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A Johnston Sweepers Porous Asphalt Success Storyby Matt Starnes
Sometimes, as John and Valerie Dewitz learned, finding a solution can end up causing more problems than you started with.That was the case a few years ago when the married owners of Above & Beyond Hydroseed in Ridgefield, Washington, were approached by a client. The large builder needed their subdivision streets swept and wanted to know if Above & Beyond could add it to their scope, which already included their specialties: erosion control and hydroseed. This was a few years before they'd add the Johnston, a Bucher company VT652 vacuum sweeper to their lineup. "Well, I don't have a sweep truck, but I could probably sub that out for you," John Dewitz responded.
The problem? The subcontractor was using the wrong type of street sweepers – regenerative sweepers – for the porous asphalt application.
"It seemed capable of doing everything that we were looking for and we decided to make the purchase," said Dewitz. "With the Johnston VT652 that we purchased, it seems to be performing well, and we're starting to get the results that we're looking for." Not only do the results look better, said Dewitz, but using the Johnston VT652 has also boosted efficiency and productivity. The fact that I'm not taking three trucks out to do one job is going to be a huge saving as well," said Dewitz. "On certain sites, on some larger sites mainly, we're seeing about a two-hour difference as far as the sweep time. That's on a site with about 100 home sites, probably half of that being in construction. We sweep about, oh, 30 sites a month right now. Overall, that adds up to pretty big savings." All the sediment that wasn't getting picked up by the subcontractor had been ground into the porous pavement month after month. That means the crews at Above & Beyond Hydroseed are still seeing improved results each time they go into the subdivisions.
More importantly, so is their client. Dewitz said he used to hear his client question whether the subcontractor had even done the job. "Now they definitely see that we've been there," said Dewitz. My recommendation is, don't waste time and money. Instead, listen and learn more about Above & Beyond Hydroseed's unique street sweeper application and the solution they found with Johnston's vacuum street sweeper! We have a special Sweepers and Tankers podcast interview with John Dewitz and the full transcript here: https://johnstonsweepers.us/podcast-john-dewitz-above-and-beyond-hydroseed/ Matt Starnes is the Product Marketing Manager for Johnston, a Bucher company, and Bucher Municipal North America. Johnston, a BUCHER company headquarters is located in Mooresville, North Carolina. To learn more, visit JohnstonSweepers.us or call us at 704-658-1333. The Bucher Municipal Center of Excellence is now open in Ontario, California. About Johnston Sweepers
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For roughly the next three years, Above & Beyond hired a subcontractor to sweep the client's streets. The results, though, were underwhelming, said Dewitz. When Above & Beyond's clients began voicing their displeasure as well,
the subcontractor responded by bringing
in multiple trucks for projects that
only needed one.
When you have a name like Above &
Beyond, it's hard to accept lackluster
results. So, realizing the subcontractor's
regenerative air street sweepers
weren't adequately picking up the particulates
in the porous asphalt application,
John, Valerie and their team began
researching better solutions. That's
when they came across Johnston, a Bucher
company and the VT652 vacuum
street sweeper.
Through the Johnston website, they connected to Western Regional Sales Manager Shawn Hutchings, who visited and demo-ed the vacuum street sweeper for Above & Beyond. Dewitz said Hutchings ensured the street sweeper was the right by asking key, application-specific questions.
Founded in 1904, Johnston Sweepers is the global leader in providing municipal street sweepers to over 80 countries. Johnston Sweepers come with cutting edge technology providing superior performance, ease of operations and the lowest cost of ownership. We provide compact vacuum sweepers and truck mounted: regenerative air, vacuum, and mechanical sweepers. Our extensive dealer-partner network is fully equipped to support your sales and service needs anywhere in North America. For more information about Johnston Sweepers, visit our website at 
This article first appeared as an advertorial in the November issue of