Baffin Magnetic Sweeper

Front Mount Truck magnetic sweeper for Roads, Highways, Airports and Port shipping terminals

Increased Operator Safety with in-cab controls!

Shipping terminal Magnetic sweeper

The Baffin magnetic sweeper is the industry’s premier commercial truck magnet, with features that keep the driver safe and the truck’s handling perfect. If speed and safety are a priority, the Baffin sets the standard for sweeping large areas.

The massive 6” x 5” x 94.5” ceramic magnet in the Baffin can pick up a 2.5” inch nail from 10.75” high in a bench test. What this means in a real-world application is that the Baffin can effectively collect all types of debris at speeds up to 25km/h.

Keeping a magnet clear of debris increases magnetic pickup power and the Baffin has hydraulics that clean the magnet off into the on-board debris bins using the truck’s hydraulic system or the optional 12v Powerpack, all from the safety of the cab. Onboard debris bins catch all collected debris, eliminating the need for the driver to exit the truck and handle debris. Each removeable tray holds 1.65 cubic feet of debris, allowing for multiple clean offs before the Baffin needs to stop sweeping to be emptied.

Caster bump wheels and a live axle torsion spring suspension system keep the Baffin off the ground through terrain changes and changes in the truck’s suspension (turning/braking). The caster wheels are 1” below the magnet housing and 1” off the ground (in the recommended sweeping height setting) and can articulate 9” up and down on either side. This lets the Baffin ride easily over bumps and through turns and prevents stress from transferring through the magnet’s frame into the truck’s frame. The Baffin can be set in travel position when moving to and from the sweeping site. This is done using on-board hydraulics and stroke control blocks, giving 10.5” of clearance.

$26,989.99

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Pricing

 Baffin 95 magnetic sweeper
Baffin 95 magnetic sweeper
SKU: BA95
Shipping Info Weight: 1519.0 lbs | Length: 119 | Width: 44 | Height: 35

$26,989.99 USD

Specs

Baffin Series Baffin 95
SKU BA95
Magnet Type Ceramic 8 Permanently charged
Clean Off Method Hydraulic via auxiliary hydraulic system on vehicle. (A powerpack accessory is available if hydraulics are not present)
Maximum Lifting Height (using 2.5”, 8 penny nails) 10.75”
Sweeper Height Adjustment 2”- 5” using hydraulics and included stroke control blocks
Sweeper Wheel Type 13” diameter x 6.5” wide flat free urethane rubber filled (480 lbs capacity each)
Terrain Surface Flat surfaces such as Roadways and airports
Sweeper Weight 1411 lbs
Pricing Range $26,989.99 USD

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Features

Baffin Magnetic Sweeper Product Demo

Check out the Baffin commercial truck magnetic sweeper operating at the London International Airport, this video shows the Baffin on their plow truck clearing the taxi way and maintenance areas before an air show.

Some more metal debris, just for demonstration purposes of the clean-off system.

 

So, the way this system works is there are two hydraulic rams, one on either side, and they lift up the magnet. These two synthetic winch cable loops will pull the stainless steel pan away from the magnet, which will separate the debris from the magnetic field. By the time everything gets up and separated, it’ll be over top of these bins, and everything gets collected in the bins.

 

We’re going to get to the other side here so I can say go to the driver and we’ll see it in action.

 

So as you can see, everything’s coming up, and eventually these little lines here are going to catch it, pull the pan away, and once the pan gets pulled away, everything on the bottom drops right into the bin.

 

We designed this system to be superior to any other commercial truck magnets that are on the market. The reason this is so important is because when a magnet has a bunch of metal on it, it loses power for every piece that’s there. So if you’re driving down a highway and you can only do one exit before the magnet’s completely covered in metal, it’s pretty inefficient because as that magnet gets full, you’re going to be losing power.

