Contractor Unearths Household Vacuum Cleaner in a New Spin on ‘Vacuum Excavation’

Running a vacuum excavation company has its moments of levity. Tim Brown of Santa Fe Vacuum Excavation has a story or two that meets that standard. For example, Brown says he’s constantly getting calls from people who have come across an advertisement for the company and want to know if he can fix their vacuum cleaner. A household carpet cleaner, that is, as opposed to a 4,000 psi industrial vacuum mounted on a multi-ton chassis.Even funnier — if you’re laughing — is the call he received from a property owner who asked, “How did you know?” Brown recalls. “And I said,