A go-anywhere jet vac tanker is designed to be used by the military and United Nations relief teams to support wastewater management in remote military bases and aid camps.
The go-anywhere jet vac tanker lives up to its name by being able to cope with boggy and unstable ground in the most remote of locations.
At Lanes Drainage Services, we have access to the JHL jet vac tanker which is proving its worth by helping to keep sewers running smoothly across central and southern England.
The 8x8 JHL recycling jet vac tanker is an extraordinary piece of kit. It has enhanced ground clearance plus eight-wheel drive and steering. This makes our off-road jet vac work much more productive and allows us to react quickly to potential pollution incidents.
The vehicle enables our drainage engineers to access any manhole directly and vacuum out blockage materials from the sewer. This means we don’t have to send in a confined space team which is a major safety boost.
We have used the JHL recycling jet vac tanker on behalf of Thames Water to access remote sewers and culverts across the UK.
Responding rapidly to off-road blockages as well as using the vehicle for planned cleaning of main sewers.
Our head of operations says, “Our 8×8 jet vac tanker is the only vehicle of its kind operating in the UK, and its all-terrain capability is proving its worth time and again.”
“We can quickly reach wastewater assets that are far from a road or firm ground. The vehicle is also ready to be deployed if there is a flood to maintain critical assets such as pumping stations.”
Two Lanes drainage engineers have now undergone specialist off-road training in the vehicle to support their work in some of the most remote and hard-to-reach locations across the Thames Water region.
The training has taught them how to make the best use of the jet vac tanker’s ability to cope with boggy and unstable ground and risk assess conditions to ensure all off-road hazards are fully considered.
Off-road Training Specialist Mark Stopps, of Experience the Country, near Milton Keynes, who led the training, said “It has better off-road capabilities than many similar-sized military vehicles. Hats off, also, to Lanes for giving its drivers off-road training, it’s not something that many users of all-terrain vehicles think of doing.”
In Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire, the vehicle has been used to travel 1,000 metres across farm and construction land that had been churned up by excavators to carry out a large sewer clean.
Without the JHL 8×8, the project could only have been completed with a recycler jet vac tanker, two tracked portable jetting reels and the deployment of a confined space entry team.
At Lanes Drainage Services, we have the technology and equipment to provide services across many sectors.
Contact our team today to find out how we can deliver you a bespoke solution to any drain or sewer-related problem.