Leaf blower
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Leaf vacuum truck of the city of Aachen (2005)
A leaf blower usually refers to a mostly municipal vehicle, similar to a sweeper , to pick up leaves. The leaves can be collected in a container or blown onto a loading area, some of them are crushed. In addition, leaf blowers can often be used in reverse as leaf blowers . As an intermediate size between self-propelled leaf vacuums and hand-held leaf vacuums, there are rollable leaf vacuums, some as trailers. It can be driven by an electric motor or an internal combustion engine .