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For job sites that regularly feature big ruts, rocks, and metal debris; the Nyx is there to clean up metal to ensure a safe and clean work environment. The aluminum quick clean off sleeve protects the magnet housing and allows for easy removal of collected debris. The aluminum sleeve won’t crack or crush easily when hit. It slides effortlessly on inner PVC rails that prevent friction between the sleeve and magnet housing and has a convenient extendable pull handle for easier removal.
10.5” x 3.25” inch Carlisle flat free bump wheels on either side of the magnet roll on custom UHMW bushings that provide more impact resistance compared to regular ball bearings. When terrain changes, these bump wheels will hit the ground before the magnet housing / sleeve so it glides over bumps and drops while sweeping.
The Nyx can work on anything from UTV’s to heavy loaders and tractors to keep working areas clean, preventing personnel and equipment damage from stray metal debris. The Nyx Heavy Duty Hanging Magnetic Sweeper has a permanently charged C8 ceramic magnet that can pick up a 2.5” inch nail from up to 8.25” inches from the ground. This provides plenty of power to retrieve metal debris in the recommended 3”-5” inch sweeping range while at speed.
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| Nyx Series | Nyx 62 | Nyx 74 | Nyx 86 | Nyx 98 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKU | NY62 | NY74 | NY86 | NY98 |
| Maximum Lifting Height | 8.25” | 8.25” | 8.25” | 8.25” |
| Sweeper Weight | 204.6 lbs | 252.5 lbs | 291.1 lbs | 324.5 lbs |
| Sweeper Width | 62” | 74” | 86” | 98” |
| Sweeping Height Adjustment | Yes, 3″ – 5″ | Yes, 3″ – 5″ | Yes, 3″ – 5″ | Yes, 3″ – 5″ |
| Sweeper Wheel Type | 10.5″ x 3.5″ foam filled flat proof wheels with 5/8″ UHMW bushings | 10.5″ x 3.5″ foam filled flat proof wheels with 5/8″ UHMW bushings | 10.5″ x 3.5″ foam filled flat proof wheels with 5/8″ UHMW bushings | 10.5″ x 3.5″ foam filled flat proof wheels with 5/8″ UHMW bushings |
| Clean Off Method | Aluminum quick clean off sleeve | Aluminum quick clean off sleeve | Aluminum quick clean off sleeve | Aluminum quick clean off sleeve |
| Terrain Surface | All Terrain | All Terrain | All Terrain | All Terrain |
| Pricing Range | $2,789.99 USD | $2,999.99 USD | $3,229.99 USD | $3,459.99 USD |
Nyx Heavy Duty Construction
A: 0.125” thick aluminum magnet housing
B: Enclosed profile for pull handle
C: Stainless steel wheel bolt with stainless steel retainer
D: 10.5” OD flat proof wheel with UHMW bushings
E: 0.125” thick 6063 aluminum clean off sleeve
F: Machined aluminum latch bushings
G: 0.3125” zinc plated chain with 0.375” quick links
Nyx Heavy Duty Construction
A: 0.250” thick aluminum sleeve latch
B: Retractable stainless steel handle for debris clean off
C: Hard PVC wear strips in each corner of the Quick Clean off Sleeve
D: 0.125” thick aluminum welded on rib
E: 0.250” thick aluminum welded on end caps
Nyx Dimensions Side View
A: Bottom of sleeve to bottom of end wheel
Nyx Gauss Measurements
A: A = Distance from Magnet (Sweeping Height)
Note: Gauss (G) shown as the peak gauss measured in the center of the magnet at each distance.
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The Nyx Heavy Duty Hanging Magnetic Sweeper can be mounted to almost any vehicle easily using the included chains and quick links. This versatility and easy setup allows the Nyx to be useful in many situations on different terrains for any metal debris collection efforts. The aluminum clean off sleeve and Carlisle wheels with high impact UHMW bushings protect the main magnet housing, so operation requires less consideration of terrain. These upgrades make the Nyx hanging magnet a simple, but durable and versatile option for retrieving metal debris regardless of terrain or vehicle requirements.
After completing a small rescue mission on that F-150 and trailer behind us, the Kubota is now equipped with our new magnetic sweeper with the aluminum sleeve. So this is the Nyx model, which is very similar to our Iger, but has new UHMW bushings instead of the bearings and a larger, more high-quality wheel with the new aluminum sleeve. So the Nyx is hooked up to our Kubota here on the Kubota snowplow mount using our new bracket. This bracket works just with the Kubota snowplow mount, which allows you to hydraulically lower and raise the magnet using another bracket, which is our bracket D. That allows for a nice turnaround, like they did over there, and allows for easier height control without having to get out and adjust anything.
So this Nyx is hung by the Kubota, or hung from the Kubota, with two chains and the two blue synthetic winch cable actuators on the side. So those are similar to our ISO series that allow you to crank the magnet up and down to change sweeping height. So those actuators on the side and the snowplow mount system are not necessary to use this magnet. This setup is just to use it on the front of a Kubota. Kubota is a pretty common UTV brand, especially on work sites where you’re going to need something like this, so that’s why we made a bracket that’s going to work on a pretty common snowplow setup.
