The Fastest and Easiest Way to Clean Landscape Rocks! The Mighty Pine Needle Vacuum!

Put down your shovel and check this out! Clean your landscape rocks with this simple debris separator from a blower, a trash can, and a few small parts. This is SO MUCH easier than any other way I've seen. Give it a try, you'll be blown away by the results! (or rather sucked away by the results?)

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[lindsiebilleter]

Truly amazing. We put this together this weekend and I cannot believe how quickly our rocks were cleaned up. We still have plenty more to do, but this beats alternatives by far. I remember cleaning rocks as a kid and no! I couldn't do it again.

[TurboQueaf]

Very cool... I am one of those homeowners who has neglected his landscape rock bed for 18 years.. going to try this out.... thanks

[ChuckinOhio]

This is just what I needed! Aside from pine needles, we get a ton of mulch blowing or swimming into our river rocks from the rain. I tried using a leaf blower but the doesn’t work. Your idea seems like it should. Thanks so much!

[vdavis]

I like the fact that I know exactly what parts and where to get them. That is real helpfull.

[IMCcanTWEESTED]

Without going to the time, cost, and trouble of fabricating a large shop-vac, I used my 10 Gallon Rigid Shop Vac. It was effective to a point, but in addition to sucking up the organic debris, it also was sucking up too much of the rock. So instead I began spreading my landscape rock onto my driveway and used my leaf blower to separate the debris from the rock. Since I was relocating the landscape rock, this method worked better anyway. Shovel, spread, blow, regather and relocate.

[caseyhartman]

Cool idea. I used my leaf blower to remove pine needles from a small rock bed, but it also blew the soil.

[owl]

Ever heard of a Shop Vac with a diffuser. Thats how I get it done. Love that CNC machine. 👍

[autumnstarrs]

Pine straw makes a great garden bed and leaves the nutrients for the tree as nature intended. I would ditch the rocks and keep the pine needles in a tidy circle under the tree.
Having said that I'm totally jealous of your tools and skills.

[dizzy]

Very diligent! I let my rocks go and couldnt figure out what to do. Thanks for the idea!!!

[adamheese]

Just finished building mine and amazingly it works! We have a lot of river rock bordering our pool area that unfortunately collects leaves, pine needles, and other debris. I tried the leaf blower thing which only spread the mess. My normal shop vac sucked up every rock. This works very well and only picks up an occasional rock. Thanks!

[jamesscherping]

Looks great. If nothing else I'll be using a shop vac with a downspout filter in my first attemp.

[kimbo]

This is brilliant! THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS! Amazing ♥️

[StepDub]

I use two methods. A power washer at a distance of a couple of feet or a small battery operated lawnmower, set with the blades high. Quick and fairly effective.

[DeekerJones]

I just started on a similar project this weekend. The previous owners of my house put in a rock border in the front yard but he did a terrible job at installing it. It is completely crooked and was neglected so now it is full of weeds and just looks terrible. I ended up pulling all the rocks out by hand and laying them in my driveway, where I then used my leaf blower to blow all the debris out, then organized them into dingy river stone versus the high quality white marble stone. Used the river stone for bedding and the marble stone for accent. Looks really nice now that it is straight and clean.

[TheHappyDIYGuy-rinb]

I would do it one time, looks like a lot of work.

[urbanlegendsandtrivia]

This is definitely a clever methodology. We have a ton of pine cones and gumballs in our yard. I have been thinking about buying some sort of leaf vacuum, but from what I hear most get clogged by the wet pine needles common here in Yorktown, Virginia.

[beerbottlebaby]

Great video and a great idea. Sure beats shoveling and screening it. Thanks for posting it.

[JoelKreider]

This would be nice with a set of all-terrain casters!
A backpack version would be handy as well. Maybe a little more work and less safe than necessary. I'm going to have to do some thinking on how to incorporate a cyclone attachment to our handheld vacuum at work. We have smaller landscaping stone, and gets sucked up into the impeller.

[orangecrushtina]

This was literally the most satisfying rock cleaning video I've seen! Perfection. Because I don't understand the engineering behind your design would this work if I had smaller landscaping rocks? My rocks were laid on top of red pea gravel and a mostly dissolved weed barrier. What would happen to the gravel and barrier?

I would really like to clean and reuse it all if possible. Trying to work smarter than harder since it's just me, myself and I. Lol.

[garrettmineo]

I think a good shop vac with a larger suction nozzle like you used equipped with an adjustable air bleed (to adjust vacuum so it won’t pick p the rocks) would work too.