This Foremost hydroexcavator owned by Big Bore Directional Drilling of Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada, was seen doing pipeline work in the Edmonton area....
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Vacuum Excavators for the Evolving HDD Industry
The underground construction industry is continuously growing, especially as the trend toward residential fiber connectivity surges. And when thinking of the typical equipment...
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Digging Machine: Built For Any Job
This Westech Vac Systems hydroexcavator, built on a 2014 tridrive Kenworth chassis, operates out of Fort St. John, British Columbia, for Scott...
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Digging Machine: Serving with the Maple Leaf
Operating these rigs from Canadian Hydrovac are Hank DeWeever and Chris McIntrye. The hydroexcavators are Tornados built on a Western Star chassis....
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Hear What’s Important
Walt Logan, from Dig This Heavy Equipment Playground, has been running heavy equipment since the mid-1960s and knows that communication is important...
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Road Safety
A lonely highway winds through a mountain pass. Two workers in a safety cone truck slowly navigate the curves, placing safety cones to direct traffic...
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Digging Machine: Hydroexcavating with Venom
Josh Morrison operates this 2014 Vactor HXX for Venom Industrial in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company performs hydroexcavation services throughout British Columbia. The...
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Digging Machine: Working Throughout Alberta
Copperline Excavating’s 2014 Foremost hydroexcavator operates throughout Alberta from the company’s headquarters in Spruce Grove. Truck operator Petro Giannikos has been running...
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Davids Hydro Vac
Davids Hydro Vac, based in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, took on this job site in downtown Minneapolis in March. Davids Hydro Vac...
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Digging Machines: In the Mountains
This 2015 Tornado tandem-axle hydroexcavator is seen in the mountains of Canada. The truck, owned by AABLE Directional Boring of Alberta, is built...
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Trying to Stay Busy
Times are challenging for hydroexcavators working in the gas and oil industry. As oil prices fall, oil and gas companies nationwide are...
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Versatile Vacuum Truck is Go-To Equipment for Ted Berry Co.
Matt Timberlake, president of Ted Berry Company, is a firm believer that no single piece of equipment will make or break you...
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Tornado Hydrovac Trucks Put New Spin on Dumping Debris
When Dwaine Ruckman, the owner of DR Hydrovac in Strathmore, Alberta, got into the hydroexcavating business in 2003, he wanted a truck...
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Digging Machine: Iron Horse Hydrovac Co.
Iron Horse Hydrovac Co., of Minot, North Dakota, serves a wide range of customers from the oil and pipeline sectors, utility companies,...




















