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Prepare Vacuum Pump for Pumping — Prepare Pumping Equipment

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Septic Tank Pumping · Step 2 of 9

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Before pumping can begin, the specialized vacuum pump on the septic truck must be activated. The video shows the operator engaging the Masport Cobra LCW vacuum pump by flipping a switch on the control panel, setting it to vacuum mode. This creates the necessary suction to extract the contents from the septic tank.

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and Tada we're in now that we got both Lids opened up we're going to perform a function and flow test to make sure the drain field is functioning correctly and after that we're going to pump down the tank and take pictures of the inside walls to make sure there's no cracks I'm gonna kick the vacuum pump on put it to vacuum and start pumping down the inlet side even though it wasn't too thick I still brought in the crust Buster to mix up a poop smoothie smells like money

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