January 2008 Table of Contents

Features

• 20Expo Preview: Clinics for Cleaners
  The education program at the 2008 Pumper & Cleaner Expo provides ample learning opportunities for contractors serving accounts of all types.
• 40Cover Story: Always Innovation
  From pipe bursting, to trenchless water line repair, to new ways of dispatching and invoicing, Pipe Wrench Plumbing gains an edge with technology.
• 46Overheard Online: Jetting Sand
  In removing heavy debris from a mainline, is the problem with the nozzle or technique? Or is the jetter itself not up to the job?
• 54Profile: Overtaking Competitors
  Pipe bursting helps a growing contractor in Delaware gain an edge and expand its services into profitable commercial and county contracts.
• 62Special Feature: Hitting the Target
  New systems and tools help contractors enhance efficiency in a full range of horizontal directional drilling applications.
• 76Tech Perspective: Pull or Punch?
  Static and pneumatic pipe bursting each have benefits for specific applications. Savvy pipe repair contractors take time to learn the difference.

Columns

• 10From the Editor: A High-Return, Low-Risk Investment
  If you’re seeking maximum return on your dollar, you can hardly do better than to invest heavily in attendance at a major industry trade show.
• 18Safety First: Object Lesson
  Four fatalities in Superior, Wis., underscore the importance of confined-space safety.
• 28Money Manager: Be It Resolved ...
  Here are 10 ideas for the new year that can increase your odds of achieving personal and financial success in 2008 and beyond.
• 34Better Business: Put It on Autopilot
  Business systems can help owners break away from day-to-day demands, focus more on growth, and gain more personal freedom.
• 70Money Machines: Just Ducky!
  Trucks bearing a bright-yellow trademark character help a Northern Wisconsin contractor stand out from competitors.
• 82Reader Pipelines: Eye in the Sky
  Contractors weigh the merits of using global positioning systems to improve fleet monitoring and enhance technician productivity.
• 88Tough Job: Against Long Odds
  A force main replacement project for a Wisconsin casino includes 20,000 feet of static pipe bursting and 4,000 feed of HDD.
• 96Industry News: News From Around the Industry
  MyTana Celebrates 50th Anniversary; Envirosight, Vivax Form Alliance.
• 100Product Spotlight: A Lightweight, Portable Lateral Pipe Bursting System
  It’s no picnic trying to manhandle a bulky pipe bursting machine into an excavation pit to replace a lateral.