 

So with this system, you can drive down the highway for a set amount of time until you feel that the magnet’s losing a bit of power, and then clean the thing off. It’ll all empty in the bins. You don’t have to get out of the truck, which is a key safety concern for drivers. I don’t have to leave the vehicle and sit on the highway, and I can just drop the magnet back down and keep going.

 

So this is the last part of the bath and clean-off procedure. Once the operator cycles everything and all the debris falls into the bucket, they’re just going to back up a couple of feet and then run forward again. All this is for is to ensure that if anything missed the debris buckets, you’re not leaving it on the road. You’re going to pick it up, and then it’ll hit the bucket next time if it missed.

Baffin Clean-Off System

A detailed animation shows the exact movement pattern of the Baffin magnetic sweeper’s clean off system while mounted on the front of a truck.  While the hydraulics drive the magnet assembly up, the synthetic cables pull the debris pan down, dropping all collected debris into the on board bins. When the cycle is reversed, as the hydraulics let the magnet assembly back down, springs pull the debris pan back into place.

Truck Mounted Magnetic Sweeper with Debris On It
Baffin Magnetic Sweeper Debris bins

The Baffin magnet was designed to take safety and efficiency to the next level. When using the Baffin commercial truck magnetic sweeper, keeping the magnet at maximum power by keeping it cleaned off is easy and safe. From the cab of the truck a driver can actuate the hydraulic cylinders to empty the magnet into the two onboard 1.65 cubic foot debris bins, this eliminates the need to exit the truck to sweep/pick up the debris released from the magnet.

Pictured Below: Baffin Dimensions Side View

A: Clean off position
B: 2” sweeping position

Baffin Dimensions Side View

Being able to clean the magnet off so easily ensures that operators will clean it more often; resulting in a stronger magnetic field that will be more effective at retrieving debris from the affected area. Being able to retain the debris onboard also means the Baffin can work for longer without having to return to home base to empty collected debris.

Pictured Below: A: Baffin Clean Off System Visual Aid 

Baffin Clean Off System Visual Aid

The Baffin gets the job done faster and safer in any cleanup situation

Some more metal debris, just for demonstration purposes of the clean-off system.

 

So, the way this system works is there are two hydraulic rams, one on either side, and they lift up the magnet. These two synthetic winch cable loops will pull the stainless steel pan away from the magnet, which will separate the debris from the magnetic field. By the time everything gets up and separated, it’ll be over top of these bins, and everything gets collected in the bins.

 

We’re going to get to the other side here so I can say go to the driver and we’ll see it in action.

 

So as you can see, everything’s coming up, and eventually these little lines here are going to catch it, pull the pan away, and once the pan gets pulled away, everything on the bottom drops right into the bin.

 

We designed this system to be superior to any other commercial truck magnets that are on the market. The reason this is so important is because when a magnet has a bunch of metal on it, it loses power for every piece that’s there. So if you’re driving down a highway and you can only do one exit before the magnet’s completely covered in metal, it’s pretty inefficient because as that magnet gets full, you’re going to be losing power.

 

So with this system, you can drive down the highway for a set amount of time until you feel that the magnet’s losing a bit of power, and then clean the thing off. It’ll all empty in the bins. You don’t have to get out of the truck, which is a key safety concern for drivers. I don’t have to leave the vehicle and sit on the highway, and I can just drop the magnet back down and keep going.

 

So this is the last part of the bath and clean-off procedure. Once the operator cycles everything and all the debris falls into the bucket, they’re just going to back up a couple of feet and then run forward again. All this is for is to ensure that if anything missed the debris buckets, you’re not leaving it on the road. You’re going to pick it up, and then it’ll hit the bucket next time if it missed.

Live Axle Torsion Spring Suspension System (LATSSS)

Navigating roadways and shoulders while having to constantly adjust sweeping height or avoid areas to protect the magnet from striking the ground causes mental fatigue for the operator and slows the entire cleaning effort to a crawl. To overcome this problem, Bluestreak built a caster bump wheel suspension system into the Baffin magnetic sweeper. The magnet and caster wheel assemblies on the Baffin are supported by 0.866” inch torsion springs, this reduces the sprung weight of the 650 lb magnet assembly and the weight off the frame it’s in to just 300lbs and allows the caster bump wheels to keep the magnet at the right sweeping height, acting as mechanical float. 

