Yard Commander42-Inch Tow Behind Lawn Sweeper - 17.79 Cubic-Feet Capacity with 42-Inch Clearing Width - 10-Inch Nylon Brushes - Never Flat Tire Design - Universal Hitch for Easy Attachment

Took us about 2.5 hours to build it and instructions weren’t great. We used the stock photo from Amazon for guidance. It wasn’t fun to put together but it worked so well and got all our leaves up in less than an hour. Usually it takes 4 hours plus to rake our leaves. We had to buy a hitch for it to work with our tractor and the hitch pin it comes with isn’t great but knowing that I won’t have to rake leaves every again made it all worth it

I have about 2 acres to mow every week. The front yard where people pass the house is a large area. And, the clumps of grass clippings are an unsightly mess. I am not inclined to rake and bag the cut grass at my age. I also have some physical issues that prevent me from standing for long. Adding a grass catcher for our John Deere riding mower was an option. However, the cost was a lot more than I wanted to pay. This sweeper was a reasonable price and I thought the reviews made it worth trying.The product assembly was not too bad, though the illustrations were confusing in some areas. But, even with my physical limitations (and age, I am 70) I was able to assemble it mostly by myself. I would highly recommend using the online video instead of the written guide. The video is excellent. The hardest part of the installation was the grass catcher. You should find a second person to help you with that.Once assembled, I followed the instructions for picking up grass from the lawn. After a few passes I got the proper height adjustment. The sweeper works great for me. It picks up the clumps and most of loose grass. The yard looks neat afterward. If you are looking for 100% removal of the grass, this is not for you. If you want a good job on your yard that makes it look neat and well kept, the I recommend this product. The price was right and it does just what I needed.I make several passes and unload the grass on our trash pile. There are a few design changes I would make, and have made, to the mechanism for emptying the grass. But, overall this is a very good alternative to the really expensive grass catchers.I want to give this a 3.7 rating but I will go with a 4, because it is definitely better than a 3.

This leaf sweeper does a great job cleaning up the lawn. It probably picks up 90% of the leaves with ease. The bottom of the bagger is quite thick and feels like it will last. All of the holes lined up pretty much as expected for assembly. It was not the easiest thing to put together though. I did it alone in a little over 2 hours. With help, I probably could have done it in 90 minutes. There were a couple of steps that seemed out of order and once I figured it out the process went smoothly. Once it’s full, and it holds a lot of leaves, dumping would be very easy if that were an option for me. Simply pull the rope to angle the hopper forward, dump and drive away. That’s not really an option for me as I live in a subdivision and I’m forced to bag my leaves. Scooping them out of the hopper and into bags isn’t the easiest, but it’s better than raking and then bagging. I filled 10 large leaf bags in under an hour. No complaints about this at all. I’ll be storing it inside as I feel leaving it in the elements probably will degrade the hopper. This was well worth the money.

Packaging was horrible! Instructions are horrible! I think we got an item that had been returned. Missing some screws in the package. The parts package had been opened and some of the nuts were thrown in the box. One of the pieces was bent. Do not buy this product!!

My neighbor let me borrow his sweeper one day so I decided I needed one as well. With the amount of rain we have been getting in VA for the past several months, by the time you get a couple of nice days and the ground has dried enough to cut it is very long. Using his made it a whole lot easier to manage the leaves and clippings in the yard.I was soo looking forward to being able to use this. As far as the instructions, if you look at what you have and the pictures in the manual and actually read the captions and instructions it has been a breeze to assemble by myself. But... while I was putting it together, I got to one of the last steps and found that it did not come with the short bars to attach the bag to the sweeper nor the rope. Reckon I will be returning it since that is the only option when you click "Return or Replace Items". If something changes I will update my review. Was looking forward to using it today as the ground was dry enough and rain is coming again. Very disappointed.** Update ** I used the contact seller seller option on my order and they responded very quickly to my issue. They said they will be sending the parts out on Monday to help make this right. Once I receive those and get to use this I will update my review and score accordingly.Update - seller got the parts I was missing quickly. I have used this a few times since assembled. It works great. I have a decent sized yard and use it primarily for grass clippings if we have he'd lots of rain and the grass is tall. I have to set it on the lowest setting and make several trips to dump but it works just fine for it. Picks up leaves better than grass, but gets the grass up pretty well once the grass has dried. The rope can be tough to pull from the seat abs I think a handle would have been easier, but I was expecting this from the rope. You just need to make sure you don't let the rope drag and get tangled!