WHY BILLY GOAT SUCKS! Putting the BILLY GOAT LEAF LOADER TO THE TEST - How I fixed my leaf loader.
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The debris loader is mounted to high. I mounted mine just above the trailer rails. Also mounting it lower better utilizes the length of the hose.
I dont have that option. It works great at that height though.
Hes right I own the truck tailgate mount version but mounted on the front into out plow mounts and it shoots through a 6” solid pipe into a solid box with ridge vents the only issues we have is when we suck up wet leaves and little sticks getting stuck your mounted too high and your discharge vent is too flexible and probably too much air release with the netting has to act as a suction
little late, but that's what I was thinking the whole time. Any problem you were having would be fixed by having the blower mounted around the same level the acorns are accumulating and it would stop that. After everything gets chopped at the lower level its easier to blow it as high as it needs to go. No stopping and the hose wont ever need to be lifted over your head. Mount a bracket to the front of the trailer.
@@cheezedoodle8356 Yes exactly. I’m sure this setup can get along with regular dry leaves and work pretty good but acorns have a round small surface space. My Billy Goat is really good at sucking up the sweet gum balls in late fall and spring. Great units but they have to be setup correctly.
It’s always a problem when your hose is too small for the box you’re putting it in....
Uhhhhhhh no comment ?!?!?
No finger-pointing going on in that marriage! LOL!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Oh, I'm not touching that one!
Great video. Just giving you a head's up when you aren't using the Billy goat or your done for the day. Make sure you cover the engine as the spark plug will corrode and fuse to the mount. And the only options are drill the spark plug or engine replacement. If you have a honest Billy goat dealer they will tell you that the Billy goat is not covered by the warranty and should not be used in the following eg, if it is raining or if the leaves are wet. Apparently it states is in the owners manual. An outdoor machine not for use outside. It was an expensive lesson for me to learn
That is really good to know. Thank you.
For the acorns you need a smaller diameter inlet hose to keep the velocity up.
Great information on the Billy Goat. We had the billy goat yard vac three years ago. Worked great, but dumping the leaves was something else altogether.
Hook it up to a dump bed and burn those suckers lol
Aaaaaaaaand just saw one on fb marketplace in Bixby. Lol, fb is listening in.
hahahah they are always watching always listening
Not only an equipment review but we got a science lesson. You rock Kevin.🤘😆
Yep I had the same issue. . Used the cyclone hoses. I figured that out to. Haven't gotten a bigger hoses yet so I made a release on the connection.
I tend to use the backpack blower to get all the acorns in one area, then just scoop them up with a snow shovel
I would hate to be on the other end of that vacuum with those acorns going through it 😂. Great video brother
Xxxxx would be you dead
hahaha i am actually going to make a video like that next week so hopefully i dont die hahaha
@@LawnCareJuggernaut awesome can't wait to see it brother 🤙
Nice to see the billygoat working a ton better with the larger hose on the exit
It is so much better now!
You trying to eat a acorn was priceless Brother 🤣
The Billy Goat.... I am so glad that you have it working more efficiently!
I think for instances like these, you need a spring loaded lever mounted above the Vac to lift the hose higher. Make it adjustable so you can lower it when not needed.
I worked as a groundskeeper for native American tribe. They would make a lot of acorn mash. Dry the acorns. Mash them up, rinse them and leach the bitter tannins out of acorn mash. Then dry it out to a powder. Then add water when to make an oatmeal type food. I've tried a fallen acorn before too nasty!
ya dude it was GROSS. do they have a machine to deshell the acorns or did they do it by hand?
@@LawnCareJuggernaut all by hand with a rock.
Yes you can eat acorns but you have to treat them first. After shelling them you have to soak them in water to pull the tannic acid from them that gives the bitter taste.
Aiming the outlet at the debris box instead of straight up would help a lot: Shorter hose with no bend.
All them pore squirrels your taking food from lmfao 🤣 nice to see its a beast of a machine now brother
I wonder if it would work better if the engine/propeller was lower on the trailer and the exit tube was higher?
oh ya it would really help out. on my old truck my loader was at about chest height and it pulled through great.
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For stuff denser than leaves get a narrower suction hose so that air velocity increases.
