Lemon chose a Broce transfer sweeper, enablingВ the cleaning process to keep up with the milling machine and eliminating stops.В The company modified a 14 cubic yard dump truck bed to accept debris, which provided significantly more storage capacity. вЂњThe minimal storage capacity of street sweepers and skid steers with broom attachments had limited the efficiency of our mill and fill work,вЂќ says Lemon. Lemon sought to improve the efficiency of milling clean up. вЂњThis puts a premium on our ability to cut, clean, and fill the road surface to meet deadlines and avoid late penalties.вЂќ вЂњA lot of our mill and fill work needs to be performed in the same shift,вЂќ says Jay Lemon, president of Haskell Lemon. The need to maximize mill and fill productivity has even some of the longest established road construction companies looking for a way to keep up with the milling machine, such as Haskell Lemon Construction Co., a third-generation family road paving business. Shannon says the transfer sweeper cleans the base surface more thoroughly than skid steers and box blade, so tack sticks better. вЂњIt has paid for itself many times since weвЂ™ve had it.вЂќ More thorough cleaning for better adhesion вЂњWith the transfer sweeper, weвЂ™ve saved several thousand dollars a week in equipment purchase, maintenance, operation, and labor costs, and achieved ROI in under a year,вЂќ says Shannon.

The company had replacedВ theВ skid steers and box blade it used to clean milling debris about every three years.В The transfer sweeper has lasted about six years, and Shannon expects at least another six years of use before replacing it.

вЂњWe win incentives for early completion.В Compared to our previous cleaning method, weвЂ™re able to mill and fill the same mile stretch of highway about two hours faster, while eliminating the cost of two extra operators and pieces of equipment.вЂќ Longer life saves money вЂњSince using the transfer sweeper, we typically finish mill and fill jobs early, and often pave another 1,500 to 2,000 ft. It is drivenВ behind a dump truck, and the conveyor transfers millingsВ into the truck bed.ДЄccording to Shannon, the transfer sweeper can keep up with the milling machine, stopping only to swap a loaded truck for an empty one. Searching for a faster, more efficient process to clean up milling debris, Shannon found an MK-1 Transfer Sweeper.В The transfer sweeper has a large brush that continually sweeps debris to its conveyor. вЂњThe vehicles took over a minute each maneuvering to dump debris in the truck before returning to clean the road surface and got in each otherвЂ™s way,вЂќ explains Shannon.В вЂњSome jobsites only have about 10 feet of roadway, but a skid steer or boxblade may require at least 14 feet of space to load the truck from the side.вЂќ

truck.В According to Shannon, the operators of the three vehicles took 30 to 45 minutes to fill a truck. Silver Star had been usingВ two skid loaders with attached brooms and a boxblade front-end loader with a back loader bucket to load road millings intoВ a 10-cu.-yd. 'We found a transfer sweeper can fill a 10 cubic yard truck with milling debris in under 15 minutes,вЂќ saysВ Shannon.В вЂњItвЂ™s up to three times as fast at sweeping up milling debris and loading it into the truck as our previous skid steers and boxblade.вЂќ Transfer sweeper saves time and need it open for traffic by 6 a.m.,вЂќ says Jack Shannon, Silver StarВ superintendent.В вЂњLate penalties for interstate highway work can be as high as $10,000 an hour, so expediting the milling clean up process - our bottleneck - was vital. вЂњOn mill-and-fill jobs, we often canвЂ™t close a lane until 7 p.m. Late penalties and time bonuses drove Silver Star Construction to invest in a transfer sweeper to replace skid steers with brooms cleaning up millings on teh company's mill-and-fill road repair projects.

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