Hydrovac & Utility Services
Our Vactor 2110 combo truck digs with pressurized water and a vacuum, so gas, electric, water, and telecom lines come up into daylight safely. Soft digging, daylighting, potholing, and sewer jetting from one local crew.
Non-Destructive Digging
The most expensive cut on a job site is the one through a live utility. Hydrovac removes that risk by digging with water and suction instead of steel, so a line gets exposed, not severed.
Murray General Contracting runs a Vactor 2110 hydrovac and sewer-jetting combo truck across the Lehigh Valley, from Allentown and Bethlehem to Easton and out to Breinigsville. Pressurized water cuts and loosens the soil, the vacuum lifts the slurry straight into the tank on the truck, and the buried line comes up clean. No blade, no bucket, no guesswork about depth.
The same truck cleans pipe. It jets and vacuums sewer lines, storm drains, catch basins, and culverts. You get one local crew and a free estimate within 48 hours of sending us the location and the scope.
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How Hydrovac Works
We confirm the spots that need to be opened and set up the truck so the water and vacuum hoses reach the work without trampling the site.
A pressurized water wand loosens the soil. The water does the cutting, so there is no metal edge to nick a gas, electric, water, or telecom line.
The vacuum pulls the loosened soil and water straight into the tank on the truck, so the hole stays clean and the spoil never piles up in the yard.
The line comes up into daylight. We confirm its depth and position so you can trench, bore, pour, or design around it with the facts in hand.
Why Hydrovac
Water and suction expose a line without touching it, so you avoid the outage, the repair bill, and the danger of cutting a live utility.
The dig is exact, so we can open a clean pothole next to a foundation, around tree roots, or under a sidewalk without disturbing what is around it.
Spoil goes into the tank instead of onto the lawn. There is far less mess to restore when the work is done.
The Vactor 2110 digs and jets, so soft excavation and drain cleaning come from the same truck and the same local crew.
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Lining up the bigger picture? Hydrovac pairs naturally with our excavation and site work when a project needs both soft digging and machine work, and with our drainage and site solutions when a clogged line is really a water problem.
Did a fantastic job. Fast. Trustworthy. Honest. On time. Everything you want in a contractor.Jeffrey Ulle, Google review
Hydrovac Questions
Hydrovac excavation uses pressurized water to cut and loosen the soil while a powerful vacuum lifts the resulting slurry into a tank on the truck. Because no blade or bucket touches the ground, gas, electric, water, and telecom lines are exposed without being struck. It is also called soft digging or vacuum excavation.
A backhoe or shovel can nick or sever a buried line, which means an outage, a repair bill, and a safety hazard. Hydrovac digs with water and suction, so it uncovers a line without contacting it. That is why utilities, engineers, and contractors specify hydrovac whenever the exact depth or location of a line is in question.
Daylighting means digging a small, clean hole to bring a buried utility up into daylight so you can see it. Potholing is the same idea at specific points, often to verify depth and position before you trench, bore, or design around a line. Both confirm what is underground before heavier work starts.
The Vactor 2110 is a combination hydrovac and sewer-jetting truck. It carries the water tank, jetter, vacuum, and debris tank in one unit, so the same truck can soft-dig around utilities or jet and vacuum out a sewer line, storm drain, catch basin, or culvert. One truck, one local crew, no waiting on subcontractors.
Yes. The vacuum hose reaches into tight areas where a machine cannot fit, and the dig is precise, so it works well next to foundations, around tree roots, under sidewalks, and in finished yards. It also keeps the site cleaner because the spoil goes into the tank instead of being piled on the ground.
We take on emergency and time-sensitive excavation when a line has to be exposed fast or a blocked drain has to be cleared. Call (484) 388-6356 with the location and what is going on, and we will tell you when we can have the truck on site.
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