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Johnston VT652 vacuum street sweeper
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Johnston, a BUCHER Company
The importance of choosing the right street sweeper for the right job
By Matt Starnes
S
ometimes, as John and Valerie
Dewitz learned, finding a solu-
tion can end up causing more
problems than you started with.
This was not the case a few years ago
when the married owners of Above
& Beyond Hydroseed in Ridgefield,
Wash., were approached by a client.
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The large builder needed their subdivi-
sion streets swept and wanted to know
if Above & Beyond could add it to their
scope, which already included their
specialties: erosion control and hydro-
seed. This was a few years before they’d
add the Johnston, a Bucher company
VT652 vacuum sweeper to their lineup.
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“Well, I don’t have a sweep truck, but
I could probably sub that out for you,”
John Dewitz responded.
For roughly the next three years, Above
& Beyond hired a subcontractor to
sweep the client’s streets. The results,
though, were underwhelming, said De-
witz. When Above & Beyond’s clients
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