Sirocco Jerry
Active member
in about 1990 a mobile detailer asked me for a "vacuuming tool"
that could lay across a driveway, sipping up wash water into a shop-vacuum,
to keep water from getting to the storm drain.
It had to be efficient enough to work with a cheep shop-vac,
so I could sell 'em to everyone (hopefully).
So, the long-tube style device, with rows of holes was chosen to
minimize required cfms.
When I figured out what size the holes needed to be, the angle against the surface,
the number of rows, etc. .. and that having a filter-pad made it act more efectively
on rough surfaces.. the VacuBerm was born.
To get a super-seal against the rough surface..
..a sand-bag on top works great, and the SandSnakes were born.
It can work with a $30 vac from Wal-Mart,
of go 300 feet against a stronger vac.
To be able to suck-up 5gpm on rough torn-up asphalt at 300ft is
simply amazing, for each 4ft section.
But.. you have to keep it from getting plugged with sand..
so, the Silt-Filter was born.
In between all what research and development,
the VacuBoom appeared.. a good competitor I will add..
It works EXcellent on really smooth surfaces,
as long as you can get enough cfm's to suck it down to the surface.
this limits the distance you can run your hose,
..and what tools you might run at the same time, but..
For washing aircraft on flat concrete, or equipment in a machine shop, there ya go !
VacuBoom owns the patent on suction devices that throughout their length,
suck-down-to the ground.
I own the patent on the devices that have multiple holes thoughout their length.
Anything remotely close, is an infringement on one or the other patent.
The simplest device, is a simple round, or squared-shape device,
that sits in the puddle, or is sand-bagged into a gutter,
to intercept water otherwise headed to a storm drain.
they are simple, and can suck up HUGE flow of water,
depending on how well it is designed.. (I have more patents pending.)
HydroTek has the "Scupper", Simer has the "Puddle-Scoop".
Ours is called the "PuddleSucker" (and costs about $30.)
DON'T buy for price.. buy for productivity..
the JOBSITE dictates what tools you need,
and the performance of YOUR equipment dictates HOW YOU have to "use it"
Choose wisely, and you can work effectively.
Work wisely, and achieve real efficiency.
that could lay across a driveway, sipping up wash water into a shop-vacuum,
to keep water from getting to the storm drain.
It had to be efficient enough to work with a cheep shop-vac,
so I could sell 'em to everyone (hopefully).
So, the long-tube style device, with rows of holes was chosen to
minimize required cfms.
When I figured out what size the holes needed to be, the angle against the surface,
the number of rows, etc. .. and that having a filter-pad made it act more efectively
on rough surfaces.. the VacuBerm was born.
To get a super-seal against the rough surface..
..a sand-bag on top works great, and the SandSnakes were born.
It can work with a $30 vac from Wal-Mart,
of go 300 feet against a stronger vac.
To be able to suck-up 5gpm on rough torn-up asphalt at 300ft is
simply amazing, for each 4ft section.
But.. you have to keep it from getting plugged with sand..
so, the Silt-Filter was born.
In between all what research and development,
the VacuBoom appeared.. a good competitor I will add..
It works EXcellent on really smooth surfaces,
as long as you can get enough cfm's to suck it down to the surface.
this limits the distance you can run your hose,
..and what tools you might run at the same time, but..
For washing aircraft on flat concrete, or equipment in a machine shop, there ya go !
VacuBoom owns the patent on suction devices that throughout their length,
suck-down-to the ground.
I own the patent on the devices that have multiple holes thoughout their length.
Anything remotely close, is an infringement on one or the other patent.
The simplest device, is a simple round, or squared-shape device,
that sits in the puddle, or is sand-bagged into a gutter,
to intercept water otherwise headed to a storm drain.
they are simple, and can suck up HUGE flow of water,
depending on how well it is designed.. (I have more patents pending.)
HydroTek has the "Scupper", Simer has the "Puddle-Scoop".
Ours is called the "PuddleSucker" (and costs about $30.)
DON'T buy for price.. buy for productivity..
the JOBSITE dictates what tools you need,
and the performance of YOUR equipment dictates HOW YOU have to "use it"
Choose wisely, and you can work effectively.
Work wisely, and achieve real efficiency.
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