John Davies (left), Director of Safety and Services, and Tom Kelly, Sweeper Operator, take delivery of the used Elgin Pelican P they recently purchased.
M.A. Facchiano Construction recently approached A&H with a new project: Clean UNDER Pittsburgh bridges! Facchiano was recently awarded a contract by PennDOT’s District 11-0 that in part requires them to thoroughly clean PennDOT owned bridges in Allegheny County top to bottom.
As you can imagine, over the years a considerable amount of dirt and debris can accumulate in all the nooks and crannies of our areas bridges as well as in the bridges “scuppers” (drains). If not removed, this material can hasten the deterioration of the bridge.
After reviewing the challenges of the project, A&H rented them a PD Combination unit with a suction hose assembly that split the 8" suction hose into 3 separate 4" hoses. Reducing the hose diameter allowed light weight Kanaflex hose to be strung from the bridge deck and down to an under bridge mobile platform.
Workers descend under the bridge via the under bridge inspection platform. The suction and handgun lines are lowered to them. There Facchiano workers use the hand gun hoses to blast years of accumulated dirt and use the suction hoses to suck material up into the debris body! The 4” suction hose is light and each can be easily managed by one man as he is suspended below the bridge.
Standing in front of their new VACTOR 2110 Plus PD Combination Sewer Cleaner are Tom Leech-Superintendent- Sewer Operations, Chuck Schmitt, Vactor Operator and Mike Stojakovich, Laborer.
PWSA services nearly 1400 miles of combined pipe. This unit replaces a competitive unit purchased in 2000. Since then, PWSA has purchased nothing but Vactor units!
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This new style Pelican replaces the City's 2000 Elgin as the mainstay of their sweeping program. Pictured is A&H Rep Perry Ohm, Lou Perino, Marc Reighad, Steve Stewart,City Sweeper Operators, John Fritch, A&H Service Technician Brian Shanner, Sweeper Operator, and Mike Frye, City Service Tech.
Receives their new Envirosight ROVVER 125 Sewer Inspection truck. This unit replaces their old Envirosight system purchased in 2006. The new system features the improved RC90 pan and tilt camera head and is mounted on a new GMC 3500 chassis with a 12' long by 96" box body that includes a complete studio build-out. Pictured with the truck is Rege Ranella, Authority Manager and Chris Sanner, Authority Operations Manager
The City takes delivery of their new 2010 Elgin Whirlwind MV True Vacuum Street Sweeper. A&H Sales Rep Jim Ahlborn, Left, stands with Travis McAdoo-Operator, Steve Mitchell-Street Supervisor, John Fritch- A&H Service Tech and Steve Metz-Operator Prior to acquiring their new Whirlwind, Wellsburg's sweeper was a 1998 Elgin Pelican 3 wheel Sweeper. We believe that Wellsburg has been operating Elgin Sweepers for as long as we've been in business-1963!
Hempfield Township took delivery of their new Vactor 2110 Plus 16" PD Blower Combination Sewer Cleaner this week at our Bridgeville facility. This unit replaces their old straight jet unit. HTSA services not only Hempfield, but several other communities. Pictured are A&H Sales Rep Perry Ohm, Rege Ranella, HTSA Manager, Bob Boettner, HTSA Operator and Chris Sanner, HTSA Operations Manager.
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Pictured are Dave Diedrich and Doug Moudy of Altoona Public Works, Perry Ohm of A & H Equipment Company, and Brian Merrits and Bob Gardner of Altoona Public Works.
As the Eagle FW does not require water for dust suppression, Three Rivers will be using the unit to provide year round sweeping services to several industrial accounts in Western PA.