Lawn Sweeper Drive wheels retread

greglinda · Oct 7, 2016

I have a sweeper problem. The Tread on the ground drive wheels is gone, long gone. Tried pounding roofing nails in being careful not to nick the drive gear. FAIL. Found a youtube on retreading push mower drive wheels with bicycle tire tread. They stretched it tight and ran some hex head sheet metal screws in to hold it. I was wondering about adhesive. One guy used Permatex Orange Adhesive whatever that is, it was orange, and mentioned Amazing Goop. I found a tire cut repair thread on YT that said use 3M Windshield Urethane 8609. Anybody else got any ideas, i can't swing a new sweeper right now and tis the season. Also anybody got a way to pick up black walnuts I have a 150 yr old tree that has a bumper crop every year. I know I can solve this with a chainsaw, but I like the tree just not the back breaking clean up. Help?

gab · Oct 7, 2016

Sure relieved to know that I'm not the only cobbler, I screwed about a dozen hex head sheet metal screws in to each tire, 5 minute job with a cordless drill and it works a little better. I used to have a sweeper that I mounted a row of rake teeth (like from a baler pick up) to and had it rigged so that I could adjust it with a knob and that worked really good on walnuts.

greglinda · Oct 7, 2016

How far apart were the teeth? I made a dethatcher with some square stock and wound spring teeth from TSC to hitch to my atv. Worked pretty good for thatch and wet leaves but just drifted up over the walnuts (grrr) even with weights on it made a system to pivot it up with and boat anchor swivel pinch stop. I think the teeth are about 1.5" apart and that helped with the walnuts some but last year I literally raked up a 4'X8' wagon 2.5 deep of walnuts. Thinking maybe just some nylon deer netting laid out on the grass and cleared off regularly might make it easier. How to the nut farmers do it? I have seen the little wire balls on a broom handle at the farm store but that ain't gonna pick up thousands of the things. Might be time to measure the board foot of the that big old bugger. Shotgun does want a new stock. LOL

Butch(OH) · Oct 7, 2016

Google "walnut pick up tool", price is not for the faint hearted but they do make one.

joe csuti · Oct 8, 2016

If sweeper made by parker goto ebay & search lawn sweeper wheels,tire skins for parker listed starting at $34 each along with tire/wheels for several other brand sweepers.

DGinVT · Oct 8, 2016

If you can find a similar replacement tire, the same size as the original; then boil the new tires in a pail of water for a few minutes. This will expand the tire and it then should slip over your original rim. I used to do this with lawn mower tires. See if "Jacks Small Engines" has the tires you need.

W_B · Oct 19, 2016

(quoted from post at 01:51:12 10/08/16) Google "walnut pick up tool", price is not for the faint hearted but they do make one.

Get one, you won't regret having it. Makes is SO much easier to clean up the yard, actually a bit fun too. I got the large Nut Wizard, it's about $67, at Amazon. I empty the pickup tool into a bucket (the little wire dump-thing is separate but worth getting) and dump that into a front loader, then dump the load in the back of the property. Don't abuse it and you'll have it forever.

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