Lawn Sweep Picks Up Grass, Leaves

Lawn Sweep Picks up Grass, Leaves FARM HOME Lawn Mowers (31h,38) 13-6-9 "I built it three years ago. We never have to rake any more," says Archie Smith, Mora, Minn., about the 6-ft. wide powered lawn sweeper he built to pick up leaves and grass from his farmyard. The sweeper is powered by a Briggs & Stratton motor with a 6:1 gear reduction drive that belt-drives the sweeper brush, which consists of 12 broom heads mounted on a drum. Smith can pull the sweeper with any garden tractor since the sweeper requires no outside power and it'll work as fast as you can pull it. The carrying compartment is about 4 ft. wide and 4 ft. deep across the full width of the sweeper. Leaves and grass dump out,the back by pulling out a piece of loose canvas that lines the carrying compartment. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Archie Smith, Rt. 3, Box 601, Mora, Minn. 55051 (ph 612 679-2304).

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