Looking for a lawn sweeper

[MossRoad]

I have a rear discharge finish mower out front and tow a sweeper behind me. Works really well, as long as the leaves are dry. The chopped leaves go under the machine and the sweeper picks them right up.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

I really like my place after 25 years of improvements but I would be gone tomorrow if I came outside to that nightmare.

Better than in the basement! I got 7 of these out ...

The 1st couple I saw in the attached crawl space, I didn't mind they were little ... But after this one I realized I really didn't want them anywhere inside my house, and no matter what people say about how good they are for catching mice, I was catching 4-10 mice a month ... They were not keeping up!

The cats have kept the mice and snakes out, no more barn swallows nesting in my porch or deck, on top of my security cameras either ... They are still around but stay away from the house and barn ... Here they are dive bombing me brush hogging. ..

Barn swallows while brush hogging

 

[Shawn T. W.]

Got home yesterday and kitties left me a chipmunk!

And FedEx left my new sweeper for me, not quite sure when I'll have time to assemble, but will soon, leaves haven't fallen here yet in any great numbers ... I got a bunch of stuff to do on my pickup this time home ...

I mowed yesterday and remembered that I have another oak tree on the other side of my barn, where I like to mow ... In addition to the two maples on the lawn, one actually is in the middle of the circle of the driveway ...

Not sure if this flowering thing is a tree or a bush ... But it drops leaves too! And the big tree in the background behind and just to the right is at the fence line, depending on how the wind blows, drops leaves on the lawn too ...

 

[TIMMYDUCK]

Second year owning the Cyclone Rake XL .

Made in beautiful West Haven , CT .

Paid 3000 with all the extras picked up directly from the factory.

Love Love Love it .

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I have the same Cyclone except mine doesn't have the Grateful Dead bears!

 

[Shawn T. W.]

I got up what most people would consider "early" today ... Just before my normal time of around 03:00ish am . . .but today it was really 02:00 am!

I got the sweeper put together, a few steps would have been easier, and faster If I had a helper, but none of my three cats couldn't be bothered!

Yup, there really are three there, they sleep in a pile together!

But I prevailed and got it put together!

Even though we've had a few cool nights, and this morning it dropped to 27°, the leaves haven't started to drop here, so maybe next time I'm home I can actually use it!

 

[gstrom99]

Not to hijack this thread but, do any of these pick up black walnuts? I have 12 trees, that are real fertile.

 

[square1]

Not to hijack this thread but, do any of these pick up black walnuts? I have 12 trees, that are real fertile.

IDK about black walnuts, but they can make an acorn into an almost lethal projectile from time to time

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Not to hijack this thread but, do any of these pick up black walnuts? I have 12 trees, that are real fertile.

I don't think so

 

[Shawn T. W.]

The manual says to adjust the brush to the height of the top of the grass, that too low will cause more pressure and wear on the bearings and brush ...

So it's not like one of those parking lot sweepers ...