Shunt/Yard Truck
Types of Shunt or Yard Truck Magnets
There is really only 1 type of magnet suited best for use on shunt or yard trucks:
Hanging Magnets
Hanging magnets are the magnet type of choice for Shunt Trucks or Yard Trucks. They are usually hung from the front bumper of the Yard Truck to allow you to pick up debris before you drive over it. They can be simple or contain many features to improve their ease of use and usefulness.
A Hanging Magnet for ease of use and improved usability
Keep it raised or lower it!
An ISO magnetic sweeper is a hanging magnet specifically designed for ease of use and improved usability. It allows you to leave the magnet permanently mounted, enabling you to lower and deploy the magnet for use when needed, and then easily raise and secure it when not needed or for transport between locations.
The ISO is designed with “bumper wheels” that keep the magnet off the ground if you hit a pot hole or bump and multiple mounting points keep this magnet where it should be.
Easily raise and lower the magnet. A Quick Clean Off Sleeve also makes cleaning off the magnet quick and easy. The ISO comes in multiple widths.
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A hanging magnet made for front mounting on shunt and yard trucks
With 10” inch x 3” inch wide flat proof Bumper wheels.
The EIGER was designed for those slightly more off-road surfaces with more uneven surfaces such as dirt and gravel where potholes and bumps exist.
Designed with wide wheels to stay on top of those surfaces, and also designed with a greater minimum sweeping height of 2.5”inches to prevent the sweeper from hitting the ground.
Comes standard with black PVC Quick Clean Off Sleeve for easy debris removal, and 4 hanging chains with 8 quick clips to hang the EIGER from your vehicle.
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For extra ground strike protection!
With wheeled outriggers and bump wheels to protect the magnet.
The AETHER magnetic sweeper was designed for those bumpy dirt and gravel yards of trucking terminals, warehouses and trailer yards. If you have a shunt truck working in areas where more ground strike prevention is needed to protect the magnet than the EIGER provides, but less ground strike prevention than the REMORAS provides the AETHER may just be the perfect balance of ground strike prevention, allowing you to operate worry free.
The 10” x 3” flat proof bump wheels on the ends prevent the magnet from hitting the ground and from sinking into loose surfaces, and the wheeled outriggers provide additional ground strike prevention in the middle of the magnet’s overall length.
Maximum lifting height of 9” inches (using a 2 ½ inch nail). Measuring Magnetic Sweeper pickup power and performance.
Comes standard with a black PVC Quick Clean Off Sleeve for quick and easy debris removal. Also includes 6 stabilizing chains with 12 quick clips to the AETHER from your vehicle
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Economical Shunt/Yard Truck Hanging Magnet. Versatile, solid magnet bar.
With bump wheels for some added protection.
The Wrasse magnetic bar is the most economical hanging magnet design option because you’re paying for just a big magnet bar. Hang it underneath with the two included mounting chains and you’re off and ready to go! The Wrasse comes in three different magnet strengths and different widths to suit your budget and needs. But if your vehicle bounces around a lot such that the magnet could hit the ground a lot as well, this may not be the best option. It’s the most economical but you must be careful to ensure the magnet won’t hit the ground. This usually causes people to mount them too high to be effective. It can however, be a competent solution in flat even surface conditions.
There is also an optional Quick Clean Off Sleeve for the Wrasse 3"x 3" and 4.5″ x 4.5″ which makes cleaning debris off the magnet bar easy.
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For Flat Asphalt and Concrete roads and yards!
The PYR hanging magnet was designed for flat terrain and “on road” type uses where not much ground strike prevention is needed. “On road” type bump wheels are provided on the ends to eliminate magnet strikes due to occasional potholes, incline ramps and speed bump type obstacles.
Choose from 2 different models with different magnet strengths, and 6 different magnet lengths from 3 to 8 feet, to get the perfect setup for your application.
Maximum lifting height of 6” inches (using a 2 ½ inch nail) for the PYR 3”x3” model, and 9 ¼” inches for the PYR 4.5”x4.5” model. Measuring Magnetic Sweeper pickup power and performance.
Also includes 4 stabilizing chains with 8 quick clips to hang the PYR from your vehicle.