So the Nyx, of course, has the new aluminum clean-off sleeve on it, which allows for a lot more durability. The PVC ones worked great for cleaning off the magnet, but they didn’t stand up very well to being hit many times. So with this, you can drive a little more confidently without having to worry about bottoming out. And then the wheels on either side also prevent the magnet from hitting the ground too often as you go over changes in terrain. The wheels will hit the ground, preventing the magnet housing from striking whatever you’re driving over or dragging too hard. So you see there, he’s hitting the ground and we’re not losing any debris because the whole thing is a magnet. So if any debris strikes the ground as you’re driving, it all just gets wiped to the back of the magnet so you don’t lose anything you’ve collected.
So at this landfill, this is the construction site debris clean-off area and they have a ton of nails out here. We’ve seen guys get flat tires out here, so this is just a nice way to clean them up. Partially the reason we made this new bracket system, this is our Kubota bracket, and then hanging bracket E with the little linear actuators on the sides, is because if you were doing this with your Kubota and you saw all the nails we just pulled off in the clean-off video, would you want it behind your Kubota or behind whatever you’re putting it on? I think I’d probably want it in front of the tires because there’s a lot of nails you can see or hear getting picked up out here, and to have your tires be the first point of contact before the magnet sounds like a recipe for flat tires.
So we have the magnet situated in front of the machine, which is a way more efficient system both in terms of visibility—you know where the thing is at all times while you’re driving, you don’t want to smack it into something, and this one sticks out a little further than it should—and then, number two, you don’t want to have your tires be the first thing that the nails touch. I’d rather the magnet pick them up first. It’s got the new wheels on the sides that are a bit taller and they’re a higher-quality wheel, so that’ll take more impact and support more weight in the event of a touchdown. You can see as we’re going over bumps here those wheels are touching down and they’re doing their job. That’s the whole point of them, just to make sure your magnet’s not dragging on the ground all the time.
This was a bigger problem with the plastic-sleeved ones, but this wouldn’t be good for this one either—it is aluminum, but you don’t want to drag it on the ground all the time for every bump you go over. So the wheels are now attached using a UHMW bushing instead of a standard ball bearing, and that’s going to give you a lot more durability and impact protection as well. Ball bearings can go bad if they get hit enough times—they’re meant for smooth operation—and these wheels hit the ground pretty hard sometimes. Maybe not on this machine, but if you’re hanging it off the back of a tractor or something like that, it might be getting some pretty good impact.
So this thing’s hung at about 4 in, looks like to me, maybe 3 in, and that’s well within our recommended sweeping height. I think that’s maybe the top end of it, but this magnet—we tested it this morning—will pick up a nail from 8 and 1/4 inches through that big aluminum sleeve, so it’s got plenty of power to work in that range, and this Kubota doesn’t go very quickly, so at this speed we should be able to collect any debris that’s in front of us as long as it’s not, you know, a manhole cover or something.
So this Kubota has the hydraulic height adjustment on it that just comes with it being mounted on a snowplow fixture, but this hanging bracket E also allows for some easy height adjustment as it has the linear actuators on the side. So the way those work is you just get an impact gun or a drill with the right size socket on it, and that’ll let you raise and lower the magnet just using that synthetic winch cable that it’s hooked to.
So swinging by here, that’s the scrap metal bin right behind the Kubota at the moment, so we’re just trying to pick up all the nails around here so the customers don’t get any flat tires. And you see the magnet just hit the ground a couple of times there—it’s swinging, but that aluminum sleeve can take it. So as he goes through this rough terrain here, you’re going to see the wheels are going to touch the ground for sure, but that magnet housing might touch the ground also if he crosses over into anything too deep, like this water. You see the magnet’s tipping back and you hear all the nails coming out of that water—that’s an unpleasant surprise at the bottom of the puddle. But because that housing is aluminum, you don’t have to worry a lot less about hitting it off anything; it can take the hit and it’s not going to just break on you. And I don’t think we have any flat tires in the Kubota yet, so it looks like the magnet’s doing its job.
So this is how to clean off the new Nyx magnetic sweeper with the aluminum sleeve. This model has the new upgraded wheels, which are 10 in with the UHMW bushings instead of the ball bearings, which gives you a lot more strength. And to clean it off, all you have to do is pull this little lynch pin out and there’s a spacer—pull the wheel out and then there’s a big handle here and a little latch. So this latch prevents the magnet from going side to side—I’m betting there’s one on the other side—and then there’s a nice handle for you to grab. So we got this shingle set up here just to catch all the debris so you can see it as it comes off. We’ve been here for 5 minutes, so we’ll see how much is actually in this dump. So the handle comes out, allows you to stand up—you don’t have to crouch down and pull the thing—and then the ribs on the magnet will actually make sure it all sweeps off into a nice pile rather than just stay on the magnet.
So we just laid down this little shingle here to collect all the debris we picked up so far, and that’s from about two laps around this area. And the easiest way to clean it up from there is just get a Powerstick Pro Elite and put it in a bucket. Yeah, there you go—2 minutes.
