502 Equipment

What 502 Equipment does

502 Equipment is a full-service distributor and authorized dealer of municipal and utility infrastructure equipment headquartered in LaGrange, Kentucky. Founded in 2017 by JC Spalding after a decade in the vac truck rental industry, the company sells, rents, and services vacuum trucks, hydro excavators, sewer jetters, street sweepers, pipe inspection camera systems, and related specialty equipment under brands including GapVax, Dulevo, Aries, PipeHunter, Warthog, and Hydra-Flex. Its authorized dealership territory covers Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, while mobile service technicians extend repair and maintenance coverage into Ohio and beyond. The customer base is concentrated in municipalities, utility contractors, construction firms, and industrial facilities requiring infrastructure cleaning, hydro-excavation, sewer/storm drain maintenance, and pipeline inspection.

The company's revenue model blends five streams: one-time equipment sales, usage-based rentals (minimum 1-month term, requiring signed agreement, W9, COI, and down payment), professional service and mobile repair work, parts and accessories sales, and operator training. The technical core is not proprietary to 502 Equipment — the company is a distribution and service layer on top of OEM products such as the GapVax VHE hydro excavator (4,000 CFM blower, 27" Hg PD), the GapVax MC combo sewer cleaner (simultaneous jetting and vacuuming), the Aries Voyager HD mainline camera with 1200' cable reel, and the Aries LETS 6.0 lateral launch system that inspects laterals up to 150 feet. Differentiated value is created through on-site demos, brand-agnostic service (technicians work on all equipment brands, not only those sold by 502), mobile field response, and operator training.

Go-to-market is founder-led enterprise field sales supported by a website, email newsletter, industry association memberships (Alliance Indiana, KY Rural Water, TAUD, NUCA KY, NUCA TN, TUCA TN, WaterStep), and free on-site demos. The business is privately held, closely-held by founder JC Spalding, and operates without disclosed outside capital, with 1-10 employees. Pricing is quote-based for sales and financed through third-party leasing partners, while rentals follow a usage-based, 1-month minimum structure with no public price list.

Name

502 Equipment

Legal name

502 Equipment

Website

https://502equipment.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

502 Equipment is a Kentucky-based full-service dealer that sells, rents, and services vacuum trucks, hydro excavators, sewer jetters, street sweepers, and pipe inspection equipment for municipalities, utility contractors, construction firms, and industrial facilities across Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal and Utility Equipment Distribution

NAICS

Construction Machinery Manufacturing (333120), Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (33331)

SIC

Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment (5084), Wholesale-Construction & Mining (No Petro) Machinery & Equip (5082)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Cleaning & Environmental Equipment Rental/Leasing (Vacuum Trucks, Dust Control, Dehumidifiers) (TLABAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pressure Washing & Jetting Equipment (IMAHALAB), Specialty Utility & Maintenance Vehicle Manufacturing (Street Sweepers/Vacuum Trucks) (IMACAFAI)

Keywords

• Municipal equipment distribution
• Vacuum truck sales
• Sewer cleaning equipment
• Street sweeper supply
• Pipeline inspection systems

Headquarters

HQ city

La Grange Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Equipment Sales: Full-service distributor selling vacuum trucks, street sweepers, trailer jetters, and pipe inspection/rehabilitation equipment. Authorized dealer for GapVax, Dulevo, Aries, and PipeHunter brands serving KY, IN, TN.
2. Equipment Rentals: Rental fleet includes hydro excavators, combination sewer cleaner trucks, sewer jetters, pipe inspection camera systems, and sweepers. Minimum rental period is 1 month. Requires CDL for vacuum truck rentals.
3. Service & Repairs: Maintenance and repair services for vac trucks, sweepers, and jetters. Services include preventative maintenance, pump overhauls, electrical repairs, component replacements, service contracts, and DOT inspections. Mobile service available throughout KY, IN, OH, TN and beyond.
4. Parts & Accessories: Parts and accessories including boom tubes, clamps, tiger tails, hoses, filters, fluids, brushes, brooms, and nozzles for vac trucks, cameras, sweepers, and jetters.
5. Operator Training: Training services on GapVax and PipeHunter vac trucks, Dulevo sweepers, trailer and truck jetters, hydro-excavation, safe digging, sewer jetting, and winterization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

502 Equipment is a regional full-service dealer and distributor of municipal and utility infrastructure equipment serving Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee. The company sells, rents, and services vacuum trucks, combination sewer cleaners, hydro-excavators, street sweepers, jetters, and pipeline inspection camera systems from manufacturers such as GapVax, Dulevo, Aries, and PipeHunter. It also supplies related parts, nozzles, and specialty equipment and provides operator training and mobile repair support.

