Customer Reviews

Swisher 11933 40-Inch-Wide Drum-Style Spike Aerator

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I purchased this to try and resolve my dust bowl lawn. It was easy to put together and I pulled it behind by lawn tractor with it empty. It can be filled with water to increase its weight, but I tried it empty. I made several passes on the lawn and then put seed down and then made another pass. Well my lawn has never looked so good. In the past, rains would wash the seed away and it never filled in. This time the holes made by the very well made steele tines and the weight of the drum, allowed the grass seed to enter the soil and not get washed away.

It's very well made and did an outstanding job and that was with it empty, so with a load of water the tines would go even deeper and allow the seed to get an even better start. It was well worth the money and if you have shed to store it you can't go wrong.

Product is excellent quality. I filled with oil instead of water to avoid rust. Works great.

This is a well-made item and does what it's intended to do. I live in Mississippi, and our red clay becomes concrete in our long hot summers- this wouldn't be effective at that time of the year. However, I've been using it in the spring when we have moisture in the ground and it does the job well. Unless you have soft soil, you'll need to fill it with water though, otherwise it will just ride along the surface. Also, assuming that you have the water in it, forget about your average lawn tractor pulling it. I tried with a John Deere LT160 (17 HP) and it had the horses, but the lawn tires in the back couldn't get enough grip and just spun. Fortunately, I've got a John Deere Gator and that handles the job just fine. This item is well made (comes from China-wow) and is easy to assemble. You _will_ need to grease the two sleeves on each end unless you want to entertain your neighbors with the sounds of a thousand birds singing. Oh, get the wheel kit. Unless you can stop and leave it where you unhitch it, you won't be able to push/pull/maneuver it by hand.

This thing really works great. I am on 1 1/2 acres and it makes aeration of the yard easy. Only one thing. Make sure you put down some plywood when crossing crosswalks for when it is full of water it will chip it up pretty good. Thats how good it is.