Okay, so to replace the clean-off sleeve is just the reverse process. You got to make sure there’s no debris left on the bottom here; sometimes it can be a little bit left over just on the edge of the magnet that flips off when you’re doing the last little pull. And then from there, this thing has nice bushings in the corners of it to prevent friction, or excess friction, because we’ve had complaints of guys with the plastic sleeves getting so much metal accumulated on them that they couldn’t pull the sleeve off because of the friction between the metal pulling the plastic into the magnet. So that created friction and they couldn’t pull it off, which is a testament to how much magnetic power you got. So that’s partially the reason we came out with the aluminum sleeve—this thing is not going to flex when you have the metal pulling on it, but it still allows magnetism through to collect your debris. So just slide it back on there, you got the nice bushings in the corners to make it nice and smooth, and then like I said before, there’s latches—there’s one on the other side—and then you replace your wheel in the same order as you took it off, which is wheel with the pointy side towards the magnet, spacer, and there’s a little hole on the spacer—put your cotter pin in and you’re good to
Nyx magnetic sweeper out here at Try Recycling. They have a couple of our magnets already equipped in a similar fashion on their Gators. They’ve fabricated their own setup, but we’re using our Kubota bracket along with the hanging bracket with the adjustable actuators on the end to do a run around their landfill area. So this area is where they store shingles, and with shingles come nails, so we’re taking this thing around just to show them how it works. Let them see the new aluminum debris pan, or debris clean-off sleeve, and yeah, just continue testing the performance of this NXS in a couple different environments.
So here is the Nyx again at a pretty long range zoom here, and if you look, you’ll see that it’s hanging a little bit too low right now. Those wheels shouldn’t be touching the ground at all times like they’re doing now, but thanks to the UHMW bushings that are there instead of the old ball bearings, they’re going to be a lot more durable. So if you’re operating in this fashion, you should be okay because UHMW is very wear-resistant, so you should be able to actually run it like this without too many problems.
So we are picking up a few nails here. These are obviously just going to be roofing nails that came out of these shingles, and we’re doing that more efficiently with the Nicks than they can do with some of the other sweepers they have here because it’s got that new aluminum tray, so you don’t have to pay as much attention. They said when we got here that whenever they hit that plastic sleeve off of even a mulch pile or a rock, or just something sticking up out of the ground, it’ll crack. So that’s not going to happen with this aluminum one. It’s a nice, sturdy construction. You can hit it off the ground—we were hitting it pretty hard yesterday and it’s fine, it holds up.
Okay, and you see in the background there—if I can get a real crazy zoom—that’s a Gator equipped with one of our RASs on the front. So that does the same job as what we’re doing now, we’re just testing out this new version. These guys bought those RASs from us a long time ago, and since then we’ve developed a lot more options.
So, one concern you might have with mounting this NIX on the front of a Kubota, with the weight of the brackets, which are all heavy-duty steel, and then the 300-some odd pound weight of whatever sweeper you order—because they’re different based on the length—you might be concerned about the front of your Kubota suspension not being able to support that. So that’s something we thought about when we were putting it together, but it seems to not be an issue with this. It squats down about three inches, but it doesn’t seem to be much more than if you just had someone standing on the front.
So here we’re continuing to sweep a different section of the landfill. The Nicks magnet is doing great so far, picked up a lot of nails, and now we’re just going a little further in to get whatever’s left. This thing is hanging pretty nicely—the wheels are just barely touching the ground. Once in a while, they touch down when you go through a puddle, but yeah, it’s a pretty good unit for this kind of situation where you have medium-duty terrain, a little bit of mud, potholes, nothing too extreme.
And then, yeah, this thing’s got the nice aluminum sleeve—you can bash it on stuff a little bit, but a lot more than a plastic one. The PVC tends to crack. So yeah, you see that little incline there going up the hill? That’s where the wheels are really going to come in handy, because the front of the sweeper is going to hit the ground before your Kubota tires do, and if you don’t have the wheels there, then you’re just going to drag the magnet on the ground. Here’s a shot from the other side of going down the hill, and there you go. Yep, that’s why we got an aluminum sleeve.
So there he goes out into the main section of the lot. This is where all the loaders bash everything into a big hoop barn that’s to our left here—probably can’t see through the tree—but there’s going to be a lot of debris out there because that’s where everybody is operating and dumping everything. So the public comes in, dumps everything on the left, and then the loaders come in and bash it into a bin or a hoop barn where it gets sorted. There’s a perfect demonstration of why you need the aluminum sleeve—a nice hit like that off some rocks might crack a PVC one. So that’s one of the reasons we made this thing, so it just makes your hanging magnet a lot more of a durable component of your machine or your system, rather than something you always have to worry about cracking. It’s a nice, thick aluminum with good bushings, so it won’t crush in on itself when you get it loaded full of debris, and just a lot of benefits over the PVC.
Watch it hit the ground again—there you go, see, it’s scraping down. This will be more protected on the Arabus because it has the outriggers and it’s got something central to kick off the ground rather than the sleeve, but that’s why we got the sleeve, to be able to hit things. Here he goes one more time up the hill, and I’m betting he’s going to hit that magnet off the ground again. Watch the center—yep, there you go, nice crunch of the aluminum on the rocks.
