Hero Worship

Workers in a central Florida city take a shine to a souped-up vacuum truck that greatly improves productivity and cuts costs

The superhero of the Utilities Department in the city of Palm Bay, Fla., is a real beast. It weighs in at 64,000 pounds and snacks on sand and other sewer-line debris. But this brute, a Vac-Con combination sewer-cleaning truck with an 11-cubic-yard debris tank, is also a babied...

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