For years, Jeff Nold found it painful to watch a percentage of job profits flow into subcontractors’ coffers. So the manager of the wastewater division of Goel Services Inc. in Washington, D.C, decided on a cure: Buy enough equipment to eliminate the need for subcontractors while boosting profitability and expanding service capabilities.
One of the newer additions to the company’s fleet is a reconditioned 2005 Vac-Con V312LHA-1300 combination sewer truck with hydroexcavating capability. Built on a Sterling LT7501 chassis, the unit features a 12-cubic-yard debris body, a three-stage centrifugal compressor, hydrostatic blower drive, a 1,300-gallon water tank, 10-foot telescoping boom and
