Bird, thanks for your kind words. The rotary broom is a 51" front-mount, made by JD. It mounts via a quick-tach hitch on the front of my 4100Hydro. I believe the broom was originally designed for the 400 series tractors. It's PTO driven, and the quick-tach hitch provides up/down & left-right movement, so you can pick the broom up, or angle it left or right. It has adjustable gage wheels on the back, and parking stands on the front. The parking stands are reversed during use so they're out of the way. Typically you run it with the hyd. up/down control in "float", and the gage wheels keep the bristle ends at the correct height. The bristles are pretty heavy duty - they appear to be some kind of nylon or hard plastic. The broom is essentially a large roller, made up of segments, which are replaceable - either a kit which contains all the segments, or the individual segments. I haven't replaced any yet, so I don't know how hard or expensive that is. I primarily use it on paved driveway - One of the main reasons I got my particular setup was to help me keep the driveway cleaned off. I've swept dirt, sand, snow, and 1/2" gravel with it. It works great, really gets the driveway clean, and it's a heck of a lot faster than using a hose! It also works very well as a dethatcher for the lawn - leaves the dead grass in nice windrows. I'd think that for sweeping leave litter, etc. between rows in an orchard it would work pretty well, depending on what kind of surface you have underneath. I'd think that would be the main concern - can you sweep the trash off without disturbing the surface underneath. Hope that helps - let me know if I can give you any other info. Dave Wells
