Ohio Steel42SWP22 Sweeper Spiral Brush, 42"/22 cu. ft.,Black

This thing works great! Tried it for the first time today. Even though its spring I've got a magnolia tree that sheds year round in the front yard. Most weeks half the front yard (about 150' x 100') is covered with leaves and cones. This thing swept it clean in no time. I can't wait for fall - every year I spent a couple of days each week October through December cleaning up leaves from my .7 acre lot that has lots of trees. I have a Deere lawn tractor with a bagger. Because the grass gets cut at the same time its sucking up leaves I'd have to stop and empty the bagger every two turns - took forever to bag. Now I can sweep the leaves only - quicker than the bagger worked - and have half as much to pack in bags since there's no cut grass (we can't burn here - can you anywhere anymore?).Unlike others said - this thing was pretty easy to put together - though the directions concerning the bag aren't quite right. I did it myself - but it would be easier if someone could help for the final part of the bag assembly.This thing seems sturdy - and if you set it up right the bottom of the bag doesn't drag on the ground so should last. The only concerning thing to me is supposedly it has a plastic gear for the brush drive which makes me a bit nervous. I drive about 3-4 MPH which prevents any jolting if you go over bumps which should help. Also driving around this speed minimizes leaves blowing over the bag sides.I'm really pleased with how this thing works - it's going to save me hours and hours of time each time used. Get one if you want to make your life easier!

Does a good job. No damage in box. Everything you need Gets most the leaves. I feel works best on a shorter cut yard. Very easy to empty bag It is well made but heavy. Warranty only covers certain parts.

Great lawn sweeper. Great product. Great quality product. Somewhat easy to assemble. It’s heavy but manageable

I just cleared the yard of a lot of oak leaves with it for the first time. It took a little while to figure out the optimal heights and angles between the adjuster bar and the hitch mounts, but it worked very well when I did. It's a little heavy, doesn't like tight turns, but it absolutely does what's advertised.I ran into three "gotchas" during assembly. First, unrolling the bag was a bear, and it turned out to be upside down when I unrolled it. Pay very close attention to the illustration in Step 9 when you're putting the bag together to make sure it's the correct side up. Second, the tension rod in Step 13 of the instructions was an absolute pain. The best solution for me ended up being the use of channel locks to "pry" the top of the rod into place under the top bar. Once I did that, it was a breeze. And, third, I appear to be short one hairpin for the hitch at the end. One of the hardware packages (which are very well laid out and labeled) had opened up in the box, so it may have disappeared in there.Overall, very happy with the product. It seems to be of high quality, the instructions, when carefully followed, are excellent, and the packaging was well thought out.

delivery as fast ! putting it together was somewhat challenging but we did it ! it attaches easily to the tractor and the large back yard was cleaned of leaves in a short period of time ! we love this and glad we got the smaller size 42 versus 50 inches..it was easier to manage and store.

Despite some package damage, everything arrived in fine condition. Inside the big box, parts are thoughtfully packaged. Parts and hardware that get assembled together are packed together. There are other comments regarding poor hardware quality, but that wasn't my experience. Nuts have nylon locking inserts, so you don't have to over torque them to keep them engaged. That's especially important when bolting steel tubing together, since over-torquing can crush and deform the tubes. All parts seemed to be high quality and fit together great. Time to put together everything except fitting the collection bag was less than an hour.The collection bag is pretty taut when assembled, and includes plastic that is stiff in the cold. Since it was about 45 degrees when I assembled the unit, getting it installed over the steel tube frame was a struggle. This might not be an issue in warmer weather. I would be fine with a little looser final assembly if it would make the bag installation easier. It was really, really tight.Instructions were clear, and seemed to have been written in English, not translated. They always referenced part numbers, which were listed in the beginning of the instruction manual with drawings. Hardware is shown to scale, so you know exactly what to look for. The only issue I would have liked to be clarified is that the connecting tubes have a plastic endcap in one end and the other end is open. The endcaps should be orientated close to the hopper pivot rod (step 12).Overall, I am very happy with the fit, quality, and assembly process. This is replacing a Craftsman lawn sweeper, which cost about the same. In my opinion, this is definately better.

I’m usually a person to return things if I receive them partially damaged but the metal had a fairly large scratch when I opened the box. It’s not worth returning given the sheer size of this thing.The set up was about 45 minutes and overall doable with 1 person. The bolts they give you are fine but I did have one set break while riding, you just need to be cautious of that in the future.As for cleaning the yard it does a great job, don’t over weigh the machine with clippings or leaves as it will start dragging which adds stress to your mowerUpdate!!!! The bolts are constantly breaking and falling off this item. Spend your money elsewhere.

Used first thing in spring before grass turned green, picked up leaves, grass clippings, cones, most deer poop, worked good, quick, saved hours of raking. Assembly went good took about an hour and a half, instructions straight forward. Couple minute job to partially disassemble for compact storage. Appears to be made of good quality material.

Not too difficult to assemble and works better than expected.Appears to be robust enough. Easy to use.

The installation instructions are OK. I assembled the sweeper in one and a half hours.The nuts and bolts are poor quality. One of the nuts started to go on sideways and destroyed itself and the bolt. I had to replace it. The other lock nuts came loose after half an hour and I installed spring washers on all nuts.This sweeper is strong and solid and good value.

Picks up the grass like it should, love it.

It does everything it mentioned in the ad