So after that nice hit, we’ll send them back down, get back to the parking lot, and see if there’s any damage on this thing. So after hitting all those rocks there, I just cleaned the sleeve off completely—it was covered in mud—just to see if there’s any damage. So we hit them pretty good, we hit them about four times going up and down, so eight times total, and the only damage to be seen is there’s a couple little nicks out of the aluminum here, some small abrasion marks here, which hopefully you can see on camera, but there’s just little, tiny nicks all over, and on the front where it actually impacted, there’s pretty much nothing at all.
So there’s some scratches there going down the middle—that would have been where it hit on the edge and then just dragged across—but because there’s nothing holding this magnet down, it’s just chains, it can go up. So once you hit something, it just comes up and over, and you don’t have to worry about punching through the aluminum because it’ll just lift the sweeper before it goes through the aluminum in most cases, unless you hit a piece of tungsten or something.
But yeah, that’s the view of the sleeve after hitting the rocks and running through the yard a couple times with all the nails on it. Nails haven’t left any marks that are notable. The only real notable marks are just kind of on this edge here—just those little nicks out of the edge and those scratches. So yeah, that’s the aluminum sleeve. If you had a PVC one, you’d probably be ordering a new one from us, so consider.
So this area on the farm recently had a kiln like that one demolished, and all the siding on there is tar paper held on with roofing nail-type fasteners. So, um, the farm owner here decided to just smooth everything into the ground with a skid steer, so we’re going to try to pick up anything out of the ground because it’s eventually going to come up with rain and frost. So we’re going to use this magnet to pick up any debris that might be stuck on the ground after demolition and also construction. That building on the left just got built, so there’s bound to be some kind of metal scrap on the ground here.
And again, we’ve got the magnet in front of the Kubota so we don’t have to run over the nails before we pick them up. It allows more maneuverability as well; you can see what you’re sweeping.
And then over in that corner on the right, there’s a scrap metal area, so they dump all of their excess scrap metal that’s from the farm—broken equipment, stuff like that—so there’s going to be some kind of debris out here. We just try to clean it up for them and see the performance of this magnet. So the wheels are really coming in handy here because it’s very uneven ground. You can just kind of drive around and don’t have to worry about the magnet striking the ground, and even if it does, you’ve got that aluminum housing so you don’t have to worry about too much.
Now, because we got it on the front of this Kubota, it’s easily height-adjustable. You just use the snow plow hydraulics to lift it up and down, and then we also have the secondary adjustment using that new bracket on the side; we can change the height pretty quickly.
Here’s another section of the farm we’re sweeping. This is a workshop area, and as much as these guys say they don’t do it, everyone sweeps stuff at the door, so there’s going to be some kind of metal over here just from working on stuff. Stuff gets missing, you drop stuff, that’s the way it goes.
So there’s another benefit of having this on the front of your machine instead of trying to tow it or hang it off the back. Despite the fact that we’re hitting a little bit of corn here, it’s very maneuverable. You can see exactly where you need to go, therefore, you’re less likely to damage anything. So if you’re trying to cover large areas of the ground quickly and you’ve got tight spaces like this that you want to clean—because obviously, this is where stuff’s getting dumped, in the back 40 where you don’t see it—having it on the front makes it a lot easier to see what you’re doing.
Got that nice protective aluminum sleeve. There you go, nice tight little corridor here. This is the 86-inch magnet, I believe, and you can just thread the needle with it because you can see either side of the magnet while you’re working. If it’s behind you, you’d probably be hitting a lot more stuff because you’re just focusing on where the front of your machine’s going to be rather than where the sweeper is working.
This is an area on that same farm where the county comes to dump their excess fill. You’ll see to the left there, there’s a big pile of dirt, so that just comes from whenever they’re excavating or cleaning anything out. So we figured this would be a good place to run the magnet as well, just because it’s a dumping ground, so there’s bound to be something here. I already got a couple screws already.
So that there is the more rough part of the dumping area. This is where they actually scrape everything up and dump it all out, so they’ve got a big pile of used concrete there that’s torn out of the ground for some reason. This is just the county’s excess fill area, and people come here from time to time to scoop up mulch to use in gardens, so it’s good to get any kind of metal we can out of here before it ends up in the garden in your yard.
Here’s yet another clean-off video. I’ll demonstrate one more time—we just swept through this area where the county dumps all of their excess road debris from excavation and tearing up roads and fixing roads and that sort of thing, so we found quite a bit of metal here, including a nice hydraulic coupling. But we’ll pull this sleeve off; it’s going to clean everything off nicely, and then we’ll get the power stick out and just get a tight shot of what’s left over on the ground. So, for clean-off, all you have to do is flip a little aluminum latch on that side—there’s an aluminum latch on this side—and then, on the front, here’s a little lynch pin. Pull this pin out, set it on the magnet to hold it, and there’s a little bushing hole through it that interfaces, obviously, with the pin and holds the wheel on. So once those two are off, it’s pretty quick to pull off. Take your wheel off, and then obviously these latches are undone, and there’s a nice handle here for you, so this handle comes out upwards, which allows you to pull from a standing height rather than being bent over all the time.
