North Carolina Contractor Develops Own Vacuum Rig

While most utility locating companies that offer vacuum excavation use large manufacturer-named trucks, Sweetwater Utility Exploration went a different route.The Troutman, North Carolina-based company wanted something that fit its needs exactly, so co-owner Matt Bellmann went to the drawing board and developed his own vacuum excavation trailer.“We’re a little bit different than everybody else,” he says. “Our units can get to where a lot of others can’t.”The main portion of the unit, a Utilivac, is about the size of a 55-gallon drum with wheels and a large bazooka-looking attachment on the top of the drum.“There is a plate on top