Vac-Tron Equipment
27137 South Hwy 33 , Okahumpka,, Florida, United States

n 1994, when Don Buckner conceived the idea for American Manufacturing - a "virtual manufacturing" company it was "he, himself alone, a cell-phone, and an old pick-up truck."

In 1997, VAC-TRON Equipment, a division of American Manufacturing was created, and took the environmental clean-up market by storm.

Today, award-winning VAC-TRON Equipment has been named the 13th fastest growing company in the country by Inc. Magazine, growing by more than 7000%. Its success is attributable to Don's commitment to build strength, safety, durability and one-of-a-kind features into all of his company's products, and then to back them up with integrity and service.

VAC-TRON Equipment, which has more than 30 industrial vacuum products and more than 50 WET and DRY uses, has over 40 national dealers and 110 dealer outlets around the country, with new dealers being added in South America, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Don was recognized as 2000 Florida Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young, in conjunction with NASDAQ, CNN and USA Today, as a Young Innovator in Trenchless Technology, and the company has been named Industry and Business of the Year respectively by The Lake Sentinel and Lake County Economic Development Council.

Vac-Tron Equipment, the industry innovation leader in industrial vacuums, potholing, daylighting, hydro excavation, air excavation and environmental clean-up equipment.

Building durability, safety, and one-of-a-kind features into our industrial vacuum and excavation equipment. With dozens of wet and dry uses, Vac-Tron will be the most used industrial vacuum equipment in your fleet including:

Locate underground utilities (potholing or daylighting), hydro excavation, air excavation and vacuum excavation. In addition to excavation, Vac-Tron can be used for directional drilling slurry removal, industrial clean-up, waste clean-up, lift-station clean-up, manhole clean-out, culvert clean-out, lateral and storm drain clean-out, oil spill clean-up and other natural disaster clean-up applications, power pole installation, signs and headstone setting and many more.

Our industrial vacuum systems come in trailer mounted vacuum or skid mounted vacuum models. VacTron industrial hydro excavators also come in gas, diesel and super diesel models for use by public and private sectors including: underground contractors, directional drillers, utility companies, water/wastewater/storm water departments, military installations, municipalities, roofing companies and emergency and environmental cleanup teams.

Vac-Tron, the Smart Choice for Trailer-Mounted Hydro Excavation Equipment and Air Excavation Equipment

With dozens of wet/dry uses in one machine including; potholing or daylighting applications, directional drill slurry clean-up, concrete cutting slurry clean-up, storm drain clean-out, manhole clean-out, sewer lateral clean-out, car wash pit clean-out and grain silo clean-out.Vac-Tron's full-range of affordable StreetSmart^SM industrial trailer-mounted vacuum excavation solutions offer extreme versatility, proven reliability, easy maintenance and cost savings.

The Right Vacuum Excavation Units for the Right Job
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Vac-Tron’s reputation for extreme versatility, reliability, easy maintenance and value engineering will have you asking for our equipment by name from our original signature PMD Series to our newest LP (low profile) Series - Wet/Dry Industrial Vacuum Excavation System.

Dozens of different wet/dry uses make Vac-Tron the choice of water-boring contractors, utility companies, water, wastewater & storm water departments, military installations, municipalities, roofing companies, emergency and environmental cleanup teams.

And when your looking for efficiency and value, start with Street SmartSM solutions from Vac-Tron. Take a look at what Vac-Tron - Wet/Dry Industrial Vacuum Excavation System Equipment can do. Then, give us a call at 888-822-8766 and we’ll help you narrow down your search for just the right vacuum excavation unit to meet all your needs.

Lateral Clean Out – Jettings

Vac-Tron Industrial Vacuum Equipment makes manhole clean out easy and efficient for municipal public works departments. Our Mini Combo Series can clean out a manhole in seconds, allowing a reduction in man-hours for this type of job, helping reduce overhead and accomplishing more for the taxpayer’s money.

The Vac-Tron Mini Combo series combines major vacuum and jetter action to jet out and clean 6" to 12" laterals to a distance of 300'. The jetter is also effective for cleaning 18" to 24" culverts up to 100' long.

