Vacuum Truck Supplies’ new DrainVac and DiggerVac vacuum trucks are officially on their way to the trenchless market.
Vacuum Truck Supplies (VTS) first announced the new DrainVac and DiggerVac models in June 2024, which have been designed in partnership with Aryan Pumps and Enviro Solutions.
Aryan Pumps and Enviro Solutions build high-quality combination and drain cleaning products using proven reliable blowers, vacuum pumps, and water pumps.
Its products are now available in Australia through VTS.
“These new models, the DrainVac and DiggerVac, have had significant VTS design input to ensure they are totally fit for purpose to suit Australian conditions,” VTS managing director Rod Glue told Trenchless Australasia in an interview.
“Of course, listening to our customers has been paramount to ensure we get it right the first time.”
With over 30 years of experience and over 1000 vacuum trucks built to date, VTS wanted to design a combination of non-destructive digging (NDD) and drain cleaning vacuum truck range with robust construction, while remaining simple to operate and maintain.
“Both VTS and Aryan are small family-owned businesses built on similar customer centric synergies,” Glue said.
Primed for efficiency
Available in both 6×4 and 8×4 ADR compliant Volvo cab chassis configurations, Glue said that both VTS and Aryan worked closely to ensure the correct axle loadings are ADR compliant.
“VTS has recently completed a visit to the Aryan facility with our independent heavy vehicle engineer to sign off on ADR compliance and also second stage manufacturer qualifications,” Glue said.
“We’re very confident in the reliability and product development of both models. It has been very thorough.”
Both the DrainVac and DiggerVac models have stainless steel waste and water tanks, tipping tanks, and full opening rear doors, and a non-computer control system, an innovative feature, according to Glue.
“The Australian combination and NDD markets have long had a plethora of European imported vacuum trucks which are hugely complex with computers and software issues dogging even the simplest of tasks,” he said.
“This often results in unnecessary lengthy and costly downtimes whilst they are fixed.”
With the VTS DrainVac and DiggerVac products this will never happen, according to Glue.
“VTS has designed its own simple non-computer-controlled system which is fitted to all VTS models including these two new units,” he said.
Using well known and reputable brands such as Udor, CVS and Jurop, the new DiggerVac and DrainVac models are built on proven and solid foundations.
VTS is currently building the 6×4 FE Volvos, while the 8×4 models are set to be available shortly.
The 8×4 DrainVac units come with a cassette type hose fixture on the top of the vacuum structure, which houses 20m of 150mm suction hose.
For more information, visit Vacuum Truck Supplies’ website.
This article featured in the August edition of Trenchless Australasia.
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