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Outdoor ground, swept on your own schedule
Outdoor ground is sweeping work, not scrubbing — washing is not an option on tarmac and block paving, and what collects out there is dry: leaves, grit, litter, cigarette ends, windblown packaging and whatever comes off vehicles.
Surface and debris load decide the power. Battery machines suit car parks, service yards and anywhere that crosses back indoors, because they are quiet and produce no fumes. Diesel takes over on rough, heavily soiled or large outdoor ground where run time and hopper capacity are the constraint — the MACH 8 holds 500 litres and discharges at 1,580 mm, straight into a skip rather than onto the floor you just swept.
Also worth checking: ramps and kerb thresholds, gradients, drainage gullies, and how much of the area is actually swept rather than parked on. We will look at all of it on a free site assessment before recommending anything.
One clarification worth thirty seconds. These are self-drive machines you own or hire and run yourself. If you need a truck-mounted sweeper with a driver for highways, construction muck-away or road work, that is operated road-sweeper hire — a different machine and a different industry, and not something we do.
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01 Is this the same as road sweeper hire?
No, and it is worth being clear about. Road-sweeper hire means a truck-mounted sweeper with an operator, for highways and construction work. These are self-drive industrial sweepers for your own yard, car park or service road — you or your staff drive them, no HGV licence needed, and you keep the machine for as long as you need it.
02 Battery or diesel for outdoor use?
Battery for car parks, service yards and anywhere the machine also comes indoors — quiet, no fumes, and enough run time for most sites. Diesel where the ground is rough, the debris is heavy, or the area is big enough that hopper capacity and run time decide the job. The MACH 5 is available as a Kubota diesel alternative to its battery version; the MACH 8 is diesel or petrol/LPG.
03 Will it cope with leaves and wet ground?
Leaves are what these machines are good at, and a main brush with side brushes pulls them in from kerbs and planters rather than blowing them about. Damp ground is fine; standing water is not — a sweeper is a dry machine, so a flooded yard needs draining before sweeping, not a different sweeper.
04 Can I hire one just for autumn?
Seasonal hire is common — bring a machine in for leaf fall or a site clean-up and hand it back afterwards. Hire rates drop the longer you keep it, and if the machine earns its place we will quote to buy. See hire for how it works.
05 How much area can one machine cover?
The MACH 2 covers about 5,800 m²/h and the MACH 8 up to 29,400 m²/h, both at book figures in a straight line — outdoors, with parked vehicles, kerbs and turns, plan on well under that. Tell us the area and how often it needs doing and we will size it honestly.
