It started with complaints in the 1990s. Specifically, garbage truck odors that were creating neighborhood grievances.
“As an odor control company, we were tasked to find a product to combat the odor,” says Tonya Ray, account manager for Surco Products. “Pumper trucks also needed to address exhaust odors and alleviate complaints. We were able to provide a safe and easy fix to these issues.”
The fix is Fresh Lube, a pump oil exhaust freshener designed to control pump odors by counteracting and neutralizing offensive exhaust fumes generated by vacuum pumps.
The product is simple to use and requires no additional truck attachment boxes. It is an oil-based fragrance additive that mixes directly in pump oil. The Metazene molecular odor neutralizer is safe to use, causing no harm to the pump. “Simply mix a ratio of 2 to 6 ounces Fresh Lube into each gallon of pump oil and foul exhaust odors are replaced with a pleasing Cherry Drop fragrance,” Ray says.
The concentrated solution is added to pump oil before adding to the truck so refilling is only required as often as pump oil is added to the reservoir. Fresh Lube is available in 5-gallon pails, 1-gallon bottles or 4-ounce bottles.
Rays says its effective uses range from septic pumping, grease trap pumping to portable restroom service trucks or any truck that uses vacuum pump oil.
“It minimizes customer complaints and call backs,” she says. According to Ray, user feedback has been positive. “They say they wouldn’t pump without it and they can tell when it is time to add more.” Restaurant owners are happy there are no longer odors when getting their grease traps pumped. Portable restroom service trucks can do their routes when people are around without odor complaints.
“People don’t hold their noses and roll up their windows when they see a truck coming that uses Fresh Lube,” Ray says.
800-556-0111; www.surco.com
