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Hydrovac Equipment: Safety Procedures and Best Practices

Hydrovac equipment can be utilized as a best practice for all infrastructure projects, whether they be safe excavation around utilities, debris removal, trench digging or backfill restoration. Commercially, hydrovac equipment is often used to safely dig up portions of roads and highways that require resurfacing. When used for trench digging, hydrovac trucks will efficiently locate or install utility lines by digging precise holes to various depths and sizes with ease. No matter what the project, it is important to take into account safety procedures and best practices when using hydrovac equipment.

Article: Why A Smaller Hydrovac Truck Isnt Necessarily The Best Choice To Maximize Performance

Tech Forum: Why a Smaller Hydrovac Truck Isn’t Necessarily the Best Choice to Maximize Performance

The use of hydrovac trucks has become popular in urban areas in Canada, not just in the oil and gas sector. This powerful and efficient equipment has proven to play an important role in allowing for safer excavation where the presence of underground utilities can pose real danger to those digging with mechanical earth moving tools, and to the public.

Toronto Contractor Converts Truck Fleet to Westech Wolf

Nathan Medcalf | November 22, 2018 The Westech Wolf is a hydrovac truck designed “Alberta tough” by Westech Vac Systems, based out of Nisku, Alta. The company has been serving Alberta’s oilfields for more than three decades with full-sized hydrovac trucks that are designed for the harshest environments. “For the Westech Wolf design, our primary

Infographic: Hydro Excavation Vs. Mechanical Digging

This infographic provides a side by side comparison of Hydro Excavation Vs. Mechanical Digging to show how hydrovacs are the clear winner when it comes to safety, cost and the environment. Take a look at our lineup of Vactor Hydrovacs, Westech Hydroexcavators and Ringomatic Hydrovac Trailers. JJE Rentals also has a fleet of Rental Hydrovac Trucks available,

Truck World 2018 Truck

Truck World Recap: MTO’s Regulatory Update For Hydrovacs, Trucks & Trailers

JJE proudly hosted two sold-out Regulatory Update Information Sessions at the 2018 Truck World Show in Toronto. Sponsored generously by Western Star, and presented by Joe Lynch with the Ministry of Transportation, the audience was provided an in-depth...

Trenchless Technology Features joe Johnson Equipment

Providing Solutions: Joe Johnson Equipment Is Committed to Customer, Supplier and Employee Success

Printed with permission from Trenchless Technology Canada’s Spring Issue  By Mike Kezdi Municipalities and contractors across Canada recognize the Joe Johnson Equipment name and know that it is synonymous with industry-leading products and customer support, but that recognition did not happen overnight. As a matter of fact, for a company that is so omnipresent across

Why is Hydrovac Weight an Issue?

Hydrovacs were developed in a number of different applications simultaneously - ranging from the oil and gas industry, where they were intended to work off-road and usually on leased roads, to the mining and utility markets. Weight was...

Vactor HXX Hydro Excavator

Join Joe Johnson Equipment At The 2018 WWETT Show

Join JJE at the 2018 WWETT Show Feb 22-24 in Indianapolis to see how Vactor is changing the game in weight capacities for full-size vacuum excavators.  Along with FS Solutions Group, Jetstream, Vactor, Guzzler, and Westech, the JJE team will be at booth #5050.  Come by to see the redesigned HXX with increased legal payload capacities. 

The Truth About Hydrovac Weights

The Truth About Hydrovac Weights As posted on Hydrovac Nation Written by Benjamen Schmitt, Product Manager at Vactor Manufacturing Say the word “weight” around a hydrovacer, and see what reaction you will get. Weights of hydrovacs are becoming the number one...

Westech Vac Systems Introduces Westech Wolf Hydroexcavator

By Trenchless Technology Staff  on March 3, 2017  Taken from: https://trenchlesstechnology.com/westech-vac-systems-introduces-westech-wolf-hydroexcavator/ Westech Vac Systems introduces the Westech Wolf non-code certified hydrovac truck for oil and gas customers working in extreme conditions. Developed in collaboration with Federal Signal’s Environmental Solutions Group, the Wolf hydroexcavation truck is the first new product launched by Westech since the company’s acquisition by

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