Streamline your autumn cleanup with the SCH TS98 Leaf Collector Towed Sweeper – a durable, high-capacity sweeper that simplifies your outdoor tasks and enhances your garden's appearance.
Speed Powered
91.5 cm
Leaves
Sweeper
270 kg
Included
Brand
SCH (Supplies) Ltd
Reference (SKU)
TS98
Working Width
915mm (36")
Hopper Capacity
270L
Dimensions
1350mm (51") overall width x 1700mm (67") overall length with tow bar
Weight
78kg
Hitch Type
Clevis hitch as standard (ball hitch optional)
Country
Made in Britain
Warranty
12 months manufacturer's warranty + 3 month bonus when buying from Zaros Machinery.
Collected from Tried & Tested Customers
Great Service indeed! My, My! Santa Claus Haulage (SCH) delivered the machine at 20.30 hrs LAST night. This will suit our program of grass and leaf clearance perfectly.
The build quality is exceptional and it does pick up most items, even small twigs. however there are a couple of minor disappointments one being the way you adjust the height on the brushes it does need quite a lot of effort, and because of the quality it is heavy to move. But overall I would say an excellent product
It has been extremely efficient with possibly two comments:- 1) under willow trees the small branch twigs wrap themselves around the outer axil, difficult to cut them out. 2) The extremely wet weather does not allow enough grip on the wheels, perhaps a more rugged dimple tread tyre (maybe wider) would improve its use in autumn when it is usually wet. Otherwise a well made machine
Thank you for your detailed and constructive feedback. While the machine will perform best in the dry, a higher height adjustment setting is needed in wet weather. The brushes should just 'tickle' the grass, as they are built to flick material into the hopper rather than scrape it in. This will reduce the force on the brushes, and the wheels shouldn't have a problem gripping the ground and driving the brushes.
So we mainly use the sweeper for grass collection and we run it behind our pto driven finishing mower and it collects the grass great and even gives us the lovely lines in the lawn which is great. For leaves unfortunately for us it dosnt work well, unless the grass is completely dry, if you use the sweeper on damp/ wet grass the thin tyres do not get any traction and then it leaves 2 wheel lines behind you as it rips through the turf!
I'm glad to hear that you're having success using the machine behind your finishing mower. For leaves, the sweeper works best collecting them when freshly fallen, and on reasonably dry, short grass. Based on your description of it "leaving neat lines in the grass", the brushes are likely set too low for when you're trying to collect leaves on wet grass. The brush height needs to be adjusted to 'tickle' the grass, and it's best to set them too high rather than too low. This lets the brushes flick the leaves into the hopper instead of the brushes manually scraping the leaves off the grass. If the brush is set too low, the force on the drive mechanism increases, which is likely why the wheels are cutting into the ground. Once the brush height is adjusted to the optimal position, the wheels can turn more freely, and you should have much more success!
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