Editorial Articles

Vacuum Truck Rentals welcomes new branch manager Vacuum Truck Rentals announced Chris Wilson as the new branch manager of its Merrillville, Indiana, location. He...

Inspection systems aren’t truly “portable” as long as you have to plug them in. In an effort to make a truly portable...

Problem / When it was discovered that the 60-inch-diameter stormwater drainage pipe under the South Haven Area Regional Airport’s main runway and taxiway...

Horizontal Directional Drilling 1 // Underground Tools 2K and 5K Series Horizontal Directional Drilling Swivels The 2K and 5K Series Horizontal Directional Drilling Swivels from Underground Tools have all component parts...

Operating a business from a shop in your backyard and a home office may be practical for very small businesses. However, as a wastewater...

Flexible-shaft machines — flexshaft machines for short — are highly useful tools for clearing and cleaning pipes. They allow plumbers and drain cleaners to...

As a sewer cleaning veteran with more than 15 years of experience, Matt Murphy has used a number of different brands of nozzles...

Milwaukee Tool has been supplying tools and equipment to the construction, plumbing and drain cleaning industries for nearly 100 years. Since its founding, Milwaukee has...

The two companies profiled in this month’s issue have two things in common that stuck out to me. One, both owners took advantage of...

Answering the door when opportunity knocks may be a cliché, but it aptly describes what spurred Michael Wilson to establish Pipelining Technologies,...

Aries names Wes Brown as new Canadian sales manager Aries Industries hired Wes Brown as Canada sales manager. Brown, based in Innisfil, Ontario, oversees...

Determining the appropriate conduit wall thickness can be a time-consuming and sometimes arduous task in preparing for a horizontal directional drilling job....

Clogged drains easily cleared at resort Problem / James “Rob” Hoelscher, co-owner of Colorado Bear Creek Cabins with his wife Susan, sought a solution to...

Cable Machines 1 // Electric Eel Model CThe Model C dual-cable sectional drain cleaner from Electric Eel runs up to 200 feet of 1 1/4-inch, self-feeding dual cable in...

There is nothing more powerful than a visual. My favorite quote is, “There’s good news and bad news when putting the camera in your...

Many a drain cleaner or plumber will concede they’re better craftspeople and technicians than they are business people. Lawrence Snow is not...

There is no picture-perfect template for managing a safety program. Everything that makes your company unique provides a reason to develop a safety strategy...

When Pipe Restoration Solutions tackles a pipe lining project, speed is of utmost importance. “We do a lot of work at hospitals and health...

In so many of the contractor profiles we feature, it comes up again and again that the best part of working in this...