New Way To Make Money With Your Pickup

New Way To Make Money With Your Pickup PICKUPS Miscellaneous 22-6-17 If you're looking for a part-time business, you might be interested in this pickup-mounted "power sweeper" that's designed to clean up parking lots and other paved surfaces. "There's a big market for pavement sweeping and you don't have to make a huge in-vestment to get started," says Steve Young, AA-Tach, Scottsdale, Ariz. The company's sweeper is a self-contained unit that fits into the bed of almost any pickup. It has a 2-yard capacity poly hopper. A 78-in. wide pickup head rides along the ground and a 10-in. dia. hose sucks debris up into the hopper. Rubber flaps seal the pickup head against the pavement to help generate suction. The suction fan is driven by its own auxilliary engine. To unload, the operator manually opens a pair of unloading doors at the back of the hopper, then either rakes the debris onto the ground at a dumping site or shovels it into a dumpster. "It's a simple system that's easy to operate," says Young. "There are no expensive hydraulic systems to maintain. It comes with camper-style jacks that make it easy to load and unload the sweeper. The job takes only about 5 minutes. The system weighs about 1,000 lbs. "Potential customers include retail outlets, apartment complexes, hospitals, universities, etc. Most of the time the work is done at night. The going rate for sweeping contractors is $60 to $85 per hour, so people who work two or three hours per night can easily generate $2,500 per month of income. Some contractors in colder areas supplement their sweeping business with a snow removal service, using a snowplow that attaches to the front of the pickup." Sells for $13,900 plus delivery. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, AATach, 6929 North Hayden Road, Suite C4614, Scottsdale, Ariz. 85250 (ph 888 922-8224; fax 435 574-3169; website www.aatach.com).

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