EditorialPortable Restroom Operators Tackle Vacuum Truck Valve & Electrical Issues

Portable Restroom Operators Tackle Vacuum Truck Valve & Electrical Issues

The sight of another PRO’s truck rolling down the road has this operator asking some questions.
  • Appeared in print as "Checking The Competition"
  • By Bob Carlson
  • January 2014
  • Truck Corner

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Portable Restroom Operators Tackle Vacuum Truck Valve & Electrical Issues
This graphic from a reader shows what he views as a questionable location for a knife valve at the top of the vacuum tank.

QUESTION:

Yesterday I was running my route and saw a competitor’s vacuum truck. I was behind him at the red light. I saw two things I wondered about. First, the suction hose on top of the tank was connected to a valve that looked like a knife gate, then the valve was connected...

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