This past week the work crews came around to our neighborhood and picked up all the rocks that they had put down in the winter (over here they don't use salt, or a salt/sand, or a salt/sand/rock mix they put down straight rocks). One of the guys here was saying that they pick up the little rocks and save them over the summer to be used again next winter. To pick the rocks up though, they don't use a lot of people with brooms and shovels instead they have mini street sweepers that fit down the small sidewalks that do the work for them (granted there is a person with a shovel to get the few that the sidewalk sweepers miss).
The street sweepers back home are some big machines, where these little guys will fit right down the sidewalk no problem, and they aren't intimidating if they are coming right at you from 10 feet away.When they pick up the rocks it means that spring is for sure here (and it has been beautiful out), I just hope mother nature doesn't pull some WI weather stuff and send some more snow this way.
These street sweeper cars can accomplish the job of more than one street sweeper at a fraction of the time and cost, so there's no surprise that local governments are beginning to use these frequently. There are also models that can be used as a sweeper or a mini-bulldozer, which are perfect for clearing out roads during winter. Have you encountered similar vehicles since then?
ReplyDeleteDarryl Houssand @ Haaker Equipment Company