Modified Pull-Type Lawn Sweeper
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I found a 38-in.pull-type lawn sweeper at the local salvage yard. The owner threw it away after the canvas bag on it rotted away due to long term outdoor storage. I thought about building a tin or plywood hopper to replace the bag, but then I saw a nearby 55-gal. drum that was nearly as tall as the sweeper was wide. Being a plastic food grade drum, it was light and easy to work with.
I bolted the drum to the sweeper’s original bag mounts and added a piece of treated lumber as a stop to keep the drum out of the sweeper mechanism. Then I used a wood-cutting jig saw blade to cut out one side of the drum. The drum doesn’t have a lot of capacity, but the ability to easily dump the load is a fair trade-off. We use the lawn trimmings collected by the sweeper as mulch and compost, and as a tasty green snack for our cow and horses. (Nathan Koch, W6375 Old 8 Road West, Prentice, Wis. 54556 ph 715 428-2029; n.d.koch@outlook.com)
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Modified Pull-Type Lawn Sweeper FARM HOME Miscellaneous I found a 38-in pull-type lawn sweeper at the local salvage yard The owner threw it away after the canvas bag on it rotted away due to long term outdoor storage I thought about building a tin or plywood hopper to replace the bag but then I saw a nearby 55-gal drum that was nearly as tall as the sweeper was wide Being a plastic food grade drum it was light and easy to work with I bolted the drum to the sweeper’s original bag mounts and added a piece of treated lumber as a stop to keep the drum out of the sweeper mechanism Then I used a wood-cutting jig saw blade to cut out one side of the drum The drum doesn’t have a lot of capacity but the ability to easily dump the load is a fair trade-off We use the lawn trimmings collected by the sweeper as mulch and compost and as a tasty green snack for our cow and horses Nathan Koch W6375 Old 8 Road West Prentice Wis 54556 ph 715 428-2029; n d koch@outlook com
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