Cleanup lift stations, treatment plants, storm drains, meter boxes, valve boxes, carbon filtration boxes and culverts. Vacuum down retention ponds. Clean transformer boxes, underground switch boxes, install street signs without fear of damaging utility lines.

It’s also the tool of choice for those companies that have to deal with the cleanup and removal of road spills, vacuum up rocks & dry sand, hazardous materials and more.

Clean Out / Cleanup

Private contractors, utilities, and public works users (from municipalities to military installations), will find Vac-Tron Industrial Vacuum Equipment makes wet/dry material removal easy and efficient. Road crews can cleanup their slurry mud, remove flood mud quickly and effectively, cleanup and remove daunting spills including non-hazardous, non-toxic, non-flammable road spills. Cleanup after hurricanes and floods. Vacuum down retention ponds. Vacuum up broken glass, shredded plastic, paper or shredded aluminum and debris.

Vac-Tron Equipment’s LP and Mini Combo series are the number one choices of equipment for the municipal marketplace, making it faster and easier to clean lift stations, treatment plants, manholes, meter boxes, valve boxes, carbon filtration boxes, culverts, and storm drains. Clean transformer boxes, underground switch boxes, install street signs and minimize fear of damaging utility lines. Accomplish more in less time, minimize man hours and maximize efficiency.

Vac-Tron’s newest LP Series - Wet/Dry Industrial Vacuum Excavation System provides virtually all the advantages of the former PMD Series in a lower profile, great for contractors.

Locate Underground Utilities / Soft Dig / Pot Holing

Vacuum excavation is fast becoming a best practice in the field of construction and site excavation. Why? Because it uses jets of air (air excavation) or water (hydro excavation) to loosen soil, instead of a heavy metal claw. After loosening, the soil is pulled out of the ground through an air vacuum hose to a debris tank for later disposal or back-filling. Using non-destructive technology can quickly, safely and economically excavate in areas inaccessible to conventional digging equipment like backhoes and trenchers.

Hydro excavation is the process of using pressurized water and a vacuum source to loosen and remove soil. Using the Vac-Tron - Wet/Dry Industrial Vacuum Excavation System, operators can dig with precision, establishing a less invasive method for slot trenching, potholing and pipe location. Using a hydro excavator with water as your tool gives you several key advantages.

Water is more efficient when working in tough soils.
Water helps controls static electricity
Water prevents the sandblasting affect of high-speed air.
Water acts as its own lubricant
Water can be heated for frozen ground excavation
Less likely than sharp-edged tools to damage underground structures.
Potholing using vacuum excavation, has made it safer to locate underground utilities.
This manner of excavation causes less surface damage, reduces disruptions of traffic and other surface activities and can be easier and less expensive to repair.

With the Vac-Tron’s LP Series - Wet/Dry Industrial Vacuum Excavation System, you can physically locate underground lines more safely and effectively using vacuum. But the value of vacuum excavation extends beyond visibly identifying buried utilities. Vac-Tron’s vacuum excavation equipment also eliminates frac-outs, pulls dart or mouse through conduit to install utility lines, installs short horizontal bores and soft-digs trench in high-volume underground utility areas.

Oil Spill Clean-up Applications

Working Overtime to Support the Gulf Cleanup

The unprecedented oil spill disaster in the Gulf is something that strikes at the heart of all Vac-Tron employees, most of us whom call Florida our lifelong home.

We have increased production of specially-outfitted oil spill cleanup equipment to be deployed immediately for the extensive effort in the Gulf and beyond. The industrial vacuum is a safe, simple and cost-effective method of cleaning oil from the surface of the water as well as tar balls that wash ashore. Using a skimmer held above the surface, the Vac-Tron Industrial Vacuum equipment rapidly collects oil into a tank which can then be transported to a processing facility. Our equipment is manufactured for mobile use and can easily be parked on barges at sea or used on contaminated beaches to handle cleanup.

Vac-Tron has developed several new models for this specific type of beach cleanup including the "Beach Vac" which is mounted on a truck or trailer and collects tar balls and other contaminants that wash up on the beach.

