Vacuum truck
![Vacuum truck.](/Images/godic/202502/19/Vacuum_tanker_for_pit_emptying3503.jpg")
![Vacuum waste collection vehicle. Waste suction apparatus from R98 (a municipal cleansing company in Copenhagen in Denmark). The tube on the top is connected to a connecting piece kept under the pavement, and the waste is sucked out from a tank placed in a strategic place in the neighborhood.](/Images/godic/202502/19/Skraldesuger3503.JPG")
![Sewage tanker, Tatton Park flower show, July 2009, England](/Images/godic/202502/19/Aa_sewagetanker_tattonflowershow20093503.jpg")
A vacuum truck is a tank truck with a heavy duty vacuum designed to pneumatically load solids, liquids, sludge or slurry through suction lines typically 2-4" in diameter with 3" being the norm. The typical pump used in the industry is the rotary vane vacuum pump. The truck can be configured to be a direct belt drive, or a hydraulic drive system. There are two different ways to mount the pump either directly on the truck with the vacuum drive powered by the truck motor, or on the trailer with an independent motor. Each application has different handling characteristics.