If that's not possible attach a foldable bar on top of your trailer cage with a loop on top and noose that hose head with a rope. Now you can just pull on the rope and move the straight up in a second.
Larger motor won't work any better.
Having a big pile of accorns like this really almost never happens. If they are blown up to the truck with leaves the pull right in like they are not even there
I was thinking of a similar solution. My Grand dad always said, "Work smarter not harder.
😂😂😂 eating acorns!!! Great video brother!!!
Love the taste test! Vacuums don't suck up anything. The atmosphere rushing into the hose to replace the air that used to be there pushes the leaves and debris in. Reality is we have been told they suck, so the real explanation is hard to understand.
Definitely will be sweet to see the 37hp in action right in bro
We sucked up 2 tarps full of acorns a couple of weeks ago. It took a while and we had to pick up the tube several times to get them through. At the end it looks like feed in the trailer. It was pretty cool, I love our billy goat loader.
Leaf season with out a loader would be horable
@@LawnCareJuggernaut This is our first year with one, we used a Walker mower in the past that bagged it all. Between the billy goat and we just got a leaf plow our cleanups are actually fun now :) I just got to get a better way of dumping them by next year.
@@HungryCowLawnCare Did you get a better way to dump? I'm about to build a box for our truck with a side "dump" section. Hard to explain but I'll use 4' plywood all around left, right and front as well as a full floor no lower the the truck bed sides on 1 side and about 6-9" higher than the side on the other side. There will be room under the plywood floor for tools and stuff. The plywood floor will be tarped tight and the low side wall will be on hinges and kept closed with a pin system. Pull the pin(s) and the leaves on the sloped and slick floor should fall out.
Not sure the billygoat has enough power to pull all them acorns up looks like its kinda struggling because of aerodynamics as well as weight acorns are heavier then leaves but it did a great job on the acorns and everything else
Another issue is the height and distance the acorns ha e to travel before it hits the hose. On it next set up have it closer to the ground. The impeller will blast those no problem.
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Thank you brother!
DONT FORGET you are trying to suck up the acorns with approximately 6-7 feet of lift, if you stepped down your suction hose it would create 'more' suction force
Somewhere a gang of squirrels is plotting against you for all the Acorns you're stealing from them
You can eat acorns. You pretty much have to roast them or they are too bitter. I tried acorn pancakes once and they were pretty good. My friend roasted the acorns, milled them to flour and used in place of wheat flour. I believe that the same is true of hickory nuts.
If you use a blower at the end of the billy goat hose to push them up that might work.
that would work great for sure
I had the misfortune of using a Billy Goat when I was a groundskeeper. Wasn't impressed. Found it to be more effort than it was worth.
Overall, have you been happy with the 18hp Billy Goat leaf loader? Any drawbacks, other than it not sucking up acorns particularly well..lol. Would you buy it again?
oh yeah man. I am very happy with that loader. I was just fooling around when I made that video and it doesn't have a problem with acorns either unless you are sucking them up without leaves. without a doubt I would buy one again and for me I find it to be an essential tool when it comes to leaf clean ups
Yes you can eat acorns. They don't taste very good, and not as much nutrition as other more "traditional" nuts. My wife is into gardening, so I asked her. She did what you are always suggesting. She Googled it. Yes, but it's not really worth it.
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no problem man. If you ever have an questions let me know and i will put it on my list of videos to make. i will of course do my best to answer your questions in the comments as well
@@LawnCareJuggernaut Thank you so much I will definitely be getting back to you with some questiosn about pricing. Ive done 2 leaf clean ups and a couple lawns and other work during the summer.
What brand is your leaf vacuum and where did you buy it? Thank you very much
It's an 18hp billy goat I bought it off of market place
I'm watching you labor with lifting that hose up to get the acorns through and wondering why you don't just use a shovel and bucket. Its fun to watch, though.
Someone wanted me to suck up acorns this video was just for the fun of it. It wasn't a job just playing with the equipment😎🤘
You have to leach acorns before you use them. Nifty work figuring out problems and running tests.
soooo getting ready to build a leaf unit. billy goat vs cyclone rake? im looking at the 11 hp cyclone with the 10 inch hose. billy goat is twice as much money. i know you had a cyclone but maybe not the big one. what are your thoughts?
