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“ They were using regenerative air sweepers , which are not as effective on the porous asphalt application we had .
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A few years back , Above & Beyond received a request from a large client that fell outside of their then core specialty services . The builder needed the subdivision streets of one of their projects swept and wanted to know if Above & Beyond could handle the job of thoroughly and professionally cleaning the streets .
John and Valerie Dewitz , married owners of Above & Beyond Hydroseed were then faced with the choice -- decline their good customer ' s request or do what they could to help out with this unanticipated request . This was a few years before they would add the Bucher Municipal V65t vacuum sweeper to their equipment fleet .
The response to the client was , “ We don ’ t have a sweep truck , but we ' ll subcontract that out for you and manage it to make sure it ' s done right .”
For roughly the next three years , Above & Beyond hired a subcontractor to sweep the client ' s requests for street sweeping . Unfortunately , the results were lacking , according to John Dewitz . When Above & Beyond ' s client voiced their displeasure , the subcontractor responded to the concern by bringing in multiple sweeping machines for a task that should only require one .
“ As we looked deeper into the problem , we learned that the subcontractor was using the wrong type of street sweeper ,” stated John Dewitz . “ They were using regenerative air sweepers , which are not as effective on the porous asphalt application we had . The regenerative air street sweepers weren ’ t adequately picking up the particulates in the

“ They were using regenerative air sweepers , which are not as effective on the porous asphalt application we had .

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