The company calls it the Yeti! Anecdotal in the name or not, this wet/dry vacuum truck is a beast. Based in LaGrange, Georgia, Blackwell’s Inc. uses its vacuum trucks for hydroexcavation and air excavation for potholing, sewer pipe jetting, manhole rehabilitation and stormwater collection system maintenance. The unit shown here is a GapVax HV56 on a 2023 Kenworth T880 chassis with a 15-cubic-yard debris tank. This GapVax has a 1,000-gallon freshwater tank and is capable of 19 gpm at 2900 psi from its GIANT LP 200 pressure washer system. The blower can produce 5250 cfm. The filtration system, with its six cyclonic separators, achieves very effective separation of heavier particles. The 40 filtration socks add an additional layer to help prevent secondary blowby. Equally important to the company in its industrial cleaning work is the truck’s DPF/SCR exhaust/aftertreatment. The boom reach on this GapVax extends from 17 feet to 25 feet. Company president/CEO David Blackwell says the logo on the GapVax features the Blackwell’s coat of arms from 12th century Anglo-Saxon ancestry. It was modified by adding a cross to the bottom of the crest. On the side of the truck is the quote “Safety, Integrity, Quality, Value, but above all Faith.” More information on Blackwell’s Inc. can be found at www.blackwells-inc.com.
Dig My Rig: Blackwell’s, Inc., LaGrange, Georgia
