Does it work on yards covered in small stones, no grass?
1645164
It works in ours & we haven't planted grass yet. Just moved in & yard is just weeds, sand & rocks.
1645165
In my experience, it DOES work for areas with pebble-size to marble-sized stone landscaping rock. So long as the rock is loose enough to allow the tines to center atop the base of the weed, if the rocks will move aside when tines are inserted around the root, then the weed will be successfully extracted. I've used this one weeds up to 3 feet tall in such rock-ground-cover yards with success. However, if rocks are embedded in soil and immovable, then it probably won't be effective.
1645166
It would be harder to use, for sure, but I still think it would work better than any other alternative. One would have to be slow and deliberate to get the prongs around the weed and down to the root, but I think it could be done.
1645167
I don't think so. I believe the stones would keep it from closing tight enough to pull the weed out
1645168
I wouldn't think so - the action relies on the tool closing around the root - I would think small stones would prevent this
1645169
Depends on the density and size of the stones. But if you're trying to grab a weed a stone could interfere with the claws closing well.
1182671
The tenants that had rented a house that I own had used small rocks in the yard as a decorative garden. In time the rocks became part of the soil. I did not have any problems using the tiller. I did have better tilling when I pulled the tiller toward me for hard clay.
1522039
If the leaves are dry, it should do fine...and leave the stone undisturbed. I have used it for this purpose with little, if any, problem.
789013
In my experience, it did not work well. It caught about half of the grass. On a perfectly level lawn, it may work better.
1361002
Sometimes it will pickup small stones i use mine in all types oof terrian i relly likethe way it performs except in real deep grass its not so good but it still picks them out. Bob W
529556
It would work for areas with large rock that you dont want to remove the whole rock, but it may not work well for soil.
1361000
it works great on any hard surface. concrete, asphalt, hard packed dirt. short grass pretty good. long grass and gravel probably hardly will wrk
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NO ! It works BEST when you have loose piles on top of the Grass that are only maybe about 2~3 inches high ~ It will pull up leaves from within the Grass Blades IF you adjust it for Maximum Depth (Sweeper Brushes scrape lower). IF you run it into small (4 ~ 6 inch high) piles of loose leaves, it'll remove some of the leaves each time you pass thru the Pile; then you just have to keep going thru the Leaf Pile until it picks up most of them. The unit needs some type of curved 'Shields' on either side of the Catcher Basket to stop the 20 ~30% of leaves from flying out the sides & missing the Basket ! < only real 'flaw'. NO ! It works BEST when you have loose piles on top of the Grass that are only maybe about 2~3 inches high ~ It will pull up leaves from within the Grass Blades IF you adjust it for Maximum Depth (Sweeper Brushes scrape lower). IF you run it into small (4 ~ 6 inch high) piles of loose leaves, it'll remove some of the leaves each time you pass thru the Pile; then you just have to keep going thru the Leaf Pile until it picks up most of them. The unit needs some type of curved 'Shields' on either side of the Catcher Basket to stop the 20 ~30% of leaves from flying out the sides & missing the... » Read More NO ! It works BEST when you have loose piles on top of the Grass that are only maybe about 2~3 inches high ~ It will pull up leaves from within the Grass Blades IF you adjust it for Maximum Depth (Sweeper Brushes scrape lower). IF you run it into small (4 ~ 6 inch high) piles of loose leaves, it'll remove some of the leaves each time you pass thru the Pile; then you just have to keep going thru the Leaf Pile until it picks up most of them. The unit needs some type of curved 'Shields' on either side of the Catcher Basket to stop the 20 ~30% of leaves from flying out the sides & missing the Basket ! < only real 'flaw'. « Show Less
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I think it will depend on the size of the gravel. I have rock mulch in my yard size is small about 3/8 inch on each side. I have no problem blowing leaves off the rock mulch. The rocks remain pretty much unmoved.
883359
No it does not work of gravel or grass. You need to be on a surface where you can rock the "steering wheel" back and forth to keep it moving
137371
It might be fine on a packed down gravel surface but I don't think you will have good results on grass.
67363
Amber, not if it's a thick pile. It depends on your grass and if your lawn is even. I have a slight bank and it doesn't work as well than if the yard is perfectly flat. Don't know if this helps you or not?
1647828
I would not recommend this for small yards. My grass area is 20' x 18' and I could not use this placed in the center of the yard. It does work if I place it in the corner, but then the adjustability is not as great. The reason I say it's not great for a small yard is that when I turn down the flow, there's not enough force in the water to push the "slide" over the "hills" in the adjustable ring.
1797713
I think it would depend on size of gravel. When low-power blowing on street in front of my house, this gizmo will blow pebbles and small stones around; I have to be careful not to damage neighbors' cars (or mine).
1659177
Yes, it will but I would only use 1/4 of a tablet. We had the same problem and it worked without killing the grass. Hope this helps.
2119254
Depends on how heavy the rocks are. On the low setting it blows leaves across the gravel/pixie pebbles I have without moving them much. Bark goes all over the place, though.
1558154
It will pick up small stones, but if you keep it at a good angle it will not.