I have an AgriFab sweeper that I tow behind my 1025R. It works very well picking up grass, small sticks from the trees, even English walnuts.
The wheels drive rotating brushes that sweep the grass to toss leaves into a big collection bag. The brushes are replaceable, but I've not needed to do that. This sweeper is a very good tool. I got it barely used for $100 and after using it, think it's worth the full price. It took me maybe 15 minutes of trial and error playing with two adjustments to get it working properly. I'm slow - someone else could have figured it out in less time😉
Play with different speeds to find the right speed for your leaves. Too fast throws leaves over the top of the collection bag. Too slow throws leaves short of the bag.
Play with the height adjustment, too. Too high and you don't pick up much. Too low and the rotating brushes won't turn properly; the excess brush to ground friction stops the wheels. The wheels must be turning in solid contact with the ground to drive the rotating brushes.
I haven't seen an automatic bagger for leaves. The AgriFab sweeper (all brands seem alike except for price and paint) has a tilting bag that you can dump with a hand pulled cord from the seat. I back up to the place where I want to dump leaves, pull the cord & the bag tilts up to dump out the leaves. When empty, I drive back to the lawn and release the cord to lower the bag. That can be done without leaving the tractor seat.
I use the sweeper every other week, virtually year 'round over 1.5 acres. I use a mulch kit on alternating weeks. Sometimes I use the sweeper after mulch mowing. I don't bag grass or leaves. I burn what doesn't go into a compost pile.
Hello,
I'm thinking about getting a lawn sweeper, primarily for picking up oak leaves this fall. Something I can pull behind my D110.
I have some questions . . .
First off, what one on the market do you recommend? Deere makes one, but there are others. Are any of them particularly well made or a good value?
How do they pick up the leaves? Are there spinning tines or something?
Aside from Oak Leaves, what other types of lawn debris can I expect the lawn sweeper to pick up?
Are there any lawn sweepers that automatically bag leaves, or any that make it easy to bag leaves?
Thanks!