more little pine trees! Do a good job of mulching the grass like the air this set makes to lift up clippings so they get a good mulching and mixing under the deck
785408
The pine cones I've hit while mowing are pulverized and of course make some noise as they hit the mower deck housing.
176402
I've only used it on leaves. If the pine straw is dry I think it might work.
1252739
It is my understanding that it will pick up pine needles and fresh cut grass but may take more than one pass
392297
Pine needles are not problem beacuse they have a low density and diameter. You may have to use the plunger (provided) to push them through. I have chipped small branches (fresh or dried out) up to 1/2 inch in diameter. Makes a great way to also clear out blackberry vines.
1658339
I have 9 zones in my yard and have never damaged a head. Just be careful as to how much weight you add and how deep you run the tines. Machine works great. I also use it to rake up pine needles.
230095
Our coop is fenced it so we used a staple gun to secure the net to the posts and ziptied the rest of the areas to the fence. We had to cut or net because of the shape of our coop and then just zip tied the two halves together. We have a large coop with support beams running down the middle that the net lays over. We have never had any problems, get a lot of pine needles stuck in the netting, occasionally some sticks and pinecones and one time a big hawk got caught. Still no damage after a year and a half.
1276592
Cant address the pine needles question since I don't have any pines on my property. The terrain I use it on is not flat, except for the front yard area and it does a good job. In my case I use it to pick up excess bermuda and field grass after mowing. It will also pick up leaves, small paper trash, and small twigs.
1276594
I have both pine and hardwoods on my lot. It takes two or three passes to get it pesenable. The hardwood leaves are not the problem its the pine needles and pine cones that give me the problem.
542081
I don't have pine needles but something similar. If its windy and there is a lot of debris it gets full but is easy to clean out.
242506
It will pick up and mulch the needles. I am not sure about small twiggy branches. Also, our pine trees are surrounded by dirt. It doesn't work well on this surface as it picks up small pebbles and dirt as well. If your pine needles have fallen on a grass, cement, asphalt or wooden surface it would work.
301217
Those leaves should present no problem to the machine. We have a huge volume of Norway Maple leaves to deal with and the machine works just fine. This presumes you don't try to jam a huge amount of leaves in at one time. Little bites!
1446367
I would think it would work to remove leaves & pine needles, providing there's a thick enough layer built up so as to be caught by the rake ... The blade does not down directly on the roof because of the little wheels that are on the blade.
260430
I have only used the blower function (which works great), but I think it it would work fine on pine needles. The needles should probably be dry because the metal fan impeller pulverizes things that are vacuumed. If the needles were green (and sticky) it might cause a problem. Then you could just blow them into a pile.
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I don't have a pine tree and live in a very dry climate but it does pick up small twigs from a blue palo verde tree and those twigs are larger and heavier than reasonably dry pine needles. As with any blower-vac, you can clog it if you try to pick up a huge pile of anything. Just work from the edges and it should do fine. I'm still amazed at how much better it is than my previous one from a different manufacturer.
1614029
I don't recall that there was a snipe problem, but the thing overheated and stopped after ten or fifteen minutes planing 6-8" pine boards. I returned it.
559338
The Looj works well on long pine needles. I have several huge pine trees near my house. It took a while for the first cleaning. The looj will back up and try again if the gutter is really clogged. Like other iRobot products, it works well if you use it as a maintenance tool. I now use it several times a year before the gutter becomes totally clogged. With a light gutter buildup, the looj zips through leaves and pine needles.
1674743
I have not picked up acorns, however, I have some hard pods from a sweet glum tree that really makes a bad sound if I get into any. I have since stopped using the vac on them and I rake them into a pile and pick them up by hand. Not to bad, better than damaging the vac.