With just over an acre of land surrounded by trees I spent many hours in the fall cleaning up leaves. I used everything to make the job easier but buying the yard vac was the best decision I have ever made. You need a tractor that can pull it and a place to store but after one pass across the leaf covered yard your hooked. I can now clean the entire yard covered in leaves in no time at all. Features I like: large capacity bin, easy dumping, great suction. I wish I bought this 6 years ago. I now plan to buy the wand.
Craftsman 8.75 Torque Rating (206cc) Hard Top Chipper Vac is recommended by Bjgrissom
The Craftsman Chipper Vac makes clean up fast and easy pulling leaves, grass, pine needles, acorns, pine cones or other debris from the mower deck into the collector with the powerful 80 MPH vacuum. You'll get done faster with fewer stops with a capacity 3 times larger than a 3 bin bagger. The Chipper Vac has a hard plastic top, metal sides, and rear door to reduce dust and increase air flow. The cart axle is wider than traditional tractor hauling carts to provide better stability when towing.