When Mike Jackson established Modern Plumbing in Avon, Indiana, in 2004, he decided that drain cleaning would be an essential part of his plan to grow the business. So he invested roughly $1,000 each on two Speedrooter 91 cable drain machines, built by General Pipe Cleaners.The business grew as he expected; the company now has six employees, runs five service vehicles and serves the Indianapolis metro area. But what he didn’t expect was that the two Speedrooters would still be running today, 16 years after he bought them. And with the original cables still intact, no less. (One machine holds
