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From Cover to Valve: How the Bo Bop and VEX-400 Create a Complete Valve Maintenance Workflow

Valve maintenance is one of the most critical and most physically demanding tasks in municipal water operations. When valves go unexercised, they seize. When valve box covers are pried up with makeshift tools, fingers and toes pay the price. For decades, crews have managed both steps with brute force and...

Why Smart Crews Are Ditching the Hook Bar for a Magnetic Manhole Lifter

Every utility worker knows the drill: walk up to a manhole, wedge a hook bar into the pick hole, brace your back, and yank. It's how covers have been moved for decades. It's also how thousands of backs have been wrecked, fingers have been crushed, and workers' comp claims have...

Cartridges vs. Bulk Joint Filler Pump: Which Is Right for Your Operation?

If you're filling concrete floor joints, you have two options for dispensing material: dual cartridges or a bulk joint filler pump. Both work. But they don't work equally well at every scale, and choosing the wrong one for your operation costs you either money or opportunity. In this blog, we...

Joint Filler Pump Maintenance: How to Protect Your One-Man Polymer Pump Investment

A joint filler pump is a significant investment. The U.S. Saws One-Man Pump runs $7,000 — and with proper maintenance, it can last years of regular commercial use. Without it, you're looking at a $1,000 repair bill per side, or worse, a machine that's down when you need it most....

The One Man Polymer Pump: A Joint Filler Pump Built for Real Production

If you're still filling concrete floor joints with hand-squeezed cartridges or running a two-man pump operation, you're leaving money on the table. The U.S. Saws One Man Polymer Pump (SX20552) is a dual-component joint filler pump designed for one-person operation — and once contractors run the numbers, most don't go...