2017 Global Environmental Products R3 Regenerative Air Sweeper
Regenerative air sweepers move debris through a closed loop: the blower pushes air down through one side of the pickup head and pulls it back up the other, dragging fines and grit into the hopper. That design picks up the small particulate that mechanical brooms leave behind, which matters for MS4 stormwater compliance and fine particle counts. The tradeoff buyers should understand going in is that the auxiliary engine driving the blower accumulates hours independent of the chassis, and those aux hours are the real wear clock on a sweeper.
Capture fine particulate that mechanical brooms miss, helping with fine particulate that programs like MS4 ask sweepers to capture
Get balanced wear with 744 chassis hours and 727 auxiliary engine hours, the aux number being the true wear indicator on the sweeping system
Suppress airborne dust during sweeping with the onboard low-pressure water spray system
Haul more between dumps with the stainless-steel hopper, which resists corrosion from wet, salty, or chemical-laden debris
Buy at a used price point well under a new regen sweeper while keeping regenerative-air pickup performance
Running 3,773 miles on the chassis with 744 chassis hours and 727 hours on the auxiliary blower engine, this 2017 R3 still has plenty of pickup life ahead given how closely those two numbers track. The R3 platform pairs a stainless-steel hopper with a regenerative airflow circuit and a low-pressure water spray system for dust suppression, and the suction hose handles debris pulled in by the front brushes. For a municipality or contractor adding a second sweeper or replacing an older mechanical unit, this used R3 lands well below the cost of a new regen sweeper while delivering the fine-particulate capture that mechanical brooms cannot match.
Catch basin cleaning to keep stormwater flowing and prevent street flooding
Construction and post-paving debris pickup, including road millings and chip seal
Routine maintenance sweeping where light debris and curbside leaves matter most
Heavy-debris routes that jam light-duty sweepers and shorten broom life
Built for This Work
Municipal street sweeping and MS4 stormwater compliance
Parking lot and commercial property maintenance
Construction site cleanup and dust control
Post-event and downtown cleanup routes
Roanoke
13710 Lower Huntington Rd
Roanoke, IN 46783
Mon-Fri 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Walk-ins welcome. Call ahead to confirm this unit is on-site.
Running two engines means a second set of oil changes, filters, and belts to track, plus higher fuel costs and more components that can take the...
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