Bluestreak Equipment Baffin magnetic sweeper at airport
Baffin Heavy Duty Construction

Baffin Heavy Duty Construction

A: 5/16” thick steel arms with 10 gauge bent brace
B: 1/4” thick steel gussets
C: 1.65 cubic foot aluminum debris bin (each)
D: 0.866” wire torsion springs (149lbf/in rate)
E: 2 3/8” outer diameter round pivots

There is 9″ of total free float on both arms, meaning you can pick up the magnet 9″ before the hydraulic cylinders would restrict movement further, but when one end lifts more than 6″ the other end will start to lift also. This free floating movement will help with uneven road surfaces, tire wear, truck suspension flex (turning & braking) and if a curb or obstacle is hit by the magnet. The two supporting arms on either side of the Baffin move together like an A-Arm suspension system, with the free play on the yellow arm where the hydraulics engage providing enough movement to let the suspension work without transferring force into the truck frame.

Attaching the Baffin Magnet

Baffin Roads Shoulder Hydraulic Release Magnetic Sweeper

Installation of the Baffin commercial truck magnetic sweeper is more hands on than most of our products; the Baffin comes with a connection plate that is predrilled in 12 places to allow for variance in mounting surfaces.

Because of how many styles of mounts are on the market, it is impossible for Bluestreak to provide a solution that is a universal fit to all commercial trucks. Connection from the magnet to the truck requires brackets be fabricated by the customer, the connection plate we provide just needs to bolt or be welded to a bracket that hooks onto your plow mount or other mounting system.

Baffin snow plow truck magnet mounting bracket features

A: Slotted brackets slide over plow mount plate (not included, specific for this plow mount)

B: Support bracket bolted to existing Viking plow connection system to brace bottom of frame

C: 2” x 2” inches frame built for this truck to use Baffin magnet

D: Bracket built for this plow mount attaches to Baffin connection plate using bolts and predrilled holes (can also be welded)

Connecting Baffin Magnet to Truck Snow Plow Mount

Pictured Below: Baffin Dimensions Travel Position

A: Not part of the Baffin magnetic sweeper
B: Minimum 11.5” ground clearance

Baffin Dimensions Travel Position

The drawing above shows an example of the brackets used to connect to a Viking plow mount, the section circled in red is similar to what will need to be fabricated by the customer

Designer of Baffin Magnet Explaining How the Magnet Attaches to a Truck

So this is Emmett here. He designed the Baffin magnetic sweeper, and he’s going to walk us through everything it takes to connect our magnet to a commercial truck with a Viking plow mount.

 

Yeah, so the Baffin magnetic sweeper comes with this big plate in the back here. You’ll see there are 16 pre-drilled mounting locations—two, two, two, two, two, two—so you can use any of those holes you want to mount the sweeper.

 

What we’ve done here is we’ve cut some 2×2 tube as well as made these hooks to do a Viking snow plow mount. Now, if you’re putting this on a plow truck, you likely have something like this, so you would just need to build this 2×2 tube and these hooks to get the Baffin mounted to your truck.

 

So are we going to sell those as an accessory for specifically Viking plow mounts?

We won’t sell that specifically for Viking plow mounts. What we’ve found is that there are a lot of mounts that differ inside, between trucks, so that’s something we can maybe consult customers on, but we won’t be able to provide that as an accessory.

 

This is a little more hands-on than a normal installation.

Yes, correct. Yeah, basically, it requires a bit of fabrication and some bolting.

 

Now, if you don’t want to bolt, you can also weld directly to this. We just ask that you clean off all the paint, prep properly, and then weld.

 

In regards to hydraulics—how do you set those up?

