Scarab Sweepers - History of Scarab

About Scarab

A brief history of Scarab Sweepers

Scarab Sweepers, founded in 1979, have become the world’s largest independent manufacturer of heavy duty truck mounted suction and urban / precinct sweepers. This has been achieved by offering an unrivalled range of products, combining the very best in technology and innovation, with the ability to make a lasting impact in the ‘real world’, ensuring a cost effective and reliable solution to the demands of achieving a cleaner environment for all.

Scarab has certainly made a major impact on the sweeper market. It all began when the Late Rodger Hoadley and two colleagues came up with a radically different approach to truck based sweepers. Up until then, sweepers were built by mounting a self contained sweeper body onto a conventional truck chassis. The vehicle was propelled by the truck engine and transmission, while the sweepers main suction fan, main sweeping brush, side brushes and tipping gear were operated by a Auxiliary engine.

Rodger knew that it would be far more cost effective to do away with the donkey engine, saving weight and releasing valuable extra capacity for the hopper and water tank. The problem was how to drive all that sweeper equipment and the vehicle with a single engine. The answer was relatively simple: to add a transfer box into the driveline, and use the engine to drive a hydraulic pump and thus generate the required hydraulic power, the Scarab Hydrostatic drive was created. This solution has considerable advantages; with the hydrostatic drive disconnected, the vehicle can travel at speed between jobs, or to and from waste sites, with the hydrostatic drive engaged, power is provided to drive the vehicle, the suction fan, the brushes, spray systems etc.

Rodger Hoadley Picture
The late Rodger Hoadley - Co Founder of Scarab Sweepers Limited

By 1988 and years of research and development the first Single-engined truckmount sweeper was on the production line, with in no time it proved a success and from that point on Scarab have never looked back, but always forward with an eye for improving every aspect of the modern sweeper, so far we think we`ve done a very good job.

The Scarab Range of Sweeping Equipment

The Scarab Minor combines the relatively small dimensions of traditional ‘compact sweepers’ with the power and performance of a truck mount, making it the most versatile compact sweeper of its type. Reliability is far in excess of its competitors and it has outstanding fuel consumption, which is the direct result of having arguably the lowest engine speed in relation to working mode in its class.

The Scarab Merlin XP was specifically developed for the latest Euro emission, 7.5 tonne chassis. As with the Scarab Merlin & Magnum models, designed for 10 -18tonne chassis, by utilising only the single truck engine as the sole power source for all of the vehicle functions, they genuinely achieve the lowest exhaust emissions of any similar vehicle and have the highest ratio of payload, hopper and water capacity for any given sweeper in their class.

Scarab also offer ‘traditional style’ truck mounted sweepers with separate auxiliary engines. Both the Mistral & M6 sweeper kit offer unrivalled fuel economy from their Cummins QSB power plants, as well as class leading performance, serviceability & reliability.

Sharing the same ethos for customer focus & innovation, are the recent additions to the Scarab range from Mathieu. The Azura, Aquazura & Aquadyne; a sweeper, scrubber-dryer & street-washer, are all based around a unique 4–wheel steer compact chassis, which is both economical & quiet.

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