Industry Vet Notes Vacuum Truck Improvements

Dick Mottolo has seen a lot of changes to vacuum trucks over the 43 years he’s been in business with his company Service Pumping & Drain Co. Inc., in North Reading, Massachusetts. But he says it’s sometimes the small innovations that can have the biggest impact: improving efficiency, customer relations and safety — and they just make life easier.One device he now has on all his vacuum trucks is a SeeLevel gauge from Garnet Instruments, which allows a driver to see how full the tank is.“There’s a digital gauge under the driver’s seat facing the driver’s door and he can