Using hydro excavation trucks can make your next project safer and faster. Accurate and non-destructive, hydrovac excavation is ideal for locating underground utilities and reducing the risk of accidents. Keep reading to learn more about the benefits of hydrovac excavation! 1. Hydro Excavation Is Efficient Pressurized water from hydro excavation trucks easily cut through and...Read More

Mapping underground utility locations and using flags to mark “suggested” locations is the best way to reduce the risk of damage while working. However, maps and location methods don’t always provide exact depths and locations of buried utility lines. Visual confirmation remains a tried-and-true method to increase safety on job sites, and hydrovac excavation trucks...Read More

April is National Safe Digging Month, and one of the best ways to celebrate is always calling 811 at least 72 hours before digging.Taking this simple step can prevent injuries, utility outages and property damage. What is 811? 811 is the national call-before you dig phone number. Before digging, call to request that the locations...Read More

When it comes to locating underground utilities, precision means everything. It can be the different between executing a job safely and risking injuries to your team or community. When precision counts, contractors turn to Ring-O-Matic hydrovac excavation trucks because of their reputation for reliability. Viper Only available from Ring-O-Matic, the patented VIPER Pothole Tool delivers...Read More

Many industries require reliable gas detection, but choosing the right detector is important when it comes to keeping your workers and community safe. Single gas detectors monitor one gas in particular, like carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide or ammonia. Our multi-gas detectors from RKI Instruments can detect up to six gases simultaneously. So which is best...Read More

Safe-digging technology is essential for every industry, whether you work in construction, transportation, engineering or mining. Our TRUVAC hydrovac trucks increase both productivity and safety. Keep reading to learn how. Utilities Our TRUVAC trucks are ideal for cable installation, replacing utility pole holes, gas distribution construction, cleaning submersible transformers and more. They are also the ideal...Read More

When it comes to hydro vacuum excavators, new machines and new innovations are giving rise to greater acceptance in the construction industry. These trucks break up soil by blasting high pressure water through pipes into the ground. After the soil becomes loose, a powerful vacuum system sucks it into a debris tank. In the past,...Read More

Hazardous noise, downtime costs and reduced labor can hurt your bottom line, but improving communication at your worksite can boost productivity and reduce downtime. Sonetics wireless headsets help your team communicate hands-free in real time without shutting down equipment or stopping work. They are the solution to some of the most common issues that cause accidents,...Read More

At Haaker Underground, we understand that each customer is unique, and every excavation project has different challenges. That’s why we are excited to offer Pacific Tek vacuum excavators in our sales and rental inventory. Specifically manufactured  for potholing/daylighting vacuum excavation, these powerful units are offered as a skid mounted vacuum or can be built onto...Read More

Did you know that every six minutes, an underground utility line is damaged in the United States?  There are more than 20 million miles of underground utilities in the United States. To put that into perspective, that means that there are more than an entire football field’s length of buried utilities for every single person...Read More