For hydraulics, we’ve got two connections here that use a 3/8 NPT fitting. We just added a swivel connector with 3/8 hose that goes to the side of the truck here with some Safeway couplers. This is something that—the whole assembly—would be the responsibility of the customer to connect to their truck. We provide them the fittings.

That’s, yes, correct.

 

Okay, and what if customers don’t have hydraulics?

So, if they don’t have onboard hydraulics, we’ve got a plate here in the middle that you can attach. We sell an accessory, a 3500 PSI power pack, that can bolt directly onto the frame of the Baffin. It uses the same 3/8 NPT connections that just screw in with a swivel connector into six core plugs. It runs on 12-volt DC power, so you’d have to run battery cables from the truck to the power pack.

Okay, and that’s going to be a customer responsibility.

Yes.

 

And then, in regards to setup for the initial setup for sweeping—can you walk us through that?

Yeah, so the Baffin mag sweeper—ideally the wheels would be one or two inches off the ground, which makes the pan three inches off the ground at the back. This sweep height we’ve decided is optimal; you can avoid ruts in the ground and small obstacles like bumps and divots. That allows no damage to be done to the stainless.

 

So, in order to get it set up once it’s on the truck, you can use these throw blocks that are on the inside of each arm, that can be placed over the cylinder. We’ve installed three different blocks here to get the proper sweep height. You can adjust, add, or take away as you need to get that two inches on the front wheels.

 

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Now, you can add more blocks and get a higher sweep height if you’re doing more off-road terrain, but we do recommend keeping it between two inches and five inches.

Disconnecting the Baffin Magnet

Once the connection plate is secured to the mounting surface of the truck, it is quick and easy to remove the Baffin while leaving the plate on the truck. Using a forklift and the release latches removal takes about two minutes

So this is how to disconnect the bathroom magnetic sweeper. We have the unit raised up on stroke blocks, and all we’re going to do is put the pallet underneath it and then lift the magnet up and pull the release latches.

 

So, the part you bolt on can stay on the truck, and then if you want to take the magnet off, all you gotta do is pull those latches. As you can see in the corner, it says “latch.” Pull the pin there, pull those out, and it’ll drop right onto the pallet.

 

I guess you also have to disconnect the remotes, so all he’s doing here is just pulling a couple pins on the other side, and then that big rod will come out, which attaches the magnet to the rear bracket, which is bolted to the truck. So, from there, you can see it rests on this large hook with a pipe there, and then it’s held on at the bottom by these rods. So once that’s disconnected, it just comes right off.

 

So, once that plate is bolted onto your truck, it’s a—well, I guess what we got now—two-minute process to take the thing off, and about the reverse to put it back on.

Maintenance and Usage

Baffin Maintenance Requirements

The Baffin is loaded with helpful features to make debris collection easy and fast, but for top performance some maintenance is required to ensure reliable operation

  • Fasteners must be in place and tight
    All hydraulic hoses and fittings need to be checked for leaks and wear
  • If equipped with the optional 12v power pack, check fluid level before use
  • Wheel spindles should be greased every month
  • Wheels should be checked for uneven wear or flat spots annually
  • Safety labels should be replaced if damaged
Commercial Truck Magnetic Sweeper Raised For Cleanoff
Truck Mounted Magnet Hydraulic Cleanoff

Operator Impressions of Baffin Magnetic Sweeper

“FOD is a huge thing around here, 1 wire from that (snow) brush can wipe a 30-million-dollar engine.”

Matt Parr
London International Airport

The video below shows a ride-along in plow-truck that is using the Baffin magnet, with commentary and operating impressions from the driver after using the magnet for an afternoon.

So we’re here with Matt at the London International Airport, and we’ve been running around with the Baffin magnetic sweeper for the last couple of hours. I’d just like to get your thoughts on how you think it’s working.

 

It seems to work really well. Picks up a lot of debris and stuff.

 

How do you like the speed capacity of it or how fast you can go?

 

Works well.

 

So how fast are we going right now?

 

We’re running about 20 kilometers an hour.

