Thursday, February 12, 2009

Monster vacuum

This morning when I went out to get the paper and check the sky, this monster vacuum was parked in the vacant space next to our house. Later some county workmen showed up and I asked them what was happening. The county has started a program to clean the main sewers on an annual basis and this week it is our turn. The truck is capable of sucking leaves and other debris out of the sewers and letting the normal stuff flow on to the treatment plant. Sure beats using a shovel!

4 comments:

SandyCarlson said...

That's one big vac, Lew. I'd hate to drop my purse around that thing!

Anonymous said...

They've been doing this in our neighborhood FOREVER!

Michele said...

Yep, that is a mighty big vacuum... I imagine it'll be a while before we see something like that with the snow around... it must "suck" to have that job... hehehe... I couldn't resist writing that!

Mojo said...

I'll concur with your observation: it definitely beats a shovel!