I have thick leaves like you describe. I use a pull behind EZ Vac. I stay on top of them when they start falling so I don't get deep piles of wet leaves.
I have tried letting them blow away. That didn't work. Besides, my neighbors didn't like that idea.
I have tried grinding them up with the mower. I don't have a mulcher but I did get them ground up. That didn't seem to spread the ground up leaves too well so I got patches of dead grass from the wet leaves suffocating the grass underneath.
My vacuum didn't suck any top soil that I know of. If you have Maple trees, the roots tend to grow on top of the ground.
Oh, and I have a pretty powerful back pack blower I use to blow the leaves away from trees and other obstacles where I can't get my vacuum. Been working for me for years.
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