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Interview with Cleaning Crews and Equipment Details

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Mardi Gras cleanup- Incredibly tough Dirty Job

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What happens here

The video returns to night footage of the street cleaning in progress. The narrator describes the efficiency and speed of the operations, expressing regret for not having his proper camera gear for the initial capture. He specifically interviews members of the cleaning crew, focusing on their equipment and work schedule. They confirm using Wacker Neuson loaders with specialized 'poly edges' on their buckets to prevent street damage, and Bobcat skid-steers. The crew members reveal they are private contractors working for the city, enabling them to work extensive shifts, sometimes up to 21 hours straight. They explain that cleanup on main streets like Bourbon Street begins at 4:00 AM or immediately after the parades end, and the entire city is cleaned 365 days a year, rain or shine. They also use backpack blowers and pressure washers.

Goal: Gain firsthand insight into the cleaning process and tools from the crew members.

Tools and materials

  • Backpack Blowers Husqvarna — Clearing smaller debris and organizing trash
  • Bobcat Skid-Steer Bobcat — Sweeping and gathering trash
  • Pressure Washers — Deep cleaning street surfaces
  • Specialized Poly Edge — Attached to loader buckets to prevent street damage
  • Wacker Neuson Loader Wacker Neuson — Collecting and clearing trash with a specialized bucket

What they say

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takes to do that and so yeah we did yeah so that's what we did and that's what we're gonna bring to you guys the entire process from start to finish to everything in between sounds right all right so what are we waiting for let's do this thing all right you guys first off I got to apologize I was not expecting any of this I only had my iPhone with me so that's what I filmed it and I tried to catch these guys night after night and I would always miss them because they were never know where they're gonna be at they're just so fast it's hard to keep up with them so this footage was filmed with an iPhone the next night I went out searching for the crews with my GoPro but they were already done waiting for the next parades to clear and so I got a chance to interview the guys and talk to them and we're gonna go to that footage here in just a moment a far-out can there extend you guys know how far out this can extend so you guys have a special poly edge on it so you don't scrape up the street right how long so huh how good is how long is that good for how long have you guys been running this unit four or five years as they better the hell to hold up good for you I don't want to say that yeah no problems with it Ram right there but that's an old that's a that's after the fact so do you use this setup to clean bourbon and all the streets what time do you guys do that yeah [Music] Arbutus same so you guys start this main street of what like midnight okay okay it's so you guys work all night long rain or sleet rain sleet or shine right cuz it's I mean I got I got up and it was spotless I don't see the shot too much we didn't sleep at all they aborted try to sleep people start calling you on the phone they thank you where are you guys now because with the city are you private contractor and we do work for the city okay see you're private that's why you guys can work so much because if you guys were part of the city they they'd be like oh eight hours yeah you're done see all right so this is all your guys was set up then yeah I was watching you guys the other night that was just cool you guys had laid it out Minnesota so you guys also used backpack blowers it's not all the guys with the backpack floors your guys too okay the dump trucks was with the city okay so you don't have to haul do the hauling you just gotta get out we into the car - but that was [Music] okay so when so like when do you guys start not like the hours but like I mean but before Mardi Gras and then…

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