Do my mower blades need to be running?

The Cyclone Rake was designed to be used with a lawn mower or tractor of some kind. The Cyclone Rake works with the deck of your mower to clear the debris from your property. So, the blades of your mower do the initial lifting of the debris and the Cyclone Rake will take it the rest of the way.

For maximum pickup, you may want to use high lift blades to provide optimal lift in conjunction with the Cyclone Rake vacuum system. Mulching blades are not recommended because they won't work as efficiently. Mulching blades tend to push the debris back to the ground instead of out to the deck opening.

Because the Cyclone Rake doesn’t have a deck separate from the mower, if you were interested in towing it with an ATV, golf cart, or other vehicle with a receiver hitch, then you would need a way to vacuum the debris from your yard. We do have two hand held vacuum hoses that would be great for this. The Power Vacuum Pickup is 17 feet, and the Estate Vacuum is 32 feet. These would allow you to clear debris from your property with the hose, rather than with the deck of a mower.