This also includes a high-speed boom, a shaft boom with magnetic boom and a 15-yard rubble tank, as well as “simple additions” that make the department’s work safer and more efficient, said Korenberg.
“It’s kind of a game changer and it allows us to do a lot more work in a short amount of time,” he said.
Mid-Iowa Solid Waste Equipment Co., Inc. of Johnston’s second proposal for a 2021 Sewer Equipment 900 ECO combination sewer cleaner, including extended warranties, was $ 462,477 on a trade-in value of $ 40,270 for its 2006 truck .
Korenberg said that while Mid-Iowa Solid Waste Equipment’s proposal cost less than MacQueen’s, it offered a “base machine” with “a lot less bells and whistles.” It was also louder.
“Things just didn’t stand up to the Vactor stuff,” he said.
Jeremy Korenberg, interim director of public works at Clear Lake, is considering a call for proposals for a new sewer cleaning truck at a December meeting with the city council.
Ashley Stewart
City officials tested the MacQueen and Mid-Iowa machines, and MacQueen was given preference.
A sewer cleaning truck has a pump and a tank. The pump is designed to pneumatically draw liquids, slurries, slurries or the like from the location into the tank of the truck.
It is mainly used for two functions: maintenance and responding to emergency overflows.
Maintenance includes cleaning underground utility lines, manholes, wet walls, drainage openings, and removing various debris as needed.
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