So this aluminum sleeve doesn’t crush against the magnet like our plastic ones do because this is a nice rigid surface here. Our other ones, they would normally flex in and make it really hard to pull off, but since this one’s aluminum, it’s really rigid and it’s got these PVC bushings in the corner so that it slides nicely—it’s not aluminum on aluminum, you’re aluminum on plastic—which is less friction as we pull that off. We found that it’s easier just to get it right to the end there, and also when you’re cleaning off without holding it all the way off the magnet—like if you leave the sleeve on a little bit—there’s no risk of leaving any little bit behind on the actual magnet housing, because if you have anything left over on here, it’s going to get caught between the sleeve and the magnet and then it’s a pain to put it back on. So we just make sure to get everything off that we can here—that seems clean—and just reverse the process, slide that back up.
So just slide it back on like that, line up your latches, put your wheel back on with the point side in space, obviously, put your bushing on with this little collar here, line the holes up, put your lynch pin through like that, get the latch on the other side, and you’re done.
So there’s a little bit of the debris we collected just from sweeping this dumping area—quite a bit, quite a few big chunks of steel, there’s a nice big bolt there, some hydraulic fittings, and a lot of nails. So we’ll get that out of here and move on.
so we got our, um, NYX magnetic sweeper hooked up to this tractor here. Shows you some of the versatility of this thing. That took all of about 2 minutes to attach to this tractor. This is a big, about 110-horse John Deere with a loader on the front, and all we did was just hook the chains up to it. So it takes a little bit of, uh, it’ll swing a little bit. If you really wanted this to be a more stable method, you would anchor to the front or back, but this is going to work just fine ’cause we’re going pretty slow.
So this is an old, uh, ginseng field, and ginseng fields use a lot of clips to hold on their netting that shades the plant from the sun, and those clips often get left behind in your field. So getting them out of there—this ground’s already been worked a little bit, but you would ideally do this before the ground gets worked, and then you could retrieve all those clips, or as many as you could, to ensure you don’t have a problem with contamination later.
Now, this NYX is a bit overkill for picking up clips. I mean, it’ll work fine, but the aluminum sleeve is really going to help you when you’re operating on a machine like this, just because you have a lot less control than you would if you were mounting it on, say, the front of the Kubota like we had before, or, um, some more controllable thing. Like, this thing is meant to move big objects, so every time you move it, it moves in a big way, so that precise little adjustment’s not there, but that big aluminum sleeve is going to prevent any real damage from going on.
But we just set this same magnet up on this smaller tractor here as a mid-mount. Now, when we set that up, the tractor owner there said that it’s going to be, uh, make it a lot more controllable to use the magnet. Like, when it’s on the front of your machine, there’s a lot more movement translated to the forks when you’re going up and down, rather than in the middle of the tractor. The tractor kind of takes up the movement, so like this, you’re going to get a much more consistent sweeping height and hit the ground a lot less often. Just the right length on this tractor—this is our 86-inch model, so on this Massey, it’s just about perfect to stay inside the wheelbase. Just about, but a little bit of overhang.
And we actually did end up getting some metal out of the field when it was on the other tractor, so we’re just going to continue sweeping here, try to get all these, uh, S-clips out that, uh, hold the ginseng nets down. So you see, even on sharp turns like that, no problem. Those wheels take up any of the skidding you need to do. So here it is, coming at a little bit hotter speed. You see that thing—we just ran it one chain down from the foot pegs on this tractor and then a longer chain forward to where there’s a, uh, plate with a hole in it so we can hook the chain in, and that provides your forward stability so the magnet’s not swinging, and it’s kind of pitched forward. And as you can see, its stability is going—it’s not swinging around as much as it was on the
Like, this is better, yeah, because, you know, your movement isn’t all that at all. No, yeah, it seems pretty controlled under that. Yeah, very controlled, easy to work with, and seemed like the weight was perfect because it wasn’t, like, getting really messed around by any of the… Yeah, I like the set—the, like, it being in the middle. I mean, it’s handy when you can just throw it on the loader. You can raise and lower it all the time, right? Like, it’s, you know, when you’re moving that loader, it goes really quick. Yeah, that’s why I get the aluminum, get it all stuff, like use it like a bit of a plow over there a little bit. Yeah, yeah, well, it didn’t seem too much like CL just dragging high spot with the tractor. That one you notice. Yeah, yeah, it looks like it made a lot more sense there.
How many—nose would be cool. I see two on the front. We got a few S-clips on the back too and a couple slips out of the middle of the field too.
That—nice. Watch your soybeans, yeah. Wow, so how would you rate out of 10?
Also 10 out of 10. 10 out of 10, yeah, uh, for like a temporary sol—like if you’re taking it on and off, yeah. I didn’t expect to really pick up anything because it’s all been worked under, right? And I mean, this field hasn’t worked—yeah, it’s surprising you actually get stuff on, you know, that means the stuff on the bottom to the top too. Yeah, and then also, so like, let’s say I killed this ground right now and then we went over it, we’d be getting probably five times…
The aluminum sleeve is only part of what makes the Nyx suitable for harsh terrains, the Carlisle flat free wheels have powder coated rims, high quality rubber and high-density foam filling for longer service life. The typical ball bearings found on these wheels have been replaced with custom 5/8” inch UHMW bushings that have high impact resistance so the Nyx can take hits in rough terrain without meaningful damage.