Standard debris clean off method is to wipe the magnet clean with a glove or rag. However a black PVC Quick Clean Off Sleeve accessory may be purchased separately for quick and easy debris removal.
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Off Road Hanging Magnet Designed to be raised or lowered, as needed.
With Quick Clean Off Sleevee
The KHAMSIN hanging magnet was designed for more “off road” applications such as gravel, sand, and dirt roads and yards, or grass covered areas. Ideal for rural roads or gravel roadsides. Ideal for gravel parking lots and driveways.
The Khamsin design allows you to leave the magnet permanently mounted, enabling you to lower and deploy the magnet for use when needed, and then easily raise and secure it when not needed or for transport between locations.
Larger 10” x 3” flat proof bump wheels keep the magnet from hitting the ground or sinking into softer ground surfaces.
The Khamsin has a slightly higher minimum sweeping height of 2.5” inches compared to the ISO’s minimum sweeping height of 1.75” inches, in order to operate more effectively in off road applications.
A Quick Clean Off Sleeve comes standard for quick and easy debris removal.
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Remote controlled height adjustment without leaving the cab of your vehicle!
With outdoor rated IP65 12-volt DC actuators rated at 562 lbs each and 7.5” inches of up and down movement for remote controlled raising and lowering of magnet from raised travelling to lowered sweeping position.
The ALPHA is the same as the AETHER magnetic sweeper but with the addition of the remote-controlled electric actuators for up and down movement.
Like the AETHER the ALPHA was designed for those off-road dirt and gravel situations where more ground strike prevention is needed.
The 10” x 3” flat proof bump wheels on the ends prevent the magnet from hitting the ground and from sinking into loose surfaces, and the wheeled outriggers provide additional ground strike prevention in the middle of the magnet’s overall length.
Maximum lifting height of 9” inches (using a 2 ½ inch nail). See Gauss strength measurements at various sweeping height distances also available.
Comes standard with a black PVC Quick Clean Off Sleeve for quick and easy debris removal.
A Quick Clean Off Sleeve comes standard for quick and easy debris removal.
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Quick Tips
What do the staff of Bluestreak have to say on the subject of yard truck magnets?
I often see yard truck magnets mounted too high to be effective. Make sure you’re hanging the magnet low enough given the strength of the magnet you have. Look at the magnet’s maximum pickup height, and ensure you hang it no more than about half of that height so that it has maximum effectiveness and works while your yard truck is moving.
Brian - Bluestreak Equipment
What do the staff of Bluestreak have to say on the subject of yard truck magnets?
In commercial environments one of the biggest problems is getting someone to clean the magnet off. No one wants to do it, but if you don’t do it the effectiveness of your magnet decreases as more debris gets stuck to it. So spend the extra money for a magnet that has a quick and easy clean off solution that people won’t mind using.
Judy - Bluestreak Equipment
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6 Questions to Ask Before Buying a Shunt or Yard Truck Magnet
How great is your shunt truck suspension?
Trucks obviously have suspension and they absorb bumps but when they do, the height of the truck from the ground changes, and therefore any hanging magnet can hit the ground. And the rougher the ground, the more likely this is. So what’s going to prevent the magnet from hitting the ground if your truck suspension compresses 4 inches, or if it does what will protect the magnet? It’s something to consider when selecting a hanging magnet.
What type of debris do you want to pick up?
Make sure the magnet strength matches the type of debris you expect to be picking up. If you want to pick up heavy metal debris a light weight small magnet probably won’t do the job.
How easy is the yard truck magnet to clean off?
A magnet may work very well at picking up debris, but how easy is it to clean off? Think through how you would clean the magnet off step by step. Make sure it makes sense to you and your situation. We try and do this for you so that clean off isn’t a difficult or time-consuming task, but some manufacturers don’t. Pay attention to the details of how this will work from start to finish, right up to the point of getting the debris in the garbage or scrap bin.
How good is the magnet at hanging on to the debris that it picks up?
You are not going to be cleaning your magnet off constantly, so it’s important that when your magnet does pick up a nail or screw that the magnet secures the debris so that it won’t fall off if the magnet is suddenly shaken because of a bump or if the bottom of the magnet hits the ground and the debris is wiped backward on the magnet. The last thing you want is for the debris to fall off again. Make sure your magnet has some feature like our “Wrap Around Feature”, it not only makes sure debris doesn’t get wiped off the bottom of the magnet, it makes the debris holding capacity higher and you’ll find in practice that most of your debris ends up on the side of your magnet not the bottom of it. And that’s a good indication to you why we have this feature.
