Hi everyone,
Just wondered if anyone has driven an 18T road sweeper for a living. There is a job come up in my area and wondered if anyone can tell me what the job is like. Cheers
I used to drive one in a quarry many years back (Bedford KM if I remember right) bloody slow and dusty back then but steady enough, keep the gear clean and make sure there’s oil in the donkey engine 
, go for it, good luck. 
brados:
I used to drive one in a quarry many years back (Bedford KM if I remember right) bloody slow and dusty back then but steady enough, keep the gear clean and make sure there’s oil in the donkey engine
Cheers Brados. I’m very tempted. Doing multi drop round london at the moment so I want something easier and less stressful. Sounds like it could be just that!!
Hi drvr3 I drive a sweeper from time to time , if you want steady youve got it ! tickover in first gear steady.Usually LHD some dual ctrl , mixture of regulars, quarries etc and one offs. You will be on by the hour on most jobs with a minimum sometimes you can get away with one hours work, get signed for 3 if your lucky. V boring though. Find out what they paying.
JFC999:
Hi drvr3 I drive a sweeper from time to time , if you want steady youve got it ! tickover in first gear steady.Usually LHD some dual ctrl , mixture of regulars, quarries etc and one offs. You will be on by the hour on most jobs with a minimum sometimes you can get away with one hours work, get signed for 3 if your lucky. V boring though. Find out what they paying.
not if your with a planning gang , with the black top gang waiting to start 
I go on building site all the time (I’m in plant hire) and I see sweeper drivers’ getting plenty of sleep.
Driv3r:
brados:
I used to drive one in a quarry many years back (Bedford KM if I remember right) bloody slow and dusty back then but steady enough, keep the gear clean and make sure there’s oil in the donkey engineCheers Brados. I’m very tempted. Doing multi drop round london at the moment so I want something easier and less stressful. Sounds like it could be just that!!
Lol, stressful it is not - well it wasn’t until I had to explain how the engine had seized on the vacuum, luckily the fitter was a mate who said that the oil pump had failed - phew, he still ribs me about that today!
i drove one for a plant hire firm for a week, went round and round a new build building site for nine hour’s a day, nearly rang the samaritan’s by friday. NEVER EVER AGAIN
Driv3r:
Cheers Brados. I’m very tempted. Doing multi drop round london at the moment so I want something easier and less stressful. Sounds like it could be just that!!
If you’re multi-dropping, you need to empty it I take it you mean multi-sweep?