The Highly Rated And Affordable Tractor Supply Find For A Pristine Lawn

Maintaining a pristine lawn takes a lot of work, but falling seeds and nuts each year can make the job even more difficult. Picking them up by hand requires squatting, kneeling, or bending down, while a rake, though useful, can only do so much, too. Rakes, however, aren't the only lawn care tools you can try to tackle this fall maintenance task. Another approach is to use a rolling tool, like the QuickCollector from Corona Tools, available from Tractor Supply Company for $34.99.

The QuickCollector is described as a ground-clearing tool. It features an oval-shaped wire cage and a 41-inch steel handle you use to push the cage along the ground. As the cage rolls, it picks up nuts, fruit, and seed pods, as these objects get squeezed between the wire and then pop through to inside the cage. The handle comes with a ComfortGEL grip; the entire tool measures 48 inches tall.

As of this writing, the Corona Tools QuickCollector has a 4.3 rating from 120 reviews. Eight-five percent of buyers would recommend the product. A total 69% of customers have given it five stars, while another 11% give it four. Nearly 12% of buyers give the QuickCollector one or two stars. One verified reviewer, who gave the product five stars, titled their review "Saves your back and time."

Note that in addition to saving you from having to crouch or bend down to pick up those fallen nuts and seeds in your yard, an added indirect benefit is that a tool like this helps keep your animals safer. Black walnuts, hickory nuts, acorns, and horse chestnuts are some of the toxic fruits and nuts to look out for in the fall when it comes to protecting pets. A tool like the QuickCollector helps users pick up such nuts more quickly and, consequently, perhaps more often.

That said, some customers report that, for them, the nuts fell out of the cage. When this happens, the collector may need to be emptied before rolling it again. Said one buyer, who gave the QuickCollector three stars: "Barely useful for acorns. The wire spacing is such that when some acorns on the ground push the wires open, others already in the cage will fly out. The fuller it is, the more fly out. Found I had to stop and empty after only about 2-3 dozen acorns were collected." 

Based on customer reviews, it may take some trial and error, too, to know what works best for the nuts in your yard. For example, pressing down a little more firmly could help with certain nuts. One five-star review mentioned that this worked for them and black walnuts: "With a little pressure it even picks up the ones embedded in the ground."

As for what the QuickCollector can pick up, some reviews mentioned that it doesn't work for things like pine cones or spiked sweet gum balls. The way the rolling tool is designed, it works best with rounder, smoother objects. Still, despite these faults, the QuickCollector is one of the highly rated Tractor Supply finds for a better-looking yard.