Ohio Steel 50SWP26 Pro Sweeper, 50"/26 cu. ft ,Black

Went back and forth forever on getting one of these and glad I finally got it. I have some pine trees that drop a good bit of pine needles and I tried for a couple years to rake them up to expand/refresh the islands around the trees but it took days to do at 1-2 hours at a time, with this I can run up and down a few times with my riding mower and sweep them up easily in under 30 minutes! The second big reason I got it was I also rake my grass after cutting to put in my garden. Again, took 2-3 hours sometimes to get it all raked up and moved, now can get it done in under 30 minutes. Lastly, it will be for cleaning up the leaves (15 mature pecan trees!) in the fall which I have not had the unit long enough to try it for that but I expect it will be much, much easier than blowing/raking/picking up and moving. Assembly took some time but was not at all difficult. They provided assembly instructions and numbered each assembly process. The hardware was sealed individually and numbered to coincide with the assembly number so no guessing on which nut, bolt, washer etc to use-Excellent feature! Using it takes just a little attention to get the right height and angle and if you only use one machine to pull it it should be a set it and forget it detail. You do have to pay attention to not only where the brushes are but also the bag so it's not dragging the ground-hence the height and angle adjustments necessary. I tried it with my mower 1st then tried it with my subcompact tractor and the height had to be adjusted a couple times to get it right so now I just use it with the mower to be able to leave it set. My yard is flat but bumpy and it picks up the majority of grass or pine needles within a pass or 2. Sometimes in certain areas (dips/bumps) I might go over a 3rd time just to try to get as much as I can but with the terrain of my yard I don't expect it to pick up everything perfectly so there are spots that have some debris left-it's not bad and I'm ok with it. The only "problem" I have is storage space! lol Since I will probably be using this 7 or 8 months out of the year at least, I won't be taking it down and minimizing it's footprint most if not all year and it's big! Nothing that can be done about it and I do have a place to keep it but it is a storage hog! At 52" working width plus the frame and wheels it's closer to 5' wide and at least 6' long from the back of the bag to the front of the tow bar so keep that in mind. The price to pay for making fewer passes and having more storage before needing to empty compared to a smaller sweeper :). Overall I'm very happy with this piece of equipment as it saves me Hours and Days and I have plenty of other things to do so it frees up time to do them. And, at least for me and my property, it does the job to my satisfaction. If I had one thing I could change, I wish you could disengage the gears for when you don't want to sweep up debris or moving from where its stored to where you want to sweep but I'm sure that would up the price and make it a little more complicated and add a potential breakage point.

Well made, great brushes, works really well, easy to dump, but they could improve the bag to be more heavy duty than what it is but other than that it's great

As mentioned in other reviews, the instructions don’t seem to match the actual part numbers. Not a big deal, just annoying. My pet peeve is durability. Used 3 or 4 times. This thing will flat pick up stuff. Having said that, just because you have that big bag does not mean you fill it & unload it. I apparently filled it more then I should. When I went to unload it: I pulled, it pulled back. I pulled harder, it pulled back. I really pulled & the cross bar on the bag were the vertical support meets the horizontal bag support snapped. Hoping to get a new crossbar as this is less then a month old. In the mean time I put a piece of conduit to hold the pieces together. In retrospect, there was more then leaves in bag. There were rocks, dirt, sticks etc, so I exceeded weight limit. I will be more careful in future. Leaves may not be a problem but grass will be. I would recommend with a caveat about weight limit. 09/07/23 Kudos to customer service. They sent me a new cross bar. Shortly after replacing it I noticed the bag was ripping. Contacted CS & they sent out a new one. Another problem I ran into: if you Jack knife the sweeper you can twist tire off of rim. Easy to replace but annoying. I have a couple places where I had to rethink my approach when backing in. 10/11/20204 Another update. This sweeper is a beast. I live in NC just west of Charlotte. We were hit pretty good by Helene, but not like Western NC. We had lots of debris in the yard along with small branches, sticks & leaves. I raked around trees & bulidings & left the piles. I then went back with the sweep. It picked up about 95% of what I ran over. It might have taken several passes but it got the job done.

The assembly was easy unlike other brands I’ve had in the past. Heavy duty. We gave a large country lawn with many oak trees and use this every fall. Picks up leaves with ease.

I had this sweeper less than a month. Made a mistake. It flipped upside down and broke the back Support pieces. The company was great about sending them to me at no cost right away. Great company and the product works outstanding. Only thing I would add is to get a heavier rope to pull it to dump it.

A great piece of equipment. I didnt really know if this product would work or not but it does wonders for grass clippings. I use the grass clippings for my chicken coop wet or dry grass. So far I'm incredibly impressed and I only used it for an hour. If you're looking to pick up grass clippings, leaves or light sticks, this is the product for you. And the equipment seems like it's a very good quality. This machine will make it so if you only mow once a month and want your yard to look nice after, it'll pick up the clippings. I mow like every 2 to 3 weeks due to my busy schedule and it makes my yard look like I mow it every week. Hopefully the brushes last a long time.

Exceeded expectations. Very efficient in picking up grass both long and short. Very good capacity and easy to empty. Well designed and solid construction. Definitely recommend.

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This device easily swept a huge amount of leaves out of my yard. You need somewhere close by to dump it, or a way to transfer onto a trailer. I just dumped them in the bush on the edge of the yard, and that was easy. I recommend it.

Very happy It did an amazing job of not only the grass and small yard debree but also some pieces of branches that had broken from a tree. It works much better than I was expecting this type of product of any brand would. It was very easy to assemble after taking it from the box. One thing i did do is tie a magnet to the end of the rope used for dumping the debree so i could stick it to the Fender of the tractor and keep it very secure and away from any moving parts that it could get tangled in; but yet still very easy to access and grab it when having to dump it..

I just love my grass sweeper!!! It does a perfect job of picking up the grass!!!