 

Right. So in order to run at an airport, how fast do you have to go with a magnet to be able to clean and be safe?

 

We’ll probably do 25-30 kilometers an hour without too much trouble. Pick up and do a good job doing it.

 

Now, do you think this would be appropriate for doing something like that?

 

Absolutely. Anywhere you can pick up debris around the airport and keep it away from aircraft, it’s always a good thing.

 

So what kind of debris do you guys generally find around here?

 

We tend to get wires and stuff from the sweepers, runway cleaning, or whatever. When we do summer cleanup and stuff like that, we still end up with pieces of wire. That’s the majority of it. Yeah, we do get some odd little nuts and bolts and things—whatever else—but not a great deal.

 

So a runway is essentially a really big, smooth road. So from the perspective of a road maintenance guy, what would you rate this out of 10 as a tool?

 

I would give this probably a 10. It works really well. It’s a really strong machine, and it picks up a lot of stuff. With road maintenance, especially along the side of a highway and stuff like that, it would work very well.

 

So our market here is basically plow trucks that are idle for the summer and just being used as a signal truck. Do you think this would be worth having a couple of these on the crew?

 

Yeah, it’d be priceless, to be honest with you. The amount of debris is phenomenal when you look at it, and you don’t really see anything. You drive around with this and realize how much you’re not seeing. It’s amazing.

 

How would you describe the handling of this on bumps and corners?

 

I really don’t even notice it’s there. It handles just like a regular semi does, and you don’t notice it at all.

 

But you can still see it, right? You can still see it?

 

Yeah, yeah, you can still see it. You can still see the ends of this machine, the markers on the end of it.

 

No, I saw it when we were doing the clean-off demo over there. We put a bit of debris on the ground just for demonstration purposes, and I saw you, because you know we’re at an airport, you went back and took a look. And what’d you find after we went over it?

 

It was clean. There was absolutely nothing there. It picked up every single little nut and bolt and washer and nail and everything. It didn’t miss a single piece. It was kind of amazing.

 

Well, that’s a pretty big magnet, I mean.

 

Yeah, it’s almost six by six. It’s surprising how strong it really is. Like, you know, when we measured today—ten, ten and three-quarters inches—and there’s no reason you’d ever need to set it at ten and three-quarters, but we just do. There’s an hour and still get stuff, and it does a good job. It’s surprising.

 

Yeah, we wouldn’t recommend 38 kilometers an hour for 100% pickup, but it’s pretty effective anyway.

 

But if you’re on a shoulder or something, like if you’re on a roads crew following a vegetation truck or line painter or something like that with a plow truck that’s just being used as a signal truck for the summer, and those guys are going ten, maybe fifteen kilometers an hour at max—or, for you Americans or American boys, that’s, you know, seven miles an hour, maybe five—and you’re going to get everything at that point.

 

Absolutely, especially on the side of a highway. There’s bolts, there’s chunks of cars, there’s tire belts, and all kinds of stuff. You’ll be shocked—you’ll pick up all that stuff without missing a beat. When you drive cars like I drive, you spend a lot of time on the side of a highway, and you’d be shocked by what you see down there sometimes. You’re missing a bolt; you know what the highway gives back. You leave one for the next guy.

 

So anyways, this is where we’re at. We’re at the international airport. They’re just getting ready for an airshow.

 

When’s the airshow?

 

This coming weekend. So we’re doing a bit of a cleanup here just to make sure the maintenance area is ready for anybody who needs it—make sure the taxiway and the fuel areas are good to go. So once these guys bring their real nice planes down here, we don’t want them to suck anything into the engine.

Accessories

Accessory Baffin 95 12V DC hydraulic power unit kit

12-volt Powerpack

The Powerpack accessory is only necessary to purchase if the truck you are mounting the Baffin magnetic sweeper on has no auxiliary hydraulic system at the front. The Powerpack runs on 12 volts and provides up to 3000 psi of hydraulic power at 0.66 GPM to raise, lower and clean off the Baffin magnet.

