Lawn sweepers - How well do they work? 

I use one just like yours, got tired of raking leaves and after my neighbors saw me using it, 4 of them went out and bought one also. Here where I live we rake the leaves out to the curb and the city comes around with a big vacume truck and sucks them all up and put them in a big compost pile in the city yard, and anybody can then go down and get some free compost anytime the want . With this sweeper I can collect the leave then back up to the curb and just dump them.

I've been doing commercial lawn care for 11 yrs and I've found it's best to just have a good clean deck for optimal vacuum and just use the zero turn with mulcher attachment and bag collection. Saves time, saves the grass from damage of being over multiple times. Only downside it emptying bags every 3mins but it's best to get everything done in one pass if possible. Otherwise if it's extremely thick leaves I will blow into piles and use a vacuum mulcher into a trailer.

Great video. I know what I'm getting for this Fall!

Lawn sweeper is the way to go when you have plenty of trees and acres to clean. I have a bagger and sweeper. By the time I'm getting off my tractor to dump the bags I'll be half way through the second sweeping.

Does it get twigs and branches ?

These are way better then the kind that sucks up the leaves and or grass through a tube and blows it into a bagger or a tow behind cart. Tubes always plug up. I've had both and got rid of them and went to one of these.

i’ve had one for a long time, they work well. right now we’re under severe drought so i’ve put mine back in use, since mowing/mulching is not recommended due to fire hazard. but can cart them off for piling up to make compost

Considering the price of modern leaf collection systems these sweepers are looking more and more attractive.

How often do you have to dump? How quickly does it fill up?

Great vid, nice place. Good tips. I am shopping for one right now.

Does it pick up long tufts of grass clippings?

I have a bagger kit on my mower. The mower sucks up all the leaves and chops them up so not to take up much space.

Excellent stuff in the garden.

How well does this work with gum balls?

How well does it handle things like small twigs and nuts?

Is there an alternative to sweeping the leaves and just dumping them somewhere in the yard? I have one of these and cant figure out a good way to actually dispose of the leaves besides dumping it all in the corner of my property and bagging them

How do you think this would go picking up stickers off of dirt?

what type of trees are they on your land?

@Adam Janssen, 6/6/21, Recently got a new Gravely xtx42; thinking about getting one of those, either Agri=Fab or Ohio Steel. I tend to favor the O/S spiral brushes. Just my observation: it seems they could have used better quality wheels, they look awfully cheap. Watched a vid on somebody repairing the gear drive on one of those, plastic gears/replace pinion.

I've got a John Deere sweeper that seems to want to be pulled at a low rate of speed, making sweeping my lawn ridiculously long. The wheels seem to be restricted to running at a low speed. Is this right? I'd think it would run unobstructed at whatever speed you were towing it at.

How can you Empty it into a Trash bag?

Have you had any experience picking up dog poop with it? Do you think it'll be able to handle picking up dog poop?

I just picked up a sweeper off one of my customers that didn't have use for it. I cut his backyard for the sweeper I think I got a steal as it barely looks used.

nice video,I am thinking of getting one.

It is z lawn sweeper. You can pick-up grass aand leaves. Possibly some future thatch.

One downfall, no way to neutralize the wheels from the broom for travel over gravel, barkdust or other unwanted materials.

U need JRCO attachment for a Little Wonder blower to hook on the the zero turn. 3x faster

Yes usefull Thank You!

Not designed to pull 20mph.

Any guess if it’d pick up those spiked sweet gum balls?

Nice video. For some reason you got one thumbs down. I bet it was a blind dude.

Adam your video is a classic example of how important editing is. Sometimes less is more and watching you drive around for three minutes is NOT good editing. Drive around for 30 seconds and get to the point and you would have had an awesome video. As it was, it was close to a root canal. Informative though.

The view isn't the best to see how great the lawn sweeper works. Try filming closer