Speccing the Ultimate Truck for Efficient Pumping Jobs

A swiveling hose reel and remote control package allows the Forest family to pump tanks with the truck parked 300 feet away on Easy Street

Nov 07, 2018 | by Ted J. Rulseh |

Septic Pumping Hose Reel Remote Control Pik Rite National Vacuum Equipment Featured

Tyler Forest uses a hand-held remote to control the pumping system on his Pike Rite truck while pumping a customer's septic tank at a job site in Indianola, Iowa. (Photo by Mark Hirsch)

The physical work gets harder as pumpers age. Just ask Jody Forest, co-owner of Forest Septic Environmental Services in Des Moines, Iowa. At age 57, he’s transitioning the business to sons Tyler and Tory Forest, but he still expects to spend a few more years operating a truck and pumping tanks. A pair of vacuum trucks produced by Pik Rite of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, are helping him do that. “I’ve got arthritis in my wrists from doing so much probing,” he says. “My body is telling me to stop; my mind wants to keep going.” The new trucks greatly

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