Smaller Units Attractive For Contractors Trying to Tap the Hydroexcavation Market

Instead of worrying about maneuvering large machines, some contractors are opting for smaller trailer-mounted units when first getting started in the vacuum excavation game

Smaller Units Attractive For Contractors Trying to Tap the Hydroexcavation Market

The T-70 Twister from Tornado Global Hydrovacs was on display recently at the 2019 WWETT Show in Indianapolis. The unit, which the company hopes will be on the market later this year, is one of many trailer-mounted vacuum units coming out this year.

Investing in a large hydrovac unit isn’t always feasible for contractors like Jim Tieffel who don’t do a lot of hydroexcavation work to begin with. Currently when Tieffel, a plumbing contractor in Alabama, finds an underground pipe that needs replacing, he calls upon others to...

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