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i have never used one. one thing to bear in mind is how long will the brush heads last and the cost of replasing them
would the pressure washer be more use to you? or are you just going to do drives
if there is anywhere you could hire one to do a job to try befort you buy
We've just bought one. Done a couple of trial runs and now going to look for live work for it. There are several types of brushes and you need to have the right one for the right blocks as apparently the wire one can scratch some surfaces. We only have the wire one at the moment but I'll get another when we have secured a job that justifies it. One thjing you need to be clear to customers about is that it doesn't clean the blocks like a pressure washer does, but neither does it blow all the sand out and wash it into the drains. We tried it on a tarmac path and it seems to have come up ok but I've not seen it when dry yet.
We bought one of these Stiga power brushes for tennis courts last year - it works well. FLeur has done the far side of the court in the pic - though as Dave says, the brushes are not cheap, and do wear out. If the weather is OK it is going onto its first block paving Monday week
Just ensure you adjust the jockey wheels to suit effective pressure you need for a job. If set too low you will ‘use up’ the brushes, but treat them as consumables and back charge to job costs,
We have similar and they get a lot of use. It’s also a good example of how you keep the schedule busy during winter months 👍