Stihl-4601 740 4900 US KW KM PowerSweep Attachment

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought this power broom and the km 131r kombi motor this spring for clean up after snow season. Took my day of racking sinder and gravel out of the lawn to a mater of hours. Wish I would have bought years ago.

Having a 1/4 mile gravel driveway has its challenges. Raking rocks back onto the driveway after plowing snow all winter is the biggest. Up until this spring, a hand rake took maybe 40 hours to get it done - and it wasn't perfect. Finally retiring and being able to walk my dogs daily, I got to know my remote neighbors. One neighbor one mile away was out working with his new PowerSweep. I couldn't believe what it was doing. His wife came over and explained what it was. The first Stihl dealer I went to was a disappointment - he didn't know he didn't have one in stock - then told me he would have one the next day - then told me they were out of stock - called other Stihl dealers within a 25 mile radius and no one had one. So, I called Bob Lord at Bullion Sales. He said he had one in stock. I told him to hold it - I would be there in 20 minutes. I was there in 20 minutes and bought it. I ran like a charm right from the get go - I did my whole driveway in about 6-8 hours - a minimum 32 hour savings. And it did a better job. I haven't tried the tiller attachment yet - but I am assuming it will do a great job on smaller jobs. I have larger tiller for big stuff - but it isn't used much anymore because it is too big for maintenance work. The whole unit was a bit pricey, but I bought a Stihl backpack blower 17 years ago which still runs as good as the day I bought it. I can say the same for my Stihl chainsaw and grass trimmer. I like to use my tools to do the job - not have to repair them. I am not disappointed with Stihl. The only issue with Stihl that I know of is when I bought my Road Crew at work two premium chainsaws. One of the guys ran over one of the saws with a huge truck. As good at Stihl products are, they lose in a fight with a 10 ton truck.

I purchased this PowerSweep for one primary purpose, to clear nuts and gumballs out of my lawn. I have three very large oak trees and a large gumball tree on a half-acre yard and every year I am left with thousands of acorns and gumballs in my grass, mixed with the pine needles from my neighbors. Raking was tiresome and backbreaking and usually did more dethatching of my St. Augustine lawn and left it thin. I paired the PowerSweep with a KM 131 R for the possibility of future expansion and have not been disappointed. The paddles move through the grass and pick up even the smallest of debris leaving my lawn clean and intact. This works best if you get to the acorns before they sprout, but after a second pass, the PowerSweep picks up a majority of the sprouted ones too. Using this tool is a bit of a workout, but as long as you let the tool do the work and don't try to fight it, it is no more tiresome than raking for three time as long. While this was a large investment for a single original purpose, I have since picked up the aerator blades and cultivator blades and put them to good use without having to purchase a new attachment.

I just purchased the attachment, and my initial review is as follows. In using it for light snow about 1-6 inches, it performed well. Unlike a snow blower, you cannot make long continuous runs as the snow builds up in-front and eventually will no longer move. Using the attachment in short runs, where you are moving in more of a push broom sweeping motion seems to be the best use to get the snow to move. I cleared 6 inches of snow off 3 parking spots in under 10 minutes. I was exhausted due to the weight of the attachment plus motor unit, but it was well worth the time savings compared to shoveling. This will not work on deep snow. Works well for water movement.

I use this attachment to pull stone off grass on my job sites. I use to worry about the clean up which was labor intensive with rakes, but with this paddle, it gets done very quickly removing the smallest stone out of the grass. I turn the unit upside down for this task. I use this attachment motor right side up, to paddle the rocks right into my loader bucket once they are on the pavement. Then I keep the motor right side up, and push the debris away from me, sweeping up the road with the paddle, and then I fine clean the pavement with the strong powerful blower attachment. What a money maker and labor saver! NOTE: Buy the biggest power unit - this attachment needs all the power it can get! Also, when you are running the power head upside down you have to occasionally flip it over to regain fuel to the unit.

Bought this with the Kombi km 130 powered unit. I have a very long driveway and I already spent an hour raking and trying to get the gravel out of grass. This thing made very quick work of it. Seriously fast work of it. What would have taken me days, took about an hour.

I had looked at these for years. I decided totals the plunge and buy one this spring. I clean up around 750 feet of driveway between 3 properties. Snow plowing puts lots of gravel and stone in these drives. It used to mean 6-7 hours of raking each spring. The power paddle let me push the material right into my loader bucket. It only took me around 3 hours and it did a much better job than raking, without hurting the grass a bit. I bought my unit with a KM 130 engine. It is a heavy piece of equipment, but it does a heavy duty job.

While it may be a little heavy, once you get in the grove and let the sweeper do the work, this cant be beat. I cant believe I've gone this long through life without one of these. I have a long gravel driveway, about 8000sf and every spring I spend at least an entire weekend raking the rocks out of the grass. Just picked one up today and had it all done in less than an hour, with no blisters!

I purchased this head with my 130r head unit. This is the best cleaup laborer I have. The unit is heavy, the cleaning power is awsome. This unit cleans up in 30 minutes what took our workers 3 hrs. I jus bought another unit though, the first one died after 3 years.

This is a great tool for getting rock out of the grass, but pushing the rock forward is a real workout. If you rotate the gearbox, (very simple) and pull the rock towards your feet and it is nearly effortless by comparison. You'll get your shoes dirty but your back, legs and arms will thank you. The paddle wheel doesn't really rotate fast enough to throw debris at you. I only run it about half throttle anyway. As good as this tool is on the Kombi system, the paddle wheels work even better on the yard boss!