Looking for a lawn sweeper

[papalynn]

I have a cyclone rake and it works great. They have all the adapters necessary to hook up to any lawn tractor including your zero turn mower. After the deck blades cut up the leaves, the rake has an impeller that cuts the leaves up even further. Been using mine for about 15 years and it vacuums up most every thing except big rocks.

 

[Aquabird]

I have an ohio steel sweeper. I so far have just used it to pickup grass clippings. I've had it for about 5 yrs. We have a few trees now dropping leaves, so we will be pulling it to pick them up soon.

 

[MossRoad]

I've had a Brinly for over 20 years. It finally wore out gears in the brush drive system. I'm looking at getting another or the Ohio one. Minor complaints about my old Brinly are the spring wires that hold the rear of the bag up are easy to damage. I've had to replace them twice. The bottom of the bag wore out, which I suppose it normal, but still, I had to patch it. The tubing is pretty lightweight. Easy to bend if you hit something. Could be a little thicker in my opinion.

Good luck with your hunt.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I have a Cyclone vac, Echo PB9010 backpack blower and Agrifab sweeper. Sweeper works best brushes up because leaves on top of grass.

 

[bigtiller]

I bought a John Deere lawn sweeper in the late 70's.
The salesman said it would pickup the Catalpa beans from the 4 of them in my yard. In use, it picked up very few, maybe 10% is all.

But it did a great job of collecting dog poo.

 

[EmeraldCity]

I'm looking for a Made In USA pull behind leaf/lawn sweeper.

I don't get a lot of leaves, but would like to not do the "by hand" version of picking them up ... I've tried a leaf blower, and just blowing them with the Z-turn into a pile, the scooping and raking into the bucket ...

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My chief snoopervisor unfortunately was killed by a rotten raccoon this past spring, I miss Barney!

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Any suggestions?

48"+ preferred.

Dump from seat of my Z-turn preferred

Where are you located? I am in central Texas and have a Steiner grass catcher. It works awesome but is a big piece of equipment. It's designed to be towed behind your mower and pick up the grass clippings as you mow. I no longer need it and need to find it a new home.

Rich
Near Killeen

 

[t1kilo]

In my limited online researching ... Argifab has a three years "manufacturers warranty" but limits wear items like bags, wheels, gears to 1 year ...

AllFitHD is made by Ohio Steel ... Which has a three year warranty, other than faded paint ...

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So not really Made in USA! But better than china in my opinion!


Then there is:
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There website says ...

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So there is the possibility that this sweeper is actually made in USA ... I'be asked them to clarify about THIS sweeper, and what the gears are made of?

Has a more complicated "warranty"
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Has anyone used either of these?

I have the first one. Junk. Bought from TSC.

 

[Rock Crawler]

I have the Ohio Steel Professional 50" that I got before Home Depot dropped them for the China sourced AgriFab. We typically fill it 50-60 times a day on weekends and burn the leaves. I have far to many trees to chop into mulch, you would be walking on a bed of chopped leaves. I get a good fire burning, and the wife drives around collecting the leaves. We both end up drunk and smelling of fall leaf fire each day. Good times. Good times. I pull it with a John Deere LA125 yard tractor on level ground at our camp. At my home on steep property, I use an Xmark Lazer Z HD with the super vac leaf vacuum system. I toss those over a hill and let nature have them back. The Ohio Steel is a great lawn sweeper, it picks up thousands of acorns, twigs and small branches and leaves extremely well. It is a very well made unit.

 

[Jaygyver]

I bought the Craftsman one 20 some years ago and used it quite a bit then got lazy and just used the mower catcher to pick them up. I could dump it from the seat of my riding mower but you had to pull a rope so it got to be a pain when it was completely full. I tried just dumping it as it filled as I went along then picked it up with the bucket. I just started using it here recently again but let it sit outside for way too many years and had to take the wheels/ gears apart to regrease them but runs good so far.
It just depends on if I'm late getting to them, how wet it is or I actually kept up on them on which way I pick them up. I also use my old 4x8 Fredmeyer version of the HF trailer and just dump the catcher bags on it then just dump the trailer saving a few trips across the field to the dump area.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

Where are you located? I am in central Texas and have a Steiner grass catcher. It works awesome but is a big piece of equipment. It's designed to be towed behind your mower and pick up the grass clippings as you mow. I no longer need it and need to find it a new home.

Rich
Near Killeen

About 10 hours north of you, if Waco and Dallas aren't congested!

Up in SW Missouri.

