206 questions across all categories.
Yes, that's a cracked holding tank from the drag. Dragging a standard unit with a skid steer puts stress on the plastic tank, especially if the…
I just started driving a vacuum truck for a rental company in Akron, and I'm trying to figure out how my service route gets planned each day. My…
Our ranch has a standard unit for seasonal hands, placed on flat gravel about 30 feet from a two-track road. The vacuum truck parks right there, no…
We have four standard units on a six-month construction site rental. The ground is level gravel, and the truck access is clear every Tuesday. Our…
We're 14 weeks into a 20-story tower. The crew is 45 to 50 people daily. I have one standard portable toilet and one ADA-compliant portable toilet…
I've been driving a vacuum truck for nine years, servicing about 45 to 60 standard portable toilet units a day. They are simple: I pump the holding…
I've been driving a vacuum truck for nine years now, and I've seen my share of tough spots. The worst was a spring construction site on a steep,…
I've been driving a vacuum truck for nine years, servicing 40 to 60 units a day. The hardest part isn't the smell, you get used to that. It's the…
A vacuum hose on a standard service truck reaches about 25 feet, so 50 feet is too far for routine service. This length is the practical limit…
Call the company now to report the broken latch. A broken latch is normal wear and tear on a rental standard unit, not damage you caused. The rental…
I have a standard portable toilet on a six-week residential rehab in the city. It's on a concrete pad with truck access. The rental company serviced…
Our site has a standard portable toilet and an ADA-compliant unit for a crew of 25, and we're on week three of a six-month build. The access road is…
We're gutting our only bathroom for a full remodel, so I rented a standard portable toilet for the driveway. The rental company asked about truck…
Our vacuum truck's pump failed on site last week, right as we were about to start servicing the 12 standard portable toilets for a 50-person…
Last week, I was out on my route pumping a cluster of standard portable toilets at a new subdivision site when a hailstorm hit. The sky went dark,…
I've been driving a vacuum truck for nine years, and the worst was a January morning after an ice storm. The construction site was a mud pit. I had…
We're replacing a water line along a county road, crew of six, and the work face moves roughly a mile every week. Right now we have one standard unit…
A 100-foot hose run is not standard and will likely require special equipment and higher cost. Most vacuum trucks carry about 80 to 100 feet of hose,…
We're a month into a 12-week residential addition, and I have a standard unit for a crew of 8. The only level ground on the property is across a…
We have a standard portable toilet on our driveway for a bathroom renovation that's running long. It's just my wife and me using it, but by day five…
Nine years driving a vacuum truck, and I've seen it all. Last month, I had to service a standard unit perched on a half-finished bridge deck, 200…
Got a notice the PSAI updated their driver certification program. The last time I sent a driver through, it was mostly pumping basics and disposal…
I help run a volunteer rec soccer league and we have two standard units sitting at the fields through the end of November. Games are Saturday and…
We're getting married next spring at a private property with a beautiful wooden deck overlooking the lake. It's the perfect spot for our 140 guests…
We're on a 35-story build in Phoenix with 150 workers, standard 40-hour week. The crane goes down for maintenance next Tuesday, our regular service…