What is the strength of the magnet?
We want to make sure our products meet your expectations. Therefore, make sure you look at our “maximum lifting height” specifications for each magnet option. We bench test every one of our magnetic sweeper models to determine their maximum lifting height of a two-and-a-half-inch standard nail. Everyone knows what a two-and-a-half-inch nail looks like which is why we use this standard measure of magnet strength and it will give you a very good idea of magnet performance.
What terrain and in what conditions will you be working in?
The rougher, dirtier terrain your Yard Truck operates in the stronger the magnet your likely going to want, because the magnet will have to be set higher to avoid constantly hitting the ground. The magnet will also need to pick up debris through some dirt therefore you need a stronger magnet. The rougher the terrain that exists because of things like bumps and pot holes, more you will want or favor a magnet that has some protection built in to the design to either deal with the abuse of hitting the ground or being able to move out of the way when it does hit the ground to prevent damage.
The maximum lifting height of the Shunt/Yart Truck Magnets;
ISO | 9inches
Eiger | 9 and 1/4 inches
Aether | 9 inches
Wrasse 2" x 5" | 4 and 3/4 inches
Wrasse 3" x 3" | 6 inches
Wrasse 4.5" x 4.5" | 8 and 1/2 inches
PYR 3" x 3" | 6 inches
PYR 4.5" x 4.5" | 9 and 1/4 inches
Khamsin | 9 inches
Alpha | 9 inches
For more information on Pickup Power follow this link: “Measuring Pickup Power and Performance in Magnetic Sweepers”
| Product | Max Lift Height | Weight | Widths | Height Adj. | Wheel Type | Clean-off Method | Terrain Surface | Pricing | Purchase |
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| ISO |
9" | 210 lbs, 251 lbs, 292 lbs, 332 lbs | 62", 74", 86", 98" | Continuously adjustable. | 5” Dynatread Thermoplastic Rubber wheels with polypropylene hubs and 5/8 inch ball bearings rated at 300 lbs capacity each. | Comes standard with a Quick Clean Off Sleeve | All Terrain | $2,549.99 USD – $3,109.99 USDBuy Here |
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| Eiger |
9.25" | 124lbs, 158lbs, 192lbs, 226lbs, 259lbs, 292lbs | 38", 50", 62", 74", 86", 98" | Yes – by changing mounting height. | 10” x 3” foam filled flat proof wheels with Steel hubs and 5/8 inch ball bearings rated at 100kg (220 lbs) capacity each | Quick Clean Off Sleeve comes standard. | All Terrain | $919.99 USD – $2,419.99 USDBuy Here |
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Aether
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9" | 230 lbs, 264 lbs, 297 lbs, 330 lbs | 62", 74", 86", 98" | Yes, by changing hanging height. Minimum 2.5“ recommended hanging height 3” to 5“ maximum. | 10” x 3” foam filled flat proof wheels with Steel hubs and 5/8 inch ball bearings rated at 100kg (220 lbs) capacity each | Comes standard with a Quick Clean Off Sleeve. | All Terrain | $2,979.99 USD – $3,589.99 USDBuy Here |
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Wrasse 2"x5"
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4 3/4" | 24lbs, 35lbs, 47lbs, 58lbs, 70lbs, 81lbs, 93lbs | 26", 38", 50", 62", 74", 86", 98" | Change suspension height by rising or lowering the chains to a maximum height of 3". | None | Wipe clean with glove or rag. | Flat Surfaces | $459.99 USDBuy Here -$839.99 USDBuy Here |
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Wrasse 3"x3"
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6" | 28lbs, 40lbs, 53lbs 65lbs, 77lbs, 89lbs,102lbs | 26", 38", 50", 62", 74", 86", 98" | Change suspension height by rising or lowering the chains to a maximum height of 4". | None | Wipe clean with glove or rag. Also available with a Quick Clean Off Sleeve accessory. | Flat Surfaces | $479.99 USDBuy Here -$959.99 USDBuy Here |
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Wrasse 4.5"x4.5"
