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How to Sweep a Porous Asphalt Pavement Construction Site
Additional steps were required by Algonquin Sweeping & Striping for proper sweeping. As the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program continues to gain momentum in the construction industry sweeping contractors may begin to see an increase in the use of porous asphalt pavement. Whether receiving requests to sweep construction sites or existing pavement, […]
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Sweepin’ at the Chicagoland Speedway
Photos of the TYMCO Model 500x and Model 435 delivering a clean sweep at the Chicagoland Speedway.
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Commercial Property Maintenance Operates on Dependability, Pride and Communication
Willard Brent achieves success through equipment, employees and customer service. Parking lot sweeping is often a service unknown to people outside of the industry, and Windell Brent was originally a member of that group. Now, nearly 24 years since opening Commercial Property Maintenance, Brent has built a successful business on “Quality through dependability, pride and […]
Learn MoreTYMCO Introduces Conventional Truck Package for the Model 435
Mid-Sized Sweeping with Full-Size Features WACO, Texas—June 15, 2012—TYMCO® today introduced a conventional truck package for the TYMCO Model 435® based on the International® DuraStar® that brings all of the advantages of a conventional truck while maintaining features existing TYMCO owners with cabover trucks expect. This package delivers operator friendly ergonomics, easy truck engine serviceability […]
Learn MoreFine-Tuning Street Cleaning
San Angelo, TX, home of the Concho River that flows through the downtown area and three lakes, is a lot like many cities that sprang up along the banks of a river. Stormwater runoff affects the viability of drinking water and the ecosystem not only of San Angelo, but also of several communities located downstream. […]
Learn MoreWhat Needs Cleaning?
For cleaning sewers or streets, these companies make the equipment to get the job done. Just as in most modern households, vacuum technology gets the cleaning job done for street sweeping and sewer cleaning. Due to the debris collected, the systems vary a bit, but the object of the exercise is still the same: pick […]
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Regenerative Air vs. Vacuum Sweepers: Which One is Right for Your Business?
For street sweeping applications, debris mostly collects within three feet of a curb line, and the need for a vacuum sweeper came about as a result of that fact, as they are specifically designed to collect debris within that area. As time goes on, though, and innovations in the sweeper market hit the street year […]
Learn MoreTYMCO Offers COMDEX
Streamlined Sweeper Packaging for Conventional Truck Chassis WACO, Texas—April 1, 2011—TYMCO® today offers COMDEX®, a TYMCO Model 600® package for the International® DuraStar® conventional truck chassis that allows TYMCO owners to have all the extra water and storage capacity of having their Model 600 mounted on a cabover truck without giving up the advantages of […]
Learn MoreNo Challenge—or Sweep—is Too Big for the Mall of America
The numbers alone are intimidating. Fifty-seven acres. Four million square feet of parking decks. Almost four miles of road surfaces. And all of this is in snowy Minnesota, to boot. Welcome to the Mall of America. Street sweepers, property managers and others responsible for commercial pavement know that keeping their lots and sidewalks clear of […]
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Commercial Property Maintenance Emphasizes Dependability, Pride and Communication
CPM has a total of 11 sweepers. They mostly operate TYMCO 210s, along with a Silent Knight, for parking area sweeping. The company also has a TYMCO 600 for heavier sweeping work, and the others are smaller broom machines like Power Boss units. They also have a variety of other rolling stock. It was in […]
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