A: (Optional) Bracket E allows for easy height adjustment via screw driven cable actuators
B: Heavy-duty Carlisle 10.5” x 3.25” flat free wheel
C: Custom 5/8” UHMW wheel bushings withstand heavy impacts and roll smoothly
The Nyx shares a 4.5” x 4.5” inch permanently charged C8 ceramic magnet housing with many Bluestreak hanging magnets, this tried and tested magnet assembly provides plenty of power to pick up metal debris wherever it is used, from parking lots to pit mines. The max pickup height is measured from the bottom of the aluminum sleeve, and the Nyx will pull a 2.5” inch 8 penny nail off the ground from 8.25” inches. This gives the user ample pickup power for most debris types in the recommended 3” – 5” inch sweeping height range.
The maximum pickup height video for the new NYX magnetic sweeper: we have the sweeper set at 8 and 1/4 inches off the ground, from the ground to the bottom of a new aluminum clean-off sleeve. We’ve got our three 2 and 1/2 inch 8-penny nails here on the piece of paper, and it should pick them right up.
The Nyx Heavy Duty Hanging Magnetic Sweeper comes with an aluminum clean off sleeve that is built to increase peace of mind when sending a magnet out into a jobsite; so it needs to be able to put up with tough conditions. Being able to take hard hits from rocks was a key focus of the design, but also being able to withstand crush forces that make PVC clean off sleeves hard to remove when full of debris was also a consideration.
From the other side of going down the hill, and there you go—yep, that’s why we got an aluminum sleeve. If we get sorted—and there’s a perfect demonstration of why you need the aluminum sleeve—a nice hit like that off some rocks might crack a PVC one. So that’s one of the reasons we made this thing. It just makes your hanging magnet a lot more of a durable component of your machine or system, rather than something you always have to worry about cracking. It’s a nice thick aluminum with good bushing, so it won’t crush in on itself when you get it loaded full of debris, and just a lot of benefits over the PVC.
Watch, you hit the ground again. There you go. See, it’s scraping down, so this will be more protected on the Erebus because it has the outriggers, and so it’s got something central to kick off the ground rather than the sleeve. But, you know, that’s why we got the sleeve—to be able to hit things.
So after hitting all those rocks there, I just cleaned the sleeve off completely. It was covered in mud just to see if there’s any damage. So we hit them pretty good. We hit them about four times going up and down, so eight times total, and the only damage to be seen is there’s a couple little nicks out of the aluminum here. There are some small abrasion marks here, which hopefully you can see on camera, but there’s just little tiny nicks all over. And on the front where it actually impacted, there’s pretty much nothing at all. So there are some scratches there going down the middle; that would have been where it hit on the edge and then just dragged across.
But because there’s nothing holding this magnet down—it’s just chains—it can go up, so once you hit something, it just comes up and over, and you don’t have to worry about punching through the aluminum because it’ll just lift the sweeper before it goes through the aluminum in most cases, unless you hit a piece of tungsten or something.
But, yeah, that’s the view of the sleeve after hitting the rocks and running through the yard a couple of times with all the nails on it. Nails haven’t left any marks that are notable. The only real notable marks are just kind of on this edge here—just those little nicks out of the edge and those scratches. So, yeah, that’s the aluminum sleeve. If you had a PVC one, you’d probably be ordering a new one from us, so consider it.
All right, here’s a durability test for the new aluminum sleeve that fits our new hanging magnetics. So that’s a Massey 265, and we’re going to back over it to see what it does to the —big hit. It hit hard—got to go.
All right, here we go, take two. There you go, up and over. Let’s see if we got any damage on that thing. So we just ran this new magnet over with the new aluminum sleeve. We ran it over with a 7,000 lb tractor, right on the front wheels, where there’s a lot of weight from the engine and everything. So this aluminum sleeve fits on all of our hanging magnets that are the 4-1/2 by 4-1/2 size.
So, after running it over with the tractor, it should still work fine. It’s got the plastic bushings in the corner to prevent friction from aluminum on aluminum, and if we did dent anything, there might be a small amount of aluminum, like, touching the housing, but it should still be riding on those plastic bushings, so it’ll come off easy.
So we’ll see. This one’s the new NYX magnet, so to take it off, just got to pull the linchpin out, see the bushing, then the wheel, and then there’s a latch on either side that holds the sleeve on—this comes with all sides already done. Hopefully, the audio is okay, and we’ll see if we can still pull it off after running it over with a 7,000 lb tractor. Pretty smooth. So there you go—there’s your durability of our new aluminum.
A: Internal PVC rails prevent friction while removing steel
B: Extra reinforcement on bottom of sleeve where impacts happen most
C: Ribs on aluminum sleeve prevents excess debris build up at end of sleeve
The Nyx Heavy Duty Hanging Magnetic Sweeper comes standard with an Aluminum Quick Clean Off Sleeve. This sleeve won’t get stuck from the crush forces of the collected debris pressing it to the magnet and slides on PVC rails to reduce friction. When pulling the sleeve off, there is an extendable stainless-steel handle that allows the user to pull the sleeve off from a standing position.
