Roofing – Applications

Industrial Vacuum Equipment Corporation’s first vacuum ever manufactured was for a customer that was looking for a better way to get gravel off flat commercial roofs. With help from several roofing contractors, we developed our first roof vacuum, the Hurricane™ 655. Since that time, the Hurricane™ has become the roofing contractor’s choice for a high quality, high production, low maintenance, affordable roof vacuum.

Industrial Vacuum’s Hurricane™ models 600E, 655, and 755 are the three models that work best for this application. All three units have 3,660 CFM, the 600E and 655 are 170 horsepower diesels and can pull 16” of mercury. The 755 has 225 horsepower and can pull up to 27” of mercury.

All three units can vacuum pea gravel or 2-3” river rock (ballast) up to 1,000 feet. The 755 pulls harder at those longer distances.

All Hurricane™ roof vacuums automatically discharge vacuumed material into any dump truck, dumpster or container up to 11 feet high (up to 9 feet is standard on all models).

Industrial Vacuum Equipment stocks all the necessary hoses and attachments to make roof rock removal a simple, turnkey operation.

All you need is two men and a dump truck or dumpster to begin putting extra money in your pocket.