Pushing a hand broom requires a lot more time and energy than a mechanical powered broom. That’s where rotary brooms came in. Today, there are many types of brooms and sweepers – walk-behind sidewalk sweepers, street sweepers, those pushed by tractors, etc. Rotary brooms for tractors may be motorized in a number of different ways – by the tractor engine/transmission, a drive shaft from the transaxle/transmission, a hydraulic mower powered off the tractor hydraulic system, or even a separate pump powered by the tractor power take-off.

Rotary Brooms

Mounting methods:

• Mount to a tractor loader boom

• Three-point hitch (3PH)

• Specialty mounts or quick hitches specific to the tractor used

To add versatility and allow the operator to motion debris to the sides, angle the rotary broom. On a small lawn tractor, change the angle by pulling a pin and manually changing it. Different models and set ups may require you to use a manual crank to change the angle. Larger lawn and garden tractors, subcompacts and compact tractors, may have hydraulically angling systems.

Uses:

• Cleaning dirt/debris from a driveway

• Speed up the process of plug aerating

• Help thin out lawn thatches

• Push leaves into a pile

• Backfill cut trenches for sprinkler system installers

• Backfill a hole in digging projects

• Snow removal

Pros:

• Cleans down to the set height

• Cleans down to the surface

• Can be used on fragile surfaces

• Can be used on a variety of materials such as gravel, mulch, dirt, leaves, thatch, snow, etc.

• If sized correctly, can be used on any tractor

Cons:

• Expensive

• Requires storage space

• Needs serviced

[Links to Equipment Type Guides/Manuals]

• http://manuals.deere.com/cceomview/5RDSW2160A_19/Output/5RDSW2160A.pdf

• http://www.landpride.com/ari/attach/lp/public/manuals/323-033m.pdf

• https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1152982/Toro-30743.html

[Links to Equipment Type Video]

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fXIloq9e8I

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2c8RpYM4b0

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-IrfTk3ZkI

Manufacturers

• American Rotary Broom

• Exmark Manufacturing

• Grasshopper CleanSweep

• John Deere

• Keystone Plastics

• Kubota

• Land Pride

• Liberty Brush

• New Holland

• Superior Broom

• SweepEx

• Toro

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