After making, uh, what was that, 4 minutes of passes here at Tri Recycling, we’re going to see what we’ve collected. So these guys do regularly sweep this area with magnets that they got from us, but we’re going to see what we got on this thing, because, you know, you don’t get everything every time.
So again, to clean it off, you do pull the lynch pin out, pull this little spacer out, pop the wheel off, and then try not to get everything covered in mud. Then there’s a latch on this side—pop that open, come around the other side, pop that latch open, and then there’s a handle over here, which you can—uh—comes out of the magnet, comes out of the magnet, and then you pull—comes right off.
So this glides really nicely because there’s PVC bushings in the sides, so you don’t have to worry about aluminum-on-aluminum friction. And then this pops out. And yeah, that’s—let’s see if we can get a little tighter on that—so that’s the pile of debris we’ve picked up so far just going near the shingles landfill section here at Tri Recycling. So we’ll use our power stick and that bucket and put it all away, and then keep going.
So now that we’ve, uh, cleaned the debris off here, everything’s covered in mud, so—and look at that, it seems to be sliding on pretty easy. Yeah, so that’s nice, bushing is doing their job there. So yeah, once you get that back on, get your wheels back on, you’re ready to go again.
This is a closer detailed view of the clean-off procedure on the new NYX magnetic sweeper. So like I said earlier in the video, there’s a lynch pin on this side that holds this wheel on, and then a spacer that has a hole through it so the pin can go through it and then go through the axle, which, you know, stops shut and it’s connected, and then your wheel comes off.
So this is a foam-filled Carlisle flat-free wheel, 10 in, a little bit of an upgrade over the older ones. And then there’s a little aluminum latch on either side, so this is the side I’m going to pull from because that’s where the handle is, and then there’s one on the other side.
So once you’ve got both of these, uh, little latches flipped over—they just obviously brace against the magnet to prevent the sleeve from coming off either way and hit the wheel—so once these are both flipped over, I just flipped one on the other side, there’s a nice handle here that comes out and allows you to pull off the sleeve without bending over the whole time.
So you can see it flips up here, and then you just pull, nice and easy, all the way back, and you can see the nails getting wiped off by the ribs of the sleeve. So those ribs are there just to make sure that everything comes off at once rather than start flipping over on the back. And then you just pull it, let it drop, and everything comes off in a nice pile.
So we get our lovely assistant here to pull off all the debris. So once you’ve gotten your glove and got someone else to clean up the bottom of the magnet for you, because there is sharp stuff down there—we are picking up nails—all you got to do is just get rid of this. We’re going to use a power stick because it’s the easiest way to do it without having to pick everything up off the ground. And then once this is all cleaned up, I’ll show you how to put this sleeve back on.
All right, there’s our second batch of collected debris.
Okay, so once everything is cleaned up, all the debris is off the ground and off the bottom of the magnet here, then you can slide your sleeve back on. So let’s just get a shot of the sleeve here. So here’s a bit of a closer view of the sleeve, and that little black strip there is some, uh, PVC that just acts like—kind of like a bushing to prevent friction from the aluminum on aluminum, and that allows just for the sleeve to go on nice and easy, and it shouldn’t be—you don’t have to worry about, like, dirt or aluminum getting in between the sleeve and the magnet. If you have the same material, one on the other, there tends to be some friction.
So this is just—line it back up, can be a little cumbersome because it’s a long sleeve, but it’s pretty easy, and then just push her back on. So again, flip your latch over—that’s one side, that’s the other side—and then flip your handle back over. There’s a little ridge here just to retain the handle.
Then put your tire back on this side. I—you need to figure it out on the second try, but might as well tell you. And then bushing, or this little spacer here, has got a hole in it for the, uh, lynch pin to go through. Line that up with the hole on the axle, and then just put your pin through, just like that.
Mounting the Nyx Heavy Duty Hanging Magnetic Sweeper on a Kubota UTV snow plow mounting system allows the operator to watch where the edge of the magnet is and pick up metal debris before it hits the tires. Having the magnet on the front of your vehicle is more maneuverable and makes the magnet the first point of contact for nails and other puncture hazards rather than the machine’s tires. The Kubota Snow plow Mount for Hanging Brackets allows the use of any Bluestreak hanging bracket on the front of a Kubota equipped with their snow plow system. Hanging bracket E allows for easy height adjustment using screw driven cable actuators. Check out these videos for more information on the Kubota Snow plow Mount for Hanging brackets and Hanging Bracket E.
So, attaching this NYX magnetic sweeper to the front of this Kubota is our new Kubota bracket. This attaches to, like, the Kubota snow plow mount system, and then from that we have our new bracket—E bracket, number E if you prefer.
And the fancy thing with this one is it has these little actuators on the side that pull this rope up and down. So what the rope does is it takes the tension off the magnet. So, without lifting it or getting a forklift or ratchet straps or anything like that, all you have to do to adjust your sweeping height—I mean, it doesn’t matter on this setup because this Kubota has the hydraulics to go up and down—but if this was mounted rigid on the back of a truck, you would need to manually move these chains up and down to adjust your sweeping height.
