When Mike Ink took the family pumping business over from his father, Robert, in 2005, he decided to refurbish the company’s 1988 Peterbilt 379 service vehicle. The truck, running a Cat 3406 engine and 15-speed Eaton-Fuller transmission, was repainted in its same bright red color with blue and charcoal gray accent stripes. With the help of his dad, Ink replaced a steel vacuum tank with a 3,500-gallon aluminum model from Pik-Rite Inc. Vacuum comes courtesy of an HXL400 pump from Masport Inc. Dad bought the truck in 1993 as an over-the-road tractor with 300,000 miles. They removed the sleeper and
