What you should know before hiring a street sweeper.
It's easy to pick any company for a sweeping job. It is more difficult to exceed
your expectation of price and quality. We recommend you consider the
following tips:
Hire a company that
changes its brooms on a monthly basis so that the brooms pick up trash
and compact dirt. Brooms that are worn to a nub are practically useless.
Hire
a company that sets its brooms fully on the ground as opposed to a
sharp angle or lightly touching the ground. Sharp angles and light
touching only serve to shuffle dirt and debris rather than remove it.
Companies to this to save money.
Hire
a company with a back-end lift hoppers. Back-end lift hoppers are the
most versatile as it allows dumping onto the ground, a dumpster,
forklift, and hauling trucks. You cannot afford to hire a sweeper with
a bottom-dump while trucks are hauling dirt out of your construction
site as that requires you to hire a forklift operator to remove the
dumped dirt.
Hire
a company with a large hopper. When you hire a sweeper all day, the
last thing you want is your sweeper to be dumping every half-hour or
hour. Hire a company with a hopper that needs no dumping for a full day!
Hire a company with machines that meet and exceed South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule 1186 certified sweepers.
Hire
a company that is owner-operated. Owners treat your job site as if it
is theirs. Owners take greater care and concern for safety and quality
work.
Hire a company with a water tank, pump, and spray nozzle system to elminate dust.
Hire a company that is available 24/7 and capable of doing your job on very short notice.
Hire a company that gets out of its sweeper to scrape packed dirt and hand sweeps sidewalks when necessary.
Hire a company that will be honest with you. You do not want a sweeper that blows dirt around instead of picking it up.
Hire a company with a flexible minimum, such as a 3-hour rate, 8-hour rate, 40-hour rate, and yearly pricing.
You want us for your next job! Hire Alpha Omega Sweeping for your next job. Call (619) 654-3509 or email deborah@alphaomegasweeping.com.