Product Description

Pick up iron, nails, steel particles effortlessly up to 30 lbs from floors, driveways, warehouse, garden, lawn or other areas. Easily remove particles picked up with the quick release handle. Sweep height is adjustable from 3/4" to 1 1/2", and the adjustable handle provides additional flexibility. The sweeper features convenient and sturdy 7" wheels, and 2' wide aluminum body.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7662 in Home Improvement
• Brand: Neiko Tools
• Dimensions: 18.00 pounds

Features

• Pick up iron or steel particles up to 30 lbs effortlessly from floors, driveways or other areas
• Remove particles picked up easily with the quick release handle
• Easy adjustable height from 3/4" to 1 1/2"
• Additional flexibility with adjustable handle
• Convenient and sturdy 7" wheels, and 24" wide aluminum body.

Customer Reviews

Nails in the grass
The sweeper arrived in good shape and went together easily and I eargerly took it outside, after coming home from work, to begin picking up nails from a recent re-roofing job. Grass that is taller than the bar will dislodge nails, etc....so I found myself clearing off the bar every time I heard the 'click' of another nail being attracted to the bar; this worked but I didn't cover as much ground as I had hoped before it got dark. Although the bar is height adjustable, this requires one to take a wrench to unlock hex nuts and retighten in order to adjust to the current grass level. It would be great to have a system wherein the height could be adjusted 'on the fly' and not have to stop, find the wrench, and adjust both ends independantly, depending on the changing grass height.

Nail Collector
Having been involved in several roofing jobs over the years - and with a neighbor who is a professional roofer - and family members in the construction business - I've tried many nail collection methods. When a crew of 14 roofers rips off old shingles and completes a 50-square job (150 bundles) in one day, nails are going to fly. Ground conditions vary widely around most houses. Non-concrete surfaces also vary according to how wet the ground is. Nails become embedded in wet soil, leaves, mulch and grass and stick like they were in glue. Most professional roofers do not collect nails. That's not how they make their money. Most of them use light drag magnets without wheels. They make one swift sweep and leave. Therefore, it is up to the homeowner. One of my hobbies is lawn care. I can't afford to run a large, expensive commercial mower around a house that has recently had a roofing job without first making certain that the ground is free of nails. Having said all of this, there is no perfect collection method for all surfaces. First off, the magnetic bar inside this 24" sweeper is not designed to be adjusted. Even if it was, it would only make it less effective by keeping the magnet further away from the nails and failing to lift them out of the dirt. This sweeper is an aluminum housing with a magnetic bar inside. When the handle on top of the housing is lifted, it raises the bar from the bottom of the housing and releases the nails. The best idea would be to have large, adjustable wheels that can be easily raised or lowered based on surface conditions, along with a powerful magnet about three times stronger than this one. It would be heavy. With this 24" sweeper, cleaning concrete is a breeze. No sweat. One sweep, maybe two, and it is done. However, sweeping grass, leaves and dirt is a whole different story. Several sweeps are require over a period of weeks until no clicks are heard. This is especially true if the ground was wet when the roofing job was done. Sweep after the soil dries and then again after a good rain. Eventually, the clicks of nails impacting the sweeper will cease. During my initial sweeps when dozens of nails are collected every few feet - and especially on large jobs - I set up several dumping stations around the house. Plastic trays about 26" long that the sweeper will fit inside or tarps work well to catch the nails. When the clicks of metal against metal become less frequent, it is easier for me to wear a belt or shoulder pouch and turn the sweeper up on one wheel and pick off the nails by hand. And in extra thick grass, mulch and leaves, I then pull out a 6-pound, 10" magnet on a rope designed to lift boat motors weighing up to 300 pounds from lake bottoms. Dragging and swinging it is tons work. It takes time, effort and a lot of sweat. Cleaning off the nails is a challenge, but there will be nails. You can count on it. And the deeper the leaves and mulch, the more nails you will find. In addition, you'll need to pick up all the chunks of broken shingles by hand. There will be many. You'll be surprised how often you discover a nail embedded in a shard of shingle that the magnet failed collect. Bottom line is made in three points: 1. This 24" Magnetic Sweeper is definitely worth the money. 2. No sweeper is perfect is all conditions. 3. Know what to expect.

magnetic sweeper

Since I am having a lot of work done to my house, inside and out, I've used this tool both to pick up the pounds of nails left by the roofing contractor and the drywall nails that fell on the floor when I pulled the drywall down from my ceiling. I very useful item!!