Hilly goat all day long. If you can get the 18hp and you will not regret it. This video was me goofing off but check out one of my other leaf removal videos and you can see the difference. I ran a cyclone rake for several years as well so I have videos of that too.
Thank you for the advise on shoes. But in your funny voice you should warn me about stepping on acorns barefooted. "They have sharp sticky thing on one end."
no joke its like natures LEGOS
Acorns ARE edible! The acorns from the White Oak family, those would include leaves that have rounded lobes like white oak, Post Oak, Burr Oak Etc, have the sweetest acorns. The red oak family, including pin oak, northern and southern Red Oak, Scarlet Oak, Etc all have bitter acorns.
The Red Oaks have the pointy lobed leaves.
Great video man, so informational
I found that my sucks acorns up good if its mixed with leaves , the leaves probably give them a push
Great video did you hear that echo made a new blower
yes I did. I called my dealer and locked one in.
@@LawnCareJuggernaut It's 2.2 pounds heavier than the 8010. Its the same blower they changed the fan blades and the tubes is all. 9 mph more and a little bit more CFM
Yeah I think you should definitely be looking at a new truck, that's things got its use.
hahaha because the bumper is rusted?
No LOL bit I means it's got its use
We are actually looking at trucks right now for next year. It seems like everything on market place they want way to much for or it beat to hell with a crazy amount of miles. I am debating on weather or not to go to a lot and get one.
@@LawnCareJuggernaut that's probably best, cause you never know what the owner did with it or something, and I'm actually kind of a farm hand and we have all kinds of trucks so I can help you if you need or have a question.
For acorns seems like a trash can and shovel would be just effective. Probably pain to lift the can but flapping hose seems like a lot work also.
Oh god shoes with the right arch support then also having them not worn down is really good for your lower body.
We deal with the same problem.. Get you a flat scoop from Lowes
🤣 the wind was so bad, it blew your pile of leaves away and left you with acorns?
my tree has hardly dropped leaves its crazy we had a MASSIVE amount of acorns this year but no leaves yet. I have the only tree on the block with leaves.
@@LawnCareJuggernaut Yeah, some of those old oaks hold on til the bitter end.
Acorn coffee. I love your videos. Keep up the good work
Pigs and Goats really like acorns
I’m thinking to buy a billy goat leaf vacuum, in your experience, does it worth buying one?
is it on full blast
Inlet pipe should be 30% smaller diameter for greater suction :D or machine itself 3x greater suction str.
Acorn flour, to bake with.
🤣🤣 "can you eat acorns? 🤷♂️ I don't see why not..."
"🥴🥴😵 🤢🤮"
Oh, _that's_ why not.
😂😂😂 it didnt taste good at all
@@LawnCareJuggernaut 😂 I'll take your word for it, brother.
The acorns weigh too much for the vacuum to work efficiently. To solve the problem, use a smaller hose which will increase the vacuum suction.
I bet the local Squirrels are pissed: You just cleaned out their personal "Pantry"!😲😆🤣
They're going to have to start working again. Where do you dump this? I bet a local Farmer's pigs would love these.😊
How much time would you say a monster like that saves per yard?
the crazy thing is that its not really a huge time saver on the job but it is much easier on the body compared to pulling tarps in to a trailer or using trash cans. it would save a decent amount of time compared to bagging the leaves up. now where it really saves time is it keeps me from going to the dump non stop and allows me to hit more jobs in a day. most of my jobs are a good distance from the dump so it is critical to be able to reduce the size of the leaves. great question as usual man!
@@LawnCareJuggernaut I'm curious why you don't use the steel discharge extension instead of a hose discharge into the truck.
Can you put paper in there? Or like some other everyday items?
I suck plastic bottles through all the time. I know a guy that sucked a brick through his but I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND NOT DOING THAT😂
@@LawnCareJuggernaut WOW 😂😂😂😂😂
Just my Opinion, but as with Water you go from a Larger Pipe & steadily go to a Smaller one you get Higher Pressure with the Water.
Wouldn’t be the Same with Vacuums??
That “commentator lispy voice” kills me every time. 😭
That’s what she said.
Good information on your equipment. Your reviews are very good. I'm familiar with the Briggs Vanguard - awesome engine.