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8 1/2" | 65lbs, 93lbs, 120lbs, 148lbs, 175lbs, 203lbs, 230lbs | 26", 38", 50", 62", 74", 86", 98" | Change suspension height by rising or lowering the chains to a maximum height of 5". | None | Wipe clean with glove or rag. Also available with a Quick Clean Off Sleeve accessory. | Flat Surfaces | $629.99 USDBuy Here -$1,479.99 USDBuy Here |
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| Pyr 3"x3" |
6" | 42 lbs, 54 lbs, 66 lbs, 79 lbs, 91 lbs, 103 lbs | 38", 50", 62", 74", 86", 98" | Change suspension height by raising or lowering the hanging chains to a maximum of 4". | 7" diamond tread lawnmower wheel with steel hub and 1/2 inch ball bearings | Wipe clean with glove or rag. Optional Quick Clean Off Sleeve accessory also available.. | Flat Surfaces | $859.99 USDBuy Here -$1,279.99 USDBuy Here |
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 Pyr 4.5"x4.5" |
9 1/4" | 126 lbs, 160 lbs, 193 lbs, 227 lbs, 260 lbs, 293 lbs | 38", 50", 62", 74", 86", 98" | Change suspension height by raising or lowering the hanging chains to a maximum of 5". | 5" Dynatread Thermoplastic Rubber Wheels with Polypropylene Hubs and 5/8 inch ball bearings rated at 300 lbs capacity each | Wipe clean with glove or rag. Optional Quick Clean Off Sleeve accessory also available. | Flat Surfaces | $1,279.99 USDBuy Here -$2,009.99 USDBuy Here |
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| Khamsin |
9" | 191 lbs, 225 lbs, 258 lbs, 291 lbs | 62", 74", 86", 98" | Yes, minimum 2.5" with wheel on the ground, 3" recommended, 5" inch maximum | 10” x 3” Foam Filled flat proof bump wheels with steel hubs and 5/8” ball bearings rated at 100 kg (220 lbs) capacity each | Comes standard with a Quick Clean Off Sleeve | All Terrain | $2,339.99 USD – $2,889.99 USDBuy Here |
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| Alpha |
9" | 328 lbs, 361 lbs | 86”, 98” | Yes , 2 ½” minimum, recommended from 3” to 5” maximum, remote controlled raising and lowering of magnet from raised travelling to lowered sweeping position. | 10" x 3" foam filled flat proof wheels with 5/8" ball bearings, each with a 100 kg (220 lb) rating | Quick Clean Off Sleeve | All Terrain | $4,939.99 USD – $5,119.99 USDBuy Here |
Add a magnetic sweeper to your shunt or yard truck and pick up metal debris while you work.
Why use a shunt or yard truck magnet?
Shunt Trucks or Yard Trucks are really a simplified version of a semi truck you see on the road everyday. They are used to move truck trailers on location around truck yards and distribution terminals or short distances from one location to another.
Because these truck yards and distribution terminals usually have a lot debris because of all the truck traffic and the unloading and loading of goods onto and off trucks, the Shunt trucks are usually fitted with a magnet to pick up the debris since it traverses the full scope of the yard already. This keeps flat tires to a minimum.
Add Optional Hanging Bracket Accessories to Make Mounting Easy
If you have a flat steel bumper as there is on many commercial shunt and yard trucks as shown in the picture to the left you can mount one of our hanging magnetic sweepers using Bumper Mount Bracket A and a Hanging Bracket. There are three different Hanging Brackets; A, B and C. Hanging Bracket B is shown in the picture to the left with the Eiger 86 4.5x4.5 magnetic sweeper, but the Hanging Bracket selection is based on the type and length of magnetic sweeper chosen. See our Hanging Bracket Selection Chart and FIT Guidelines to determine which Hanging Bracket you need.
How The Quick Clean Off Sleeve Works
The ISO comes standard with a Quick Clean Off Sleeve. And you can purchase an optional Quick Clean Off Sleeve for the strongest Wrasse model (the 4.5″ x 4.5″).
The new Quick Clean Off Sleeve design is made from extruded PVC and infected molded PVC end caps.
Just slide the sleeve off and all the debris falls off on the one side.
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All of our products are designed and manufactured on site at our facilities in Ontario, Canada.
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