Details on installation instructions including plumbing and wiring are in the Baffin manual listed in the literature section of this page.  Photos of the Powerpack installed on the Baffin are in the gallery and may help with installation.

The Powerpack can be activated from up to 50 feet away using the wireless remote included with the Powerpack kit. This remote is paired with the Powerpack receiver, so if remote or receiver is lost or broken, they must be replaced as a set (replacement parts available on Bluestreak Parts page). Wiring will have to be run to the powerpack accessory from the truck’s electrical system, this wire needs to be a sufficient gauge, so it does not get overloaded. If your truck outputs 24 volts you will need to step the current down before sending it to the Powerpack to avoid damage. See the Baffin manual for further details on wiring requirements and the Powerpack’s amperage draw.

WARNING: IF TRUCK HAS A 24-VOLT SYSTEM IT MUST BE STEPPED DOWN TO 12V

Baffin Commercial Truck Magnetic Sweeper Max Power Test

Baffin Front View Features

A: 6.25” x 5” C8 magnet assembly is powerful enough to pull 4 x 25 lbs steel floor grates from 2” sweeping height while moving (had to be hammered back into position)

B: Remote clean-off allows errant debris to be removed without hassle

C: Reflective fiberglass rods show driver the edges of the magnet

The video below shows the magnetic power of the Baffin magnetic sweeper, in the video a 2.5” #8 nail is slid under the magnet of the Baffin that is 10.75” off the ground, it is easily picked up. This performance in a bench test translates into performance at speed and through varying terrain when using the Baffin in a real world roadway or airfield application.

When pulling the Baffin into a maintenance shop at the London International Airport, the magnetic pull of the Baffin was strong enough to pull up drainage grates in the floor, the shop manager mentioned they normally use a forklift and a chain to remove these grates.

Height Adjustment

The Baffin magnet’s sweeping height is adjusted using the included stroke control blocks. With the hydraulics lifted all the way up it is easy to snap on stroke blocks to achieve the height you want.  We recommend operating between 2” and 5” with the front caster wheels just above the ground. Different sizes of stroke control blocks are included so you can get the perfect sweeping height every time.

So we’re going to show how to adjust the Baffin magnetic sweeper. Right now, it’s at two inches off the ground, and the wheel is at about one inch.

The way this adjusts is by using stroke blocks on the hydraulic rams on either side. So what you have to do is use the hydraulics to lift the magnet up, and then to raise it, all you do is take out a stroke block. We have multiple sizes on there—slip it on the collar.

And then, once that’s done on either side, you can adjust your height.

We provide a variety of stroke blocks. There are different sizes, so you can mix and match them to get the exact height you need. You see we added about an inch one there, and we gained four inches of height on the magnet.

So it just affects the stroke of the piston, so there’s a more drastic effect than you think on the magnet height.

Baffin Convenience and Durability Features

So this is the features video of the Baffin magnetic sweeper. This unit is a total width of 102.5 inches, which you can see pretty well lines up with the front of this truck. This is a Sterling.

 

Now, this is a 95-inch sweeper, and the magnets inside are 6.5 inches by 5 inches, with a total width of 95 inches wide for a 95-inch sweeping width.

 

Now, you can see the most prominent feature on the front here: it’s got the two caster wheels. Each of these is rated for 480 pounds, while the magnet itself—the assembly—does weigh 640 pounds. It is supported by the 7/8-inch torsion springs in the back. So, the way this works is kind of like a live axle on a truck.

 

Each of these arms articulates, which will give you nine inches of total flex on either side. So, this wheel on the right here can lift up nine inches while the other one’s on the ground. Now, we don’t recommend running them with the wheels on the ground; they should be floating just above, and it’s kind of set up perfect here as this wheel is slightly above the ground, and this wheel is touching.

 

So, the reason that’s happening is because the ground is slightly uneven.

