16/02/19

Johnston VT652 Road Sweeper



The New Johnston VT652 Road Sweeper Truck


This new road sweeping truck is packed full of the latest features and innovations, just what you need to tackle the job of sweeping construction sites and highways in the UK including those in Derbyshire, Humberside, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, and throughout Yorkshire


Johnston VT652 Road Sweeper Truck


From this renowned UK manufacture of specialist vehicles comes the new VT652 road sweeper truck, having been designed to meet the increased needs of UK customers who undertake road sweeping as well as offering a self drive road sweeper hire solution. 

The VT model range of sweeping trucks has established itself in the UK (as well as Worldwide) as Johnston’s most reliable and dependable truck mounted road sweeper. The latest models in their V range have been developed from more than 50 years of evolution, strong development, and continuous improvement in order to to meet their customers specific requirements.
With road sweeper trucks being tailored to operate in many different environments, Johnston in the UK continues to offer a wide choice of products and factory options, which ensures maximum performance whilst sweeping and street cleansing using these vehicles is always achieved.
The VT652 model is the latest offering from this manufacturer and is bound to be a popular choice when it comes to UK companies and businesses that provide the service of road sweeper hire as well as self drive rental of truck mounted sweepers. 

Technical Information Johnston VT652


At the time of publishing this article on our website, below is some of the useful technical information that is related to this particular sweeper. 
  • Chassis Requirement 13 to 15 tonnes
  • Wheelbase 3150mm nominal 
  • Discharge Height 950mm (chassis dependent) 
  • Dust Spray Water Pressure 3.5 bar
  • Payload Capacity 6 tonnes (chassis dependent)
  • Fuel Tank Capacity up to 190 litres
  • Water Tank Capacity 1554 litres 
  • Engine Model JCB Ecomax 444 Stage b
  • Cubic Capacity of the engine 4.4 litres
  • Cylinder Number 4
  • Engine Gross Power 55kw at 22200 rpm
  • Engine Maximum Torque 400Nm at 1250rpm
  • Overall Height of Sweeper 3400mm
  • Overall Width 2325mm
  • Height to top of Gully Mechanism Turntable 3400mm
  • Hopper Length 3980mm
  • Height to top of hopper 3400mm 

Controls

The Johnston VT652 has a centre cab mounted master control panel with the latest Johnston Video Monitor (JVM) providing information on a large range of sweeper functions in addition to the capability for data capture download. Up to 4 optional cameras can also be viewed on the JVM monitor screen. This truck also has a separate palm rest controller which houses controls for the main sweeping functions that is mounted on the door side. 

Body, Hopper, and Cowling

The new VT 652's body comprises of its hopper and its integral water tank. For robustness this is fabricated from heavy duty stainless steel plate. This vehicles cowling is lined with frequency matched soundproofing material to reduce sound levels of the earlier VT650 and VT651 sweepers. It onboard large capacity water tank incorporates anti-surge baffles and is filled via a type ‘A’ water hydrant fill. On this truck a twin diaphram pump runs continuously and is also able to run dry. Other features are a water tight twin lock rear door latching system with de-watering function in addition to 2 body side access doors and side storage lockers. 

Contact Information

Johnston Sweepers can be found at the following UK location at: 

Johnston Sweepers Limited
Gate 4, Station Road
Dorking
Surrey
RH4 1HF

Telephone: (01306) 884722

You can also visit this manufacturers website using this website link






Road Sweeper Hire Truck - VT652: The Latest Sweeping Truck from Johnston's

The new VT652 is an ideal vehicle that is aimed at being the latest workhorse of the companies and organisations in the UK (as well as Wales and Scotland) that carry out the service of road sweeper hire. 

Following on from the success of the previous VT650 and VT651 models, this sweeper truck is packed full of the latest features and innovations aimed at solving as many problems as possible when it comes to the day to day road sweeping needs that these companies and organisations require. 

Robustness is a key factor of any operators of UK road sweeping trucks, and it is good to see that Johnston have made many improvements to their already robust models with this latest version. 

Some of the key points as regards this on this new truck are: 

  • - Noise reduced by 3 dba
  • - New stainless steel rear door fitted
  • - New wireless controller fitted
The new Johnston VT652 is now fitted with a radio controlled remote pendant that allows the operator to walk completely around the road sweeper without having wires to contend with. The operator can easily adjust the wide sweep brush and can check the surroundings before opening the hopper, or when tipping-off the collected waste.
  • - New mesh retention grille in rear hopper 
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Johnston Road Sweepers are available for rental / hire in most Cities and Towns throughout the UK including from companies that provide road sweeper hire in Doncaster, Halifax, Huddersfield, Hull, Immingham, all areas in and around Leeds, Leicester, Mansfield, Nottingham, Rotherham, and Sheffield in South Yorkshire, Telford in Shropshire, and many more locations.