Vacuum excavating is growing in popularity not only out of necessity but also viability. The ability to quickly and effectively remove dirt...
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10 Piercing Tool Tips to Help You Be More Productive
Piercing tools are small yet powerful tools that allow for a quick and easy way to install utility lines. These 10 tips...
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Five Best Practices for Exposing Utilities and Avoiding Damage Underground
With new utility projects on the rise, damage prevention continues to be a growing concern for the underground construction industry. Especially in...
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The Benefits of Positive-Turn Reverse Piercing Tools
Let’s talk piercing tools for a minute.
1. Are you using them? If not, should you be?
2. Do you know what...
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Buying a Utility Locator?
If you are in the underground construction business, you should be verifying the location of every utility line before work begins. While...
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Safe Techniques to Uncover Underground Utilities
Using safe techniques when exposing utilities is important no matter the project. Vemeer MV Solutions is highlighting vacuum excavation as one of...
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Using a Vacuum Excavator for Digging Sign Post Holes
SignCrafters of Central Florida used a Vac-Tron LP533SDT to safely excavate a 3-foot-diameter hole 8 feet deep for a concrete footer. They were installing a sign for...
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Oil Spill Containment Leader Increases Efficiency with Vac-Tron Vacuum Excavators
VZ Environmental is an innovative leader in secondary drip and spill containment for the oil and gas industry. Carol Van Zandt, owner...
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4 Factors to Consider for a Scalable Vacuum Excavator Setup
These days, contractors are finding that getting to and from a project with a vacuum excavator that scales is a challenge in...
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How ECHO Utility Engineering and Surveying Benefits From Using a Vacuum Excavator
ECHO Utility Engineering and Surveying focuses on a specific aspect of utility engineering: subsurface utility engineering.
Subsurface utility engineering refers to a branch...
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Understanding How Vacuum Excavators Work and Choosing the Right One
With congested underground easements and roadways, it is becoming increasingly important to visually identify the location of underground utilities — gas, fiber,...
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Safety Tips For Operating Vacuum Excavators
Vacuum excavators have earned the reputation of being a safe alternative to traditional methods of exposing buried utilities in the underground construction...
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Customers See Value of Renting Vac-Tron Vacuum Excavators
With 24 locations throughout Michigan and Indiana, MacAllister Rentals, the region’s authorized CAT Rental Store, rents, sells and services a wide range...
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New Name Enters the Vacuum Excavation Industry
As vacuum excavation continues to take the sewer maintenance and construction industry by storm, Vactor has announced the addition of TRUVAC, its...





















