I have a large gum ball tree and my neighbor has one that also falls into my yard. I considered getting mine cut, but I would still need to contend with my neighbor's tree. I've been raking, picking by hand, vacuuming these things for years and nothing works well - until now. The nut wizard makes picking up these things manageable. I was reluctant to try this after reading a review about the gum ball stems. The only problem I had with the stems is that sometimes a ball or two doesn't want to leave the basket because the stem gets caught. Not really a big deal, I just pull the those out. Overall it works very well and I am really pleased. Other than cutting down the tree, this is the best solution I've found for picking up gum balls. Well worth the price.

Submitted by: Customer on 05/09/2016 05:11:15 PM

My boyfriend spent his entire life hand picking black walnuts off the ground each fall in the backyard. I surprised him with this and he was shocked into silence (which is rare), only after a few minutes was he able to whisper "My childhood was a lie" and he immediately went outside to test it. It's a wonderful product and I recommend it to anyone who has a walnut tree.

Submitted by: Diana on 02/01/2015 05:47:30 PM

I have three huge walnut trees in my yard, and this year they dropped thousands and thousands of ankle-breaking nuts. Out of desperation, I purchased this picker-upper to see if it might save me the back-breaking task of picking them up by hand. What a great tool! I filled my yard wagon to heaping in a leisurely, and somewhat enjoyable, hour. Money well spent...worth it's weight in walnuts.

Submitted by: Ron on 12/26/2014 12:59:19 PM

What a brilliant piece of engineering. Someone did the math to figure out just how much tension needs to be on those wires to level sweet gum balls off of the lawn or the road. Nicely done. Aim for the widest part of the circumference and this thing works like a dream.

Submitted by: Hendell on 12/21/2014 11:26:37 PM

Pros: LOVE IT 10 stars

After many years of stumbling over black walnuts, I found the nut wizard. It is a wonder. Picks up walnuts in a flash. The kids and neighbors fight to get a turn to wield it's power! I picked up a garden wagon full of walnuts easily in about 15 minutes, but who was counting as it was so fun to see the darn things disappear. So, the horses were watching, they think walnuts in the hull are pears. They neighed to me, - Try it to pick up some pears for us! Yup, worked like a champ. Picked up 4 buckets of pears while the horses applauded in the corral. EVERYONE and thing at my farm is so happy we have the Nut Wizard. Picks up apples too!

Submitted by: Walking Tall on 10/30/2014 12:18:05 PM

Be gone sweet gum balls. I never liked you anyway. This does a good job with them.

Submitted by: Sara on 02/27/2014 01:30:04 AM