Moon Sweepers Vehicles & Garage Guide
Compare all five vehicles, account for the Garage and Building Tool, and check what your crew can afford.
Quick answer
The Push sweeper costs $300. Budget $550 from scratch: $300 vehicle + $200 Garage + $50 Building Tool. If a usable garage already exists, pay only for the vehicle. Compare cleaning width and hopper size below; the Crew transport is for passengers.
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Every vehicle upgrade and trick reward →
Before buying your first vehicle
Community references list a $200 Garage and $300 Push sweeper. That is $500 if you already own the Building Tool, or $550 from scratch including the $50 Building Tool. If you already have a usable garage, budget only for the vehicle itself. Keep enough money for the unloading route instead of spending every dollar on the cleaner. A larger hopper helps only if the station can receive the dust.
The specialist vehicle reference lists five types: Push sweeper, Ride-on sweeper, Lunar sweeper, Mega vacuum rover and Crew transport. The Crew transport serves travel and seats rather than being a direct substitute for every cleaning vehicle.
All five vehicles: starting specifications
These are unupgraded, community-reported menu values, reviewed on 30 October 2026. The source tables agree on the prices, widths and hoppers below; this is a reference comparison, not a new hands-on measurement by this site.
| Vehicle | Vehicle only | From scratch* | Cleaning width | Dust hopper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Push sweeper | $300 | $550 | 1.35 m | 100 kg |
| Ride-on sweeper | $1,000 | $1,250 | 1.98 m | 500 kg |
| Crew transport | $2,000 | $2,250 | Does not clean | No dust hopper |
| Lunar sweeper | $2,500 | $2,750 | 2.8 m | 1,200 kg |
| Mega vacuum rover | $6,000 | $6,250 | 3.7 m | 3,000 kg |
*Vehicle + one $200 Garage + $50 Building Tool. Excludes belts, power, upgrades and other construction. The eight-seat Crew transport carries people; it is not the next cleaning tier just because of its position in the price list.
What can your current budget buy?
Formula: vehicle price + missing garage cost + Building Tool cost when a garage still needs building. If a usable garage already exists, a new vehicle purchase does not need another Building Tool. The result is an affordability check; it does not spend money or choose a vehicle for your crew.
Which vehicle upgrade solves the problem?
| Upgrade | Useful when | Check before buying |
|---|---|---|
| Big Hopper | The cleaning run ends with a full hopper. | A larger load still needs an unloading route. |
| Suction Control | You need a wider cleaning strip. | Higher suction trades movement speed for width. |
| Quick Release | The transfer into the garage is the delay. | A blocked silo outfeed is a separate issue. |
| Tuned Motors / Turbo Kit | Travel between jobs dominates the run. | Faster travel does not clear a blocked delivery line. |
| Cruise Control / Floodlights | Repeated driving input or poor visibility gets in the way. | These solve comfort and visibility needs. |
Vehicle upgrade levels belong to each vehicle, with purchase prices that vary by model in the community reference. Plan around the machine you intend to keep. Do not assume the host’s shared hand-tool matrix purchases also buy every vehicle upgrade for the crew.
What a garage does
- Use a garage to buy, store, recall and upgrade your own vehicles. Official 1.0.3 notes confirm that these operations work at every garage.
- Return dust through the garage collection system, then check the silo outfeed and its belt route.
- If stored dust stops leaving in 1.0.5, read the garage silo status message. It now identifies problems such as an unconnected outfeed.
Choose the vehicle by the job
| Job | Compare |
|---|---|
| Nearby manual cleanup | Entry cost and cleaning width. |
| Long cleaning runs | Hopper size plus unloading time. |
| Cross-Moon crew travel | Seats and destination access. |
| Production feeding | Silo discharge and belt throughput, not only vehicle speed. |
Do not assume a hand-tool cleaning-width upgrade enlarges a vehicle’s cleaning strip. Check the garage’s vehicle-specific upgrades and the live tooltip. A tier list without unloading time cannot tell you which vehicle fits your save.
Camera option
1.0.5 adds “Vehicle camera follows behind” in Settings → Controls. Turn it off if you prefer the camera to stay where you rotated it instead of recentering.
Connect unloading to a selling line →
Sources & version notes
- Official garage ownership and recall ↗
- Official silo status and camera ↗
- Community vehicle comparison ↗
- Community garage upgrade reference ↗
- Community vehicle reference ↗
Vehicle comparison and budget examples checked 30 October 2026; official patch behavior checked 29 October 2026. Official patch behavior is separated from community-reported menu values. This guide is source-based; it does not claim an in-game test by this site.