When Cary Hansen decided to steer his company — Hansen’s Plumbing in Ventura, California — into more lucrative sewer and drain work...
Entries Tagged Hydroexcavation
Editorial
Product Focus: CIPP Lining Methods and Projects
CIPP Equipment and Materials
Applied Felts EnviroCureEnviroCure from Applied Felts is a heat-cured, styrene-impermeable, polymer-coated, multilayer all-felt or felt/fiberglass hybrid fabric that vastly...
Editorial
Product Spotlight - Hydrovac truck fits weight restrictions while providing big power
The VHX Series of hydrovac trucks from GapVax fits the mold for businesses eyeing a solution for all-around hydroexcavation projects in a...
Videos
Dig Below Grade With Vac-Con X-Cavator CXT's Upgraded Boom
In this video from the Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show, we chat with Bryce Rieger of Vac-Con about...
Editorial
Case Study - May 2023
Connector cover keeps debris out of couplingsProblem: Hydroexcavation operators constantly struggle with quick-connect couplings on the end of lances. The couplings become inoperable...
Editorial
Product Focus: Pipe Bursting Methods and Projects
Horizontal Directional Drilling
Milwaukee Tool MX FUEL Core Rig With StandThe MX FUEL Core Rig With Stand from Milwaukee Tool delivers productivity for...
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Hydrovac Company Shares Keys to Success
Since starting Hurricane Hydrovac in 2015, Shawn O’Keefe says the company that he and Max De Angelis co-own in Essex, Ontario, Canada,...
Editorial
3 Keys to a Successful Vacuum Excavation Job
Regardless of the application or job site, vacuum excavation operators know they have the versatile tool needed to get the job done....
Editorial
Hurricane Hydrovac Uses Acquisitions and Diversified Services to Spur Continued Growth
Every day, more than two dozen hydroexcavation and dry- and wet-vacuum trucks owned by Hurricane Hydrovac fan out across southern Ontario to...
Editorial
Product Focus: CIPP Lining Methods and Projects
CIPP EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS1 // AMERICAN PIPELINING SUPPLIES HOUSELINER CIPPHouseliner CIPP lining materials from American Pipelining Supplies are designed to be highly...
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Snapshot: Cleaners at Work
In each issue, Cleaner magazine captures the work that contractors do through both words and pictures.
When photographers accompany profiled contractors on job sites, more...
Editorial
Being an Early Adopter of New Technology Can Separate a Business From the Pack
Zigging while others zag can be a risky but fruitful business philosophy.
Consider Jerome Stephens, for example, who decided about 18 years ago...
Videos
Hydroexcavation Unit Offers Rugged Construction, Easy Operation
In this video from the 2022 WWETT Show, Jody Purdy of Vac-Con showcases the company’s Mudslinger hydroexcavation trailer unit.
“This is one of...
Editorial
An Extensive Fleet Keeps PowerVac Ready to Roll at a Moment’s Notice
From its roots as a one-employee operation, PowerVac has morphed into a large company with different divisions serving multiple markets and employing...





















