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    04-26-2012 09:02 PM #1
    I ****ing love street sweepers.






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    04-26-2012 09:09 PM #2
    Quote Originally Posted by emmettlodge View Post
    I ****ing love street sweepers.
    Do you browse TCL while high often?


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    04-26-2012 09:10 PM #3
    Quote Originally Posted by 16v_43v3r View Post
    Do you browse TCL while high often?


    I don't always post in TCL. But when I do, I'm drunk and stoned.
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    04-26-2012 09:15 PM #5
    And I ******* love littering!
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    04-26-2012 09:17 PM #6
    I wonder how these compare to horses, which they could also afford?

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    04-26-2012 09:20 PM #7
    Quote Originally Posted by GolfTango View Post
    And I ******* love littering!
    Street sweeper trolley ****ing loves you.

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    04-26-2012 09:22 PM #8
    A good read for all who havent read it:

    http://www.synergyoffroad.com/streetsweeper.pdf

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    04-26-2012 09:23 PM #9
    Quote Originally Posted by aceclimber722 View Post
    A good read for all who havent read it:

    http://www.synergyoffroad.com/streetsweeper.pdf
    Quoted for posterior.
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    04-26-2012 09:24 PM #10
    Street sweeper train handles like it's on rails.

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    04-26-2012 09:25 PM #11
    Airport sweeper says "I'm fly, bitch"

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    04-26-2012 09:29 PM #12
    Quote Originally Posted by aceclimber722 View Post
    A good read for all who havent read it:

    http://www.synergyoffroad.com/streetsweeper.pdf
    Came in expecting this, left satisfied.
    Now I have to start reading it again.
    Is it too much to ask for you dumb little monkeys to actually read the prior posts in the thread, and attempt to use some semblance of punctuation, capitalization, and general friggin grammar?
    Yes, this is mostly directed at the MKIV forum.
    Now GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!!!!

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    04-26-2012 09:32 PM #13
    OMG THIS IS the LEGO street sweeper I had as a kid!

    I swept a lot as a kid



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    04-26-2012 09:33 PM #14
    First street sweeper, 1699.

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  15. 04-26-2012 09:34 PM #15
    5:00AM. I clean the outside of my garage.
    5:58AM. Street sweepers bring crap from down the street ONTO my cleanly sweeped garage entrance. I just watch and shake my head.

    However, I love when they drive speed limit to get back to their station...1) they look like they are flying and 2) the 'brushes' throw sparks all the time


    But lets take it a little underground [or elevated]
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    04-26-2012 09:36 PM #16
    An addicting read of a diary of a street sweeper.

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/33096/Brui...sweepers-tales

    Also this..

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    04-26-2012 09:39 PM #17
    I would drive this to work.

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    04-26-2012 09:41 PM #18
    A few weeks ago a bunch of rotten kids were playing in the elementary school sandbox behind my house. They were throwing rocks at each other, closing their eyes while chucking handfuls of tiny rocks. It went on for almost an hour.

    The next day the street sweeper came around and did a damn good job cleaning up the mess they left.

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    04-26-2012 09:42 PM #19
    Quote Originally Posted by fetah View Post
    A few weeks ago a bunch of rotten kids were playing in the elementary school sandbox behind my house. They were throwing rocks at each other, closing their eyes while chucking handfuls of tiny rocks. It went on for almost an hour.

    The next day the street sweeper came around and did a damn good job.

    End
    So it sucked the kids up?

    Oh, poo.
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    04-26-2012 09:48 PM #20
    Quote Originally Posted by aceclimber722 View Post
    A good read for all who havent read it:

    http://www.synergyoffroad.com/streetsweeper.pdf
    First thing I thought of when I read the title of this thread.

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    04-26-2012 11:01 PM #29
    Quote Originally Posted by emmettlodge View Post
    I wonder how these compare to horses, which they could also afford?

    I have to talk to my horse & mule packer buddies, but I believe a mule has a much longer working life.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Holy Molar View Post
    First thing I thought of when I read the title of this thread.
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    04-26-2012 11:52 PM #33
    Wasn't there a cool blog/story floating around here, written by a guy who used to operate one of those and all the fun he had?
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    04-26-2012 11:53 PM #34
    Quote Originally Posted by DowNnOuTDubin View Post
    An addicting read of a diary of a street sweeper.

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/33096/Brui...sweepers-tales
    Quote Originally Posted by MightyDSM View Post
    Wasn't there a cool blog/story floating around here, written by a guy who used to operate one of those and all the fun he had?
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    04-26-2012 11:55 PM #35
    Street sweeper simulator

    http://www.gamespot.com/street-clean...eview-6326398/

    the review scores are the best.

    Also I came into this thread expecting an Armsel Street Sweeper. I am disappoint.

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