Water jetters like General’s JM-1000 Mini-Jet and JM-1450 have become popular in the industry for their powerful cleaning power for clearing tough...
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Going to Jail for General
This blog post is a guest article provided by Michael Nalbone, a manufacturers’ sales representative from Arizona. Nalbone has more than 35...
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The Drain Cleaner’s Holiday Gift Guide
With all the cooking and subsequent grease clogs, there’s no better time than the holidays to show the plumber in your life...
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7 Tips for Approaching Safety Like a Sea Captain
Here’s an interesting safety tip courtesy of an unexpected source: actor Tom Hanks.
Hanks was interviewed about his role in the movie “Captain...
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The Key to Safer Work Zone Communication
In a chaotic work zone, missed warnings are accidents waiting to happen. What if you hear a shout, but don’t understand what...
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5 Ways Foam Earplugs are Letting You Down
It’s time to ditch the foam earplugs. First there was a cotton ball and petroleum jelly. Then came foam earplugs. They’ve reached...
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How it Works: Listen-Through Technology
If you’ve ever worked in a challenging, high-noise environment, then you know about the catch-22 between protecting your hearing and being able...
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6 Things to Consider Before You Jet a Pipe
High-pressure water cleaning systems have become the tool of choice for many drain cleaning professionals because of their effectiveness in dealing with...
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Productivity: Taking Back Time with Communication
“If we’re saving seconds, we’re saving millions.” A customer said this to me not long ago, and it’s stuck with me. Then...
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Combating Objections to Hearing Protection
Sonetics recently received a comment through one of our social media channels that surprised me. In reference to the article about occupational...
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5 Tips to Improve Job Site Safety Equipment Adoption
There’s no question of the value of a safe job site. A safe job site is a happy job site, which usually...
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Recruiting Millennials with Wireless Headsets
There are currently approximately 200,000 construction job openings waiting to be filled, according to the National Association of Homebuilders. Millennials are the...
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Worker Safety: Resources to Help Avoid the OSHA Top 10
The usual suspects appear on the preliminary list of Fiscal Year 2017 OSHA Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards. Except for one. “Electrical –...
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When Safety Signals Become Background Noise
When you work in a challenging environment — construction work, excavation, tree care and towing, to name a few — one of...
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Small is the Next Big Thing - Part 2
High-pressure water jetters come in all shapes and sizes. There are massive trailer jetters with huge water tanks that blast out 4,000...
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Small is the Next Big Thing - Part 1
Since the debut of high-pressure water jetters over 30 years ago, it's fair to say that they've revolutionized the drain cleaning industry....
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How to Avoid Expensive Inspection Camera Repairs
So picture this: You’re kneeling in wet grass next to a clean-out, shoving your Gen-Eye pipe inspection system slowly down into the...
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Speedrooter 92 vs. Speedrooter XL: Which Do You Need?
Last year I was manning a booth at an industry trade show when I saw an attendee frantically circling the General Pipe Cleaners Speedrooter...
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5 $20 Billion-Plus Public Works Mega Megaprojects
In the first part of this series, I mentioned five mega megaprojects with budgets in the $10 billion to $20 billion range....


























