Large Nut Wizard- Nut Picker Upper for Black Walnuts and Sweet Gumball Rake 17"

I ordered the largest, 17" "Large Nut Wizard- Nut Picker Upper for Black Walnuts and Sweet Gumball Rake," while crossing my fingers that it would pick up apples and pears. Otherwise, I would have to return it. When I put it together, I was skeptical because the wires were so close together. We live in the Rocky Mountains, so our growing season isn't as long as elsewhere and our apples get, on average about 3" wide, but some larger. This rake is so slick (as in amazing and cool) at picking up both apples and pears. It is absolutely amazing. My 4-year-old grandson loves it and can use it easily and I help him empty it. I was completely shocked at how well it picks up apples. and pears. I purchased it for my 85-year-old dad when he needs it, but most of the time the kids and grandkids are there to use it and pick up all the fallen apples and pears for him. I wish it felt more sturdy, but it's been overworked and is still going strong. For as much as we've used it, I will always own one!!!

If you have ever spent more than 30 seconds picking up Black Walnuts, you know what a killer it is on your back, it makes your hands smell and it takes forever. THE NUT WIZARD CHANGED MY LIFE!!! For over 40 years I have had to deal with the walnut tree forest in my backyard. Hours upon hours of raking and picking up walnuts. Consuming all of my free time and wrecking my back. I happened to see someone using this product as I was driving by their house. I slammed on the brakes, not believing what I had just seen. I knew from that moment on, I would never pick up another walnut again! This product changed my life. I know it sounds dramatic and over the top, but it is the truth! Great quality. Genius product. Turns a terrible, time consuming task into an almost enjoyable time. I will never not use this product!!

This thing really works! Used it to pick up a large number of black walnuts, and they just seem to jump inside the cage. Emptying the cage is easier than I thought it would be with the simple wire gadget that you hang on the side of a 5 gallon bucket. It picks them up no matter what state of decay they’re in, and oftentimes you pick one up hidden in tall grass that you didn’t even know was there. A really good product.

Wow, this thing is freaking awesome. If you are debating whether to buy one or not, just buy it already. I have a black walnut tree (I bought the large nut collector and wire dumper) that makes a giant mess every year and drops walnuts still in their green hulls all over and around my deck. While I can sweep them off my deck, they are especially problematic in the yard where if you walk out there you can turn an ankle just walking into the yard. Normally I push them into a pile with a snow pusher and then scoop them up with a snow shovel. While this works in areas where they are concentrated, it is more trouble than it is worth in other places and I just bend over and pick them up which is literally a pain and time consuming. Frankly I didn’t have a high expectation level for this product as it seems too good to be true. It just arrived today and I was excited to try it out. I literally had a 5-gallon bucket full of walnuts in about a minute. I am ordering a second one so my wife and I can share the fun. It is actually fun to use this tool, just walk back and forth and it picks up the black walnuts still in their hulls very easily. Don’t forget to get the wire dumper as it clips on a 5-gallon bucket and you just slide the nut picker over it, turn it sideways and shake the nuts into the bucket. Actually going to slide the wire dumper over the edge of my wheelbarrow as I typically get a wheelbarrow full or more each time I clean up the walnuts. Awesome product, totally exceeded my expectations and is worth every penny.

The media could not be loaded. About 30 years ago, I acquired the property where I now live. There is a big wooded hillside behind it. And that hillside is covered with black walnut trees. Starting in August, my backyard trees start dropping walnuts all over the place. And they are not walnuts like you see in the baking aisle of the supermarket, all shelled and cleaned and bagged. No, my walnuts are like green tennis balls. Big enough to damage my mower blades. And definitely big enough to cause someone to twist an ankle or worse. If left on the ground, in a few days the walnuts turn black and speckle the yard with rot. So the fallen walnuts have to be picked up. If this does not sound like that much work to you, it is because you have not done it. I have walnuts by the hundred, my friend. Each one requiring a bending-over-and-throwing-in-a-bucket action. It gets old very quickly. I have tried hiring kids to do it, but even with a sliding scale pay incentive they quickly get sick of the job, too. Then along came a miracle product that almost makes the job fun. It’s called Nut Wizard. And it is absolutely ingenious. When I first got mine last year, I was so excited I would actually take the simple device along with a couple of walnuts on visits to friends. I just had to show them. I compare it to a magician doing a sleight of hand trick. One second there is a walnut on the ground. The next it is inside the Nut Wizard’s rolling cage. I can pick up 50 walnuts in a couple of minutes. This year I have gathered more than three large wheelbarrows full of walnuts with this clever tool. I even made a video to show you how it works. And even if you do not have a walnut problem at your house I think you will enjoy watching. At the very least it is a perfect demonstration of what now passes for entertainment in our pandemic ravaged world.

This thing is great! I purchased it for my father who has a gigantic black walnut tree in his backyard. It does a great job picking up the fallen nuts. It’s important to not expect perfection, it isn’t a Hoover. It took a week for someone to finally google how to use the nut-getter-outer part, but it’s surprisingly simple and effective. I feel like using one a size smaller would help pick up some of the smaller nuts and pieces the bigger one misses, but overall I am very satisfied with the time and labor this saves.