So this bracket E has it built in. You can get a drill, put it on the end here with your 13/16 socket, and it’ll wind the magnet up. So you do that on either side; it’ll pull this magnet up and relieve the tension on the chains. And then, once you’ve got it at your desired height, you would just, from there, just adjust your chain links. It’s just got quick couplers on here that unscrew, so if you want it set at this height on the back of your truck, you just adjust your chain so it fits that tension, and then you let it back down. Because these ropes aren’t meant to hold or support the thing fully; it’s just to lift it and lower it to adjust your chain.
So once you’ve got it set at your desired height—like we have it now, we already had it set—but anyways, let it back down until you see the chains go tight. And then, once you see this thing go a bit loose, you want to go a bit back from that so there’s some tension on it. That’ll help stabilize the magnet, like that. So, I’ll do the same on the other side again. You just go until the chains get taut, like that, and then this thing starts to get loose—the blue wire gets loose—go a little back from there so you’ve got some tension on it and you’re good to go.
So that’s not holding the whole weight of the magnet, but it keeps the thing from swinging as much and just helps stabilize everything. If you’re using this magnet and don’t have this bracket, it just comes with another D-ring here, so you just have an additional set of chains to do this instead of this rope. And then, if you’re adjusting the height, you’d have to manually lift the sweeper up and move your…
Okay, so here’s how our new Kubota bracket hooks up to the snowplow system on a Kubota. You’ll see that bright T-handle there—that’s getting grabbed—that is the pin that goes into the bottom of our bracket and that secures everything. Then you’ll see that lug just popped out, so that lug sits in the J hook there, and then the pin goes through the hole at the bottom of the bracket. That’s basically the same system Kubota uses to hold their snowplow on.
So we’ve basically just adapted that system to work with our magnets and our brackets. This bracket is available for sale separately from everything else, and you can bolt any of our existing hanging brackets—A, B, C, D, whatever—they will all bolt to it. So you can mount any one of our hanging magnets on a Kubota with a snowplow if you have it.
And there you go, hooked right back up in 10 seconds—pretty easy. Then everything from there is just bolt-on: just tubing on the top, big bolts going through the hook into the hanging bracket, and those are the same mounting holes as every one of our other hanging brackets. So this is compatible—if you have an existing hanging bracket from us, the snowplow mount’s compatible with it.
A: 6204-2RS Sealed high speed ball bearings
B: 5/8” OD 304 Stainless steel wheel bolt with serrated flange
C: 1300lbs load capacity
D: ADC 12 Cast aluminum hub
E: Precision machined aluminum bushings
F: 85 Shore A high elastic polyurethane
This wheel kit replaces the standard wheel and axle bolt assembly for a heavier duty wheel, hub and axle bolt. This 10” aluminum hub wheel fits on all widths of the Nyx. This wheel is an upgrade that is built of stronger materials that can withstand more abuse in on and offroad settings. The sealed highspeed bearings keep dirt out so the polyurethane tread wheels can spin smoothly. The bearings and wheels are resistant to damage from impacts at speed so if the sweeper is expected to withstand heavy use in rough conditions this wheel will last longer and perform better than the standard option.
See how to easily mount a hanging magnet to the front bumper or rear hitch of your truck using our optional hanging magnet brackets.
A: Hanging Bracket C
B: 2” Inch Reveiver Mount Bracket
If you have a 2” inch receiver on either the front or rear of your vehicle you can mount a hanging magnet using one of the available Hanging Brackets (check the Hanging Bracket Selection Chart and FIT Guidelines to determine which based on the size of hanging magnet you choose), and the 2” inch Receiver Mount Bracket. These accessories are available for purchase and will be recommended accessories when you checkout.
A: Bumper Mount Bracket A
B: Hanging Bracket B
If you have a flat steel bumper on your commercial truck, you can mount a hanging magnet using one of the available Hanging Brackets (check the Hanging Bracket Selection Chart and FIT Guidelines to determine which based on the size of a hanging magnet you choose), and Bumper Mount Bracket A.
A: Push until holes line up
B: 2” inch receiver on truck
C: 2.5” inch to 2” inch steel receiver adaptor sleeve
If you have a 2.5” inch receiver on either the front or rear of your vehicle you can mount a hanging magnet using one of the available hanging brackets with the 2” inch receiver mount bracket and the 2.5” to 2” inch steel receiver adaptor sleeve accessory.
A: Hanging bracket D with easy height adjustment for hanging magnets with outrigger
Hanging Bracket D is compatible with the same magnets as Hanging Bracket C but features screw driven cable actuators on both ends for easy height adjustment (not needed if sweeper has built in height adjustment features).
A: Hanging Bracket E attaches to snowplow mount
B: Kubota snowplow mount for hanging bracket works with all Bluestreak hanging brackets
Hanging Bracket E is compatible with the same magnets as Hanging Bracket B (except Wrasse & Gobie) but features screw driven cable actuators on both ends for easy height adjustment (not needed if sweeper has built in height adjustment features).
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