Farmall Cub Lawn Sweeper

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RunningRed

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Hey fellas, I have been doing a lot of research with pondering the idea of making a lawn sweeper to collect leaves and grass clippings. Have any of you guys made something that can be towed behind the Cub? I had a couple regular lawn sweepers and they don't seem to last but a couple years before needing replaced.
 
Using the idea of a factory made towable unit run by a lawnmower, I built a collector utilizing a fan that mounted on the draw bar and was driven by belts from the PTO to the fan shaft, the assembly was in an enclosure that had a 8 inch suction hose that attached to the the belly mower. The discharge was directed via round duct work to discharge into a 4x4x8 ft. box mounted on a trailer. It worked pretty good collecting leaves but the downside was the collected debris was so finely chopped that it had to be manually raked out of the box. Stan
 
staninlowerAL said:
Using the idea of a factory made towable unit run by a lawnmower, I built a collector utilizing a fan that mounted on the draw bar and was driven by belts from the PTO to the fan shaft, the assembly was in an enclosure that had a 8 inch suction hose that attached to the the belly mower. The discharge was directed via round duct work to discharge into a 4x4x8 ft. box mounted on a trailer. It worked pretty good collecting leaves but the downside was the collected debris was so finely chopped that it had to be manually raked out of the box. Stan
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One of my big problems is I have a giant maple tree in my front yard and it makes a terrible mess with the amount of leaves I get. Just being able to rake them into a pile so the kids can put them into a wagon would be a blessing.
 
From a youtube...I made made a bag out of a 8x12 tarp, connect it to my craftsman and it holds a TON of leaves...I would put one on a cub in a heartbeat if I used it to mow.
 
I owned one like this, worked really well, is less than $2K complete from TSC and easily adapted to run with a cub. You might find a used one, I sold mine when I no longer had a need for it. Stan
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