Animal Waste / Bedding Clean-Up / Dairy Farm / Zoo / Horse Stall Clean-Up and Maintenance

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Vac-Tron SV500 Slurry-Vac.
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Vac‐Tron Equipment can be used for various clean‐ups involving animal waste and bedding. Large animal environments are cleaned‐up in zoos; animal waste drainage pits, pumping contaminated water out of holding tanks and transferring into disposal tanks, draining and cleaning animal housing ponds, horse stalls for daily maintenance to suck-up urine and solid waste; complete cleaning of bedding area of straw or wood shavings; removes urine that is not good for the horses to smell (like acid or methane gas). Dairy farms implement the same process thereby yielding a cleaner more sanitized living condition for their cows. By utilizing the high pressure water wand to clean ponds, stalls, cages, concrete, landscaping, etc., and removing all animal waste to ensure the health of all animals.

Car Wash Pit Clean Out

The Vac‐Tron trailer mounted vacuum system is the perfect tool for cleaning out car wash pits. By utilizing the vacuum portion of the system you can remove the oil, grease, chemical slick and garbage debris from the washout pits. Once all the debris is removed, you can utilize the high pressure water wand that offers 4 GPM at 4,000 psi to clean out the structure (i.e., walls, floor of the pits, grate overhead) leaving it clean and free of any build‐up. The Mini‐Combo Model is equipped with a jetter system which offers 15 GPM at 2200 psi. Use of this efficient tool will enable you to clean out the 4” lines that connect the washout pits so as to ensure proper drainage of contaminated water to the holding tank, if applicable.

Diamond Saw Slurry

Concrete Cutting Contractors use our LP555SDT for saw slurry clean‐up. Concrete cutting using a Diamond Saw is the process of cutting expansion joints on freshly paved concrete roads. After cutting, water is used to eliminate dust thereby creating a slurry. This slurry has to be cleaned up due to EPA Regulations and the Vac-Tron vacuum excavator is the preferred clean-up method. Using water to create the slurry and then using the LP Series - Wet/Dry Industrial Vacuum Excavation System to eliminate any residue. Contractors perform this application frequently for airport runways and highway repair, as well as new construction.

This process takes place nationwide with current projects in Idaho, Utah and Phoenix.

Fertilizer Plants

Fertilizer Plant Clean‐up and General Maintenance. Vac‐Tron vacuum excavation models are currently being used at various fertilizer plants for general clean‐up and removal of muriatic acid waste. It is highly recommended that the inside of the debris tank and filter housing be protected with a coating that will resist the corrosive effects of the acid. Proper clean up is a must.

Grain Elevators

Vac-Tron - Wet/Dry Industrial Vacuum Excavation System models are used widely in the Grain Industry. Grain Elevators and/or Silo’s are the main focus. The Maintenance Department deals with "Housekeeping". The Vac-Tron - Wet/Dry Industrial Vacuum Excavation System can be used to clean the bottom of the elevator or to clean up spills. They can also be used to free up a stuck elevator without losing product.

Micro-Tunneling / Foundation Stabilization

Vac‐Tron vacuum excavation equipment can be used for the application of Micro‐Tunneling and/or Foundation Stabilization. Microtunneling is used to construct small tunnels. This process enables access to plumbing, electrical wiring, termite repair, flooding, crawl space and historical restoration without compromising the integrity of the foundation. By using the “soft‐dig” technique under the foundation or slab, there is no risk of damaging any previous utilities or structural damage to the building. The debris removed will only have to be handled one time. This process would be best served with the Vac‐Tron AIR855 model to accommodate the volume of debris, as well as having the flexibility of back‐filling with the dirt that was removed after the process has been completed.

Resetting of Headstones in Cemetery

Using a Vac-Tron vacuum excavator to soft-dig the hole for the Placement of Headstones. They are usually 3’ long x 2’wide and 3’ deep. You can drive through the grave yard on the roads and run your hose out and dig your foundation hole using vacuum. When you’re done all the dirt is collected in the debris tank. No one will ever know you were there. This is a very clean and respectful way to place Head Stones.