ishiboo
Platinum Member
I'm considering building a 3-point lawn sweeper. I have a 42" tow-behind that works well, but it's too light-duty to last, it gets too heavy to be towed by my POS lawn mower, and when it fills with moist grass it's a pain to dump. The sweeping action/brushes/etc. is EXTREMELY simple, but works really well and picks up a TON of stuff.
I'm thinking it'd be fairly easy to buy the brushes, mount two sets on a shaft for an 84" sweeper, geared off ground-driven wheels (it has to spin much faster than the ground speed), and then build a catch basin for it.
Anyone try something similar? I think it could be fairly reasonable to build, and I don't even see anything competitive out there to consider buying.
I'm thinking it'd be fairly easy to buy the brushes, mount two sets on a shaft for an 84" sweeper, geared off ground-driven wheels (it has to spin much faster than the ground speed), and then build a catch basin for it.
Anyone try something similar? I think it could be fairly reasonable to build, and I don't even see anything competitive out there to consider buying.