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Craig Fisher Named
President of Polar
Service Centers
Polar Corporation announced
that Craig Fisher has become
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President of the Company’s Polar
Service Centers (PSC) division.
Craig joins Polar with more than
27 years of experience in the
commercial vehicle business.
Craig most recently served as
Director of Marketing and Product
(Craig Fisher continued on page 8)
Saskatchewan, Canada-based Southern Spur Enterprises and ACRO Trailer Co.
havedevelopedanaluminumdumpertankthatincreasespayloadwhendischarging
water sand slurry. . It can haul 16. 5 cubic meters of sand on primary roads and 12. 5
cubic meters of sand on secondary roads.
Gases May Linger in
Vacuum Trucks
Ridewell Announces
Sales Territory Change
During vacuum truck operations,
workers are at risk of being exposed
to toxic gases. The potential
for releasing toxic gases exists
whenever vacuum trucks suck up
liquid waste to be transported to
disposal sites.
Ridewell Suspensions is pleased
to announce
Ted Griffin
has joined
the company
as Western
Regional Sales
For example, the waste water
from oil and gas wells might
contain highly toxic gases such as
hydrogen sulfide (H2S). Low levels
of exposure to H2S can result in
symptoms such as eye irritation,
sore throat, nausea, and vomiting.
At high levels of exposure, workers
Manager.
His territory
includes
Washington,
Oregon,
California,
Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming,
Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New
(Gases continued on page 18)
(Ridewell continued on page 8)
Southern Spur Sees Oilfield Role Expand
Southern Spur Enterprises payload when discharging water
is quickly becoming a leading sand slurry. Oil-field slurry is
provider of oil-field tanks and particularly difficult to discharge
trailers, particularly those used for because of its high solid content.
tank stinging and sludge transport. The semi-vacuum unit weighs
Based in Saskatchewan, Canada, 20,500 to 21,000 pounds. It can
Southern Spur also provides turn- haul 16. 5 cubic meters of sand
around services. on primary roads and 12. 5 cubic
Among Southern Spur’s most meters of sand on secondary roads,
popular oil-field equipment are according to company officials.
pressure trucks, aluminum sludge Southern Spur also stocks
trailers, aluminum semi-vacuum full vacuum units capable of
trailers, and a combination steamer transporting 31 cubic meters of
vacuum unit. The company water and pumping 45 gallons per
recently joined with ACRO Trailer minute at 2,500 pounds per square
Co. to develop an aluminum inch. These units are vacuum and
dumper tank that increases
( Southern Spur continued on page 18)
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