Anyone use a lawn sweeper?

[kakabeka]

I have a Sears lawn sweeper that I pull behind my B2620. It's a PITA. Using the rope to dump. Does anyone know of a 3 pt or pull behind that doesn't cost too much (Just bought a Wallenstein chipper) so the tractor budget is limited. There's got to be a better way. This year we haven't been able to cut as often as usual due to the liquid sunshine we've been getting

 

[PeterK]

I have the orange Agri-Fab sweeper. Works great in years like this as I use it nearly each time I mow. Normally I leave the lawn cuttings for the worms but this year there's just too much of the green stuff. This sweeper keeps rolling around turns, other one I had kept dragging one wheel - it was a real big PITA. But this one is different, but pulling the long arm to dump requires me to get off the seat, but no still biggie. BX24

 

[TomSeller]

I sweep stuff onto my lawn all the time. I just use a broom.

 

[kakabeka]

The Sears one that I have is very similar to the Agri-fab, Geared wheels that drag and wreck the lawn when one gets stuck. Instead of a rope yours has a handle. I am looking for something a little more robust and user friendly. I cut about 7 acres at a time, so the dumping is pretty frequent.

 

[PeterK]

Amazingly, this one doesn't drag and wreck the yard, like the last one. But I couldn't imagine sweeping 7 acres with anything other than a crew that I could supervise!

 

[sixdogs]

I use a Brinley-Hardy I got in a fall sale at Home Depot for $150. They make the one for John Deere so I figured it would be OK.

It's great and does an excellent and idiot proof job. It only gets used when i'm under the duress of too much grass such as in the spring or a year like this one. Last year I didn't use at all and this year I've used it four times to generally rake my 2 acres of lawn. Works great and I'd give it two thumbs up.

 

[kakabeka]

I would even be happy with an easy to dump(not get off the seat) grass catcher or vacuum if that is an option.

 

[sixdogs]

In my Brinley from a couple posts earlier you stay in the seat and pull a piece of rope that dumps the collected grass.

 

[PeterK]

Since they make several models (my old one was also Agri-Fab), my current sweeper is the 44" model Products > 44" Lawn Sweeper sold by TSC and others. It doesn't suck. My old one did.

 

[Tollster]

I have an Agrifab I pull behind the quad for hasty leaf clean up in the fall, if I turn too tight of a radius it will slid the inner most wheel, particularly if its wet. Other than that, I've been happy with it...estate sale, like new, 38", $40.00. about 10 years ago.