Editorial Articles

Organize, Don’t Agonize: Top Tech PicksYou earn a profit on each drain cleaned and on every mile of pipe you inspect. Bottom line?...

Welcome to the June issue of Cleaner. The two businesses profiled in this month’s issue are very different, but they’ve succeeded by...

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The EU7000is (inverter and electric start) portable generator from Honda Power Equipment is designed for fuel efficiency, clean power output, quiet operation...

FLIR iPhone thermal imagerThe FLIR ONE thermal imager from FLIR Systems is designed to attach to an Apple iPhone 5, displaying a...

Industry loses a pioneerFrancis “David” Magill Jr., Avanti International CEO, lost his battle with cancer on Jan. 19. David was a dedicated...

Drain cleaners use a variety of tools to get clogged pipes flowing again. Here are several cable machines, jetters, hose and hose...

Excellent communication skills are critical in today’s business world. People are regularly asked to do more with fewer resources while also dealing...

It’s not an uncommon belief: If you put your employees on salary, you won’t have to pay overtime.Like a lot of seemingly...

When crews at Lakeside Painting Inc. head for an industrial plant to do tough paint-preparation cleaning, they go armed with bags of...

The next time you buy a dump truck or medium-duty flatbed or semi tractor-trailer, will you be sticking with tried and true...

Top Heavy: High-Load Crashes on the RiseUnfortunately, bridge strikes are not uncommon. For instance, one railroad overpass in North Carolina was hit...

There’s no single formula for success in this industry. In fact, 10 contractors may very well give you 10 different definitions of...

Goodyear Engineered Products Yellow Gorilla nitrile rubber multipurpose hose from Veyance Technologies is certainly not a new product, but according to Karina...

Pat Brown had industry experience, but he’d never owned a business or even worked as a drain cleaner. He served as national...

Expensive and disruptive emergency calls for clogged drains take their toll on customers – and drain cleaners, too. That’s why Snowbridge Inc.,...

The VactorTRAK remote information system from Vactor Manufacturing monitors and reviews cleaning operations on Vactor 2100 Plus combination sewer cleaners. It also...

Honda generator with GFCI technologyThe EB2000i portable 2,000-watt generator from Honda Power Equipment Group features a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) to...

Guardair names director of marketingGuardair Corp. named Heather Bean director of marketing for the manufacturer of pneumatic tools used for industrial cleaning...