Instead of ten minutes, the two new Lakewood Township leaf pickup trucks will suck up all your leaves in about fifteen seconds. Patrick Donnelly, the director of the Lakewood Department of Public Works (DPW), says the new leaf pickup trucks should be operational with the next couple of weeks.
Mayor Ray Coles said, “This new equipment will bring more efficiency to the department without having to add staff.”
Instead of multiple pieces of equipment and multiple staff, these trucks are operated by one person, similar to the automated trash pickup trucks that use a single claw. The leaf pickup trucks will run in two shifts: 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
To make sure the leaf pickup truck can vacuum up all your leaves, be sure no branches are attached to those leaves. Do NOT put leaves in bags! Also do not put leaf piles near your bulk pickup items. As a safety precaution, rake the leaves in a neat pile away from storm drains and curb corners.
DANGER: Never allow children to play in leaf piles. This machine is powerful enough to (CH’V) suck in a child.
Jackson..you need this
Very skeptical if I remember correctly Lakewood had such machines not too long ago and they always seem to break down…what happens if someone puts in branches I mean since when do people listen?
My sentiments exactly. You are right as they had leaf vacuums before. Who is going to separate branches from leaves when raked up?? Mostly no one.
Should have had them before leaf pick up in November! I have a pile of leaves and snow dumped a heap onto my lawn
Leaves are still piled up near High Point. When Are they planning on picking up?
I remember the ones they had years ago. These new ones have a much larger diameter hose that should easily be able to suck up twigs and small branches.
I guess they will have a new snow cleanup truck also…. in July or August
So they were waiting for this machine to clean all the leaved?!
Why invest in this machine if by 2019 there won’t be any trees left from all the building leaving this town leafless!
love that
Wow! These new trucks really suck! They suck leaves, snow, debris…
Nice!
Looks like lakewood is doing something. And it’s a good thing. For all those complainers and kvetchers, stop it it’s enough. The town is try its best.
Safety
Careful watching for kids in leaves
Wondering why no one has picked up leaves yet. It’s January 20th!!??
How much does this truck cost us?
Why don’t they use a rake and put them in bags?
Took 30 minutes to vacuum leaves in front of one house. Slow as molasses and they left plenty of leaves on the ground. I’m not impressed at all.
Just had the machine on my block was there a whole day and never finished