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Is that tube heavy
its not to bad
@@LawnCareJuggernaut ok thanks
I sell acorns to hunters that I know. That little pile you had could sell for $20 So I make a little extra cash instead of going to the dump.
I hope all those acorns went to a pig farmer.
Maybe use the blower to blow into the tube to increase air flow?
Use the leaf blower to help push them in. 🤣
I'm not trying to be ignorant and I'm not sure if it would matter but maybe a smaller attachment hose when you're sucking up acorns lol 😂. If not that fill the hose as much as possible and climb up on the trailer lol. Path of least resistance.
this video was just for the fun of it
" BUT WAIT THERES MORE!!!!!"
😂😂
Okay so here goes the dumb question. I'll be that guy.
In knowing you'd need to tweak the setup to work...
Have you considered or is it possible if needed to ALSO DUMP using the billy goat from the bed???
I haven't really given it a try but I have had a lot of people asking about it lately so I can give it a shot. I have an extra hose in the back yard that I can couple up and see if it works.
I love your intros
Thats one of my favorite parts
Awesome video
Acorns from white oaks are sweeter and edible. Those from red oaks are bitter
I like it a lot!
Kevin, you should be more careful what you put in your mouth. LOL.
😂😂😂
Good job bud
Ugh acorns...I got 2 giant oaks in my yard, about 3 foot at the base for the one and 2.5 for the other and about 100 foot tall? Idk I'm bad at guestimating. I just put my mulch plug in and turn them to dust or bag them with the tractor. But I have the benefit of dumping yard waste in the woods behind my house and I'm not commercial.
What size battery does this machine use. Thank you.
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@@LawnCareJuggernaut please don't laugh I'm serious.
@@mima4392 my bad I though you were playing with me.
This is an 18 hp gas Gosselin debris loader. It doesn't shine out in this video but it is an excellent machine.
@@LawnCareJuggernaut But it's a billy goat in this video. But that's ok, I got the battery and tray all bolted up. I used it today and worked great. Now I have another question, what size is your mesh tarp and where did you get it.
Nice Billy Goat 🐐!!!💯👍🏻
Love the voices!!🤣🤣🤣💯👍
Why don’t you use Billy Goat’s discharge elbow?
Its on there I just slid the hose over it.
@@LawnCareJuggernaut oh, ok.
i'd love to see what that does to a wasp nest.
Excellent.
Does not look to work well on acorns, lol.
the question now is how fast can you vaccum out a car or house with that thing lol
I eliminated the hose completely, check out my dump trailer set up in my video. Fake it till you make it, ha ha. Thats what we live by isnt it? lol.
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Nice Videos. Great
And is it just me up here in ri or are the acorns out of control this year?
They are unreal this year.
@@LawnCareJuggernaut how many times have you gone skating across an unseen pile... it's funny when someone else does it but I'm not as flexible as I was when I was younger
good demo
It’s getting stuck because the hose is way up
Acorns.... Flat shovel....done, quickly.
I 100% agree that would be a better method. I almost never have a pile of acorns through normally they are mixed up in the leaf pile and get vacuumed up with the leaves but if I was doing this for a job I would have just raked them on to a tarp and put it in the trailer. 😎🤘
You need more horse power between 8 - 10 horsepower engine and that will work
Its an 18. The loader works great but the nuts are too aerodynamic and don't really catch the air flow. They pick up great if they are mixed with leaves though
Wouldn't a walk behind Billygoat be a better option? Sure you'll have to empty the bag but they will suck up almost anything!
When do you work on your own yard
It is always the last on the schedule to get serviced
Hell just hire a hard of squarls they will pick up all the acorns, problem is they will stuff them in you attic, downspouts chimiy in you car in thr motors air cleaner box up your tail pipe in the cab of your truck and anywhere they can get.
Then eat the sheetrock walls in your house and live wires.
It’s not really mean to suck up a bunch of acorns.
Why didn’t you just picked them up your taking forever
Because someone wanted to see me suck some up and I am to please lol. This video was just for the fun of it.
Save gas just pull out the aluminum scoop rake them into the scoop and put em in a paper bag. Take to a compost pile and watch 50 squarls move into the negiborhood.
Becsure to wear a sports cup, ya got to protect your nutz.