Glossary

Vacuum Truck

What is Vacuum Truck?

A vacuum truck is a tank-mounted truck that uses a powerful blower to suction liquids, sludge, slurry, or dry material into an onboard tank for transport and disposal, with or without high-pressure water cutting.

A vacuum truck removes material by air suction, pulling it through a hose into a sealed debris tank. General industrial vacuum trucks handle liquids and sludge such as tank cleanouts, spill recovery, and sump and catch basin cleaning, while hydro excavation vacuum trucks add a high-pressure water system to cut soil for digging.

Vacuum power is rated in CFM and the collection tank is the debris body. Related configurations include combination (combo) trucks for sewer work, liquid vacuum trucks, and air vacuum trucks. On Vac4Rent you can request a vacuum truck rental for free and rental companies reply directly by email or phone; Vac4Rent does not publish rates.