I'm inclined to go the Ohio Steel route, even though they are made in Vietnam ... Both because of there no nonsense warranty, and the positive reviews here!

But I'm still curious what Brinly is gonna tell me about there's. . .

 

[dnw64]

Thank you, he was "The Ring Leader" of his three mostly black brothers, I got them at 12 weeks old, pretty much wild, born in a barn with no human interaction ... They were supposed to be "barn cats" and mostly they are, as I'm gone for weeks on end, but when I'm home I've tamed them, and they have wormed there way into my heart!

FYI, Shawn has always been a "dog person". Had many dogs and even ran a sled dog team for a while. I don't know that he ever hated cats*, probably never hated anything (well, maybe the po-po when he was a lot younger, especially when he had a motorcycle...). Those cats have transformed him!

You're growin' up, brother!

*I'm not sure if it was his idea or mine. Our sister had a cat, named Barney (really!) and we called it The Barn Cat, much to her chagrin. We noticed that the hair on his tail went past the tailbone, and as we all know, hair doesn't have feeling. So "we" trimmed it off - blunt cut just past the bone. I think if she could have, she would have disowned us at the time

 

[MossRoad]

I used to use a pull-rope on my Brinly so I could dump it from the seat. After back surgery, I don't want to do that twisting motion anymore. I'm pretty sure I'll add a 12v linear actuator to the next leaf sweeper that I get.

 

[bob11x]

Back in the day we sold Parker- hands down the best we had seen. Cast iron and steel gears and wheels. Customers had them for lifetimes.
They were bought out - not sure who they became.

 

[JeffinNE]

Another vote to just mow over several times...unless you're wanting to collect for mulch/compost.

 

[JagAlfaOwner]

I have a Cyclone Rake Command Pro. I use it every "Black Friday" on my yard and my neighbor's yard (there are 4 of them). I use the Estate hose to suck up piles of leaves. They were on sale now with a Mower Attachment. I recommend the 2 pins versus the 1 pin. Would work on your Zero Turn but I think that would be a 1 pin. They are in Connecticut, fully US made and supported. The 2 pin will work on your PTO with a bar like on my New Holland TZ24. The difference is 1 pin is like you have a trailer on the back. A 2 pin keeps the Cyclone straight, wheels swivel to turn, and the Cyclone stays straight to your tractor. It has lasted 10 years and still going.

Al

 

[Shawn T. W.]

FYI, Shawn has always been a "dog person". Had many dogs and even ran a sled dog team for a while. I don't know that he ever hated cats*, probably never hated anything (well, maybe the po-po when he was a lot younger, especially when he had a motorcycle...). Those cats have transformed him!

You're growin' up, brother!

*I'm not sure if it was his idea or mine. Our sister had a cat, named Barney (really!) and we called it The Barn Cat, much to her chagrin. We noticed that the hair on his tail went past the tailbone, and as we all know, hair doesn't have feeling. So "we" trimmed it off - blunt cut just past the bone. I think if she could have, she would have disowned us at the time

Actually the cats real name was "Zoey" but we called it "Barney" ... And it was I that "trimmed" his tail, instead of coming to a point, it was straight across, and no ... She wasn't very happy ... My Barney was named after him, because he looked like him ...

I never hated cats, just never saw the "usefulness" of them ... My neighbor across the road convinced me that they would take care of any mouse/rat problems, and get rid of any snakes too ... They are independent enough that I can leave them alone for a few weeks with a programed feeder and water, yes ... I would have preferred a couple of terrier's ... And will get a couple little doggies once I retire, but there is no way I could leave them unattended for weeks at a time like I can with the cats!

Baby copperheads!

Brinly still hasn't responded to my questions ... I asked on the Home Depot site because I figured it would help others too ...

I want to add the leaves to my garden to help the soil ...

 

[dnw64]

Actually the cats real name was "Zoey" but we called it "Barney" ...

Ah, your memory is better than mine.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

I got tired of waiting for Brinly to answer my questions, yes .. I know I asked on a Friday, and they may have taken Monday as a Holiday ... But the first 4 tow behind lawn sweepers on HD are Brinly and "sponsored" ... I feel if they can't bother to answer 2 simple questions (or provide it in the literature!) how is there after the sale service gonna be?

I just ordered the made in Vietnam for Ohio Steel 50" Pro model, arrives Monday ... I'm scheduled to be home Sunday for a couple of days ... Can't wait any longer ...

 

[fidowanttobe]

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

 

[kozal01]

In my experience sweepers aren't great for leaves, they fill too fast. Id just mulch them with the mower.