Debris shredding pick-up head system

A debris shredding pick-up head system for use with a surface cleaning vehicle, for suctioning debris from a surface to be cleaned, wherein the pick-up head of the pick-up head system is substantially sealed to the surface to be cleaned during use, said debris shredding pick-up head system comprising:

• a housing having an interior, and a suctioning bottom opening in fluid communication and debris transfer relation to said interior, and defining a fore-aft axis;
• a debris receiving inlet in said housing for receiving debris to be shredded into said housing;
• a debris outlet in said housing for permitting debris to egress from said housing;
• a debris path in said housing connecting together in fluid communication said debris receiving inlet and said debris outlet;
• a debris shredder operatively mounted in said housing for shredding debris within the interior of said housing, to thereby produce shredded debris to egress from said housing through said debris outlet.