 

Now, because we have this flex and these bump wheels, that’ll protect the magnet assembly, and the magnet assembly is also protected by a stainless steel housing. Now, the edge of the stainless steel housing is 10 gauge steel, and it’s slightly lower than the rest of it, so if the magnet were to touch down, then it’s just going to hit that spot and it will not break.

 

So, this magnet also features an easy clean-off system, which is operated on this one by the truck’s hydraulics. If your truck doesn’t have hydraulics, we also sell a 12-volt power pack, which will just bolt onto this plate back here, and that will just have to be run by the truck’s electrical system.

 

So, the way the clean-off system works is it’s just kind of lifted up with these two hydraulic rams, and the synthetic winch cable will catch on that stainless steel pan, pull it down, separating all the debris from the magnet, which will dump everything into these aluminum bins.

 

So, the importance of these aluminum bins is that if you’re on a hot side of a highway cleaning, you can run down and collect as much debris as you can, and then, without getting out of the truck, drop everything into the bins.

 

This is a major safety benefit for the driver because they don’t have to get out of the truck on the side of a highway, and it also creates more efficiency—a clean magnet is a stronger magnet. While some of our competitors have a truck magnet that will clean off with hydraulics, their magnet will only dump on the ground. So, if the truck driver wants to clean off their magnet to do a better job and be more efficient, they have to exit the truck to sweep off everything off the ground.

 

With the Baffin, these bins can hold 2.5 cubic feet each of debris, which will be many, many dumps of the magnet before those are full, and then they just pull out to be cleaned off.

 

Everything on this is powder-coated and painted, and it’s all welded and bolted together. It’s really sturdy. Every pivot point—all the pivot points on the arms here—have UHMW bushings, so they won’t wear. It’s built pretty tough. We’ve been running it around and it works really well in the front of this truck.

 

The Baffin, like all of our sweepers, features the wraparound function. So, we pack our magnets completely in all the housings, and what this creates is a situation where if you’re driving along and either the wind, grass, or hitting the ground knocks some of the debris off the main part of the magnet, it’s just going to snap around the back and get caught there.

 

This won’t really happen for in this situation since we’re at an airport—there are not many bumps—but it can happen. In the case where you’re on the shoulder of a highway, it will happen, but you won’t lose any debris.

 

This model attaches with a Viking plow mount. We supply a 16-bolt plate at the back here, which will give you some adjustment, and then it’s up to the customer to fabricate some mounts that will hook onto their particular plow.

 

What this latch does is, when you turn it, you pull the pins on this side, pull it out, turn it, and that’ll actuate the quick release here, which allows you to take it off the truck if you’re going to leave the mounting system on there for a while. So, once you lift it up with a forklift, pull the latch, it’ll just come right off.

 

Assembling this is a little more hands-on than most of our stuff, but the payoff is worth it. The Baffin magnetic sweeper comes with four pitch plates to adjust to account for your truck’s plow mount pitch. With the four plates, you’ll get about 12 grades of adjustment, and in order to put them on, you have to take the sweeper off using the release pins, and then simply just bolt them back on. That’s just going to account for how this bolted-on plate—what position it’s in relative to the ground when it’s bolted onto your plow mount.

 

So, again, to adjust inward or outward, you just take the magnet off, take these two bolts out, and put on or remove a shim.

Baffin Side View Features

A: Release latch pins hold the connection plate to the magnet frame for easy removal

B: 0.866” torsion springs support the weight of the magnet assembly and provide 9” of suspension to overcome the terrain changes and hard turns

C: Height adjustment is controlled by putting stroke control blocks onto the collar of the hydraulic rams

D: Urethane filled caster wheels hang 1” below the magnet and transfer force from the ground into the suspension system

Baffin Clean Off and Debris Bin Features

A: 1.65 cubic foot removeable bins collect debris and can hold enough debris to last through many cleaning cycles

B: UHMW bushings on the lift arm pivots ensure smooth action and a long wear life

C: Stainless steel debris pan attaches to magnet frame via synthetic winch cable and is emptied once magnet is raised over on-board debris bins

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