Product overview

502 Equipment is a full-service distributor and dealer of municipal and utility infrastructure equipment operating across Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of equipment sales, rentals, and service, representing leading brands including GapVax (vac trucks and hydro excavators), Dulevo (street and industrial sweepers), and Aries (pipe inspection camera systems). Their core product lines include GapVax VHE hydro excavators for precision digging around utilities, GapVax MC combo sewer cleaners combining high-pressure jetting and vacuum for sewer maintenance, Dulevo D3/D6/850 sweepers for dustless cleaning in municipal and industrial applications, and Aries Voyager and LETS 6.0 systems for sewer pipeline inspection. The company also supplies specialty accessories including specialty nozzles (Warthog, ENZ, Hydra-Flex), emergency water treatment systems (WaterStep WOW Cart), crew communication equipment (CrewPlex wireless headsets), and easement machines. Beyond sales, 502 Equipment provides equipment rentals with a minimum 1-month term and mobile/onsite maintenance and repair services covering all equipment types and brands, with over 50 years of combined technician expertise on pumps, blowers, and hydraulic systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GapVax VHE Hydro Excavator Hydro-excavation truck sold to municipal and contractor buyers for non-destructive digging around utilities.
• GapVax MC Combo Sewer Cleaner Combination vacuum and jetter truck for cleaning sanitary and storm sewers, marketed to municipal sewer departments and contractors.
• Dulevo D3 Industrial Sweeper Compact mechanical industrial sweeper for plant, warehouse, and lot cleaning applications.
• Dulevo D6 Municipal Sweeper Municipal-class street sweeper for public works street cleaning programs.
• Dulevo 850 Compact Sweeper Compact sweeper sold for smaller municipal routes and industrial lots.
• Aries Voyager Mainline Camera System Pipeline inspection camera system used for mainline sewer and storm pipe video inspection by municipalities and contractors.
• Aries LETS 6.0 Lateral Launch System Lateral-launch pipeline inspection system used to inspect sewer laterals from the mainline without separate access points.
• WaterStep WOW Cart Specialty mobile water purification/emergency response cart distributed alongside municipal equipment offerings.
• Sewer and Hydro-Excavation Nozzles Nozzles for sewer jetters and hydro-excavators (including Hydra-Flex, Warthog, ENZ, and Red Dawg lines) sold as aftermarket consumables to contractors and municipalities.
• Equipment Rentals Short- and long-term rental of vacuum trucks, sewer cleaners, hydro-excavators, street sweepers, and pipeline inspection systems to contractors and municipalities in Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee.
• Mobile Service and Repair On-site and shop-based service, repair, and parts support for vacuum trucks, jetters, sweepers, and inspection equipment owned by customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Mobile service technicians available throughout Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and beyond
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• WaterStepcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Partnership with Kentucky-based organization WaterStep for disaster preparedness. WaterStep's WOW Cart is a mobile water treatment system that can treat over 10,000 gallons daily, providing clean drinking water while utilities work to get systems back online. 502 Equipment offers this product as part of specialty equipment lineup.
• GapVaxcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2017Authorized dealer for GapVax vacuum trucks and hydro excavators in Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee. GapVax products include VHE hydro excavators and MC combo sewer cleaners.
• AriescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2017Authorized dealer for Aries pipe inspection camera systems including Voyager mainline camera and LETS 6.0 lateral launch system.
• DulevocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2017Authorized dealer for Dulevo street sweepers including D3 industrial sweeper, D6 municipal sweeper, and 850 compact sweeper.
• PipeHuntercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2017Authorized dealer for PipeHunter equipment in Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Aries Industries: Aries is a manufacturer of pipeline inspection camera systems (Voyager, LETS lateral launch) — the same products 502 Equipment distributes as an authorized dealer. Both target municipal sewer inspection contractors with HD crawler and lateral launch camera technology.
• GapVax: GapVax is a U.S. manufacturer of vacuum trucks, hydro excavators, and combination sewer cleaners — the same product lines 502 Equipment distributes. As 502 Equipment's most strategic upstream partner, GapVax serves the identical municipal and contractor buyer with overlapping equipment portfolios in vacuum excavation and sewer cleaning.
• Dulevo: Dulevo is an Italian manufacturer of industrial and municipal street sweepers (D3, D6, 850), directly competing with the brands 502 Equipment distributes. Both target municipalities and industrial facilities with dustless mechanical-suction sweeping technology.
• Vactor (Sewer Equipment Co. of America): Vactor is a leading manufacturer of sewer cleaners, hydro excavators, and industrial vacuum trucks, directly competing with the GapVax lines 502 Equipment distributes. Both serve the same municipal sewer, stormwater, and utility contractor customers with functionally similar combination jet/vacuum equipment.
• Envirosight: Envirosight manufactures crawler and zoom inspection cameras for sewer and stormwater pipelines, competing directly with the Aries camera systems 502 Equipment sells. Both target municipal sewer inspection workflows with HD mainline and lateral launch cameras.
• PipeHunter: PipeHunter manufactures water jetting and sewer cleaning equipment, including trailer jetters and drain cleaning machines — products 502 Equipment distributes under its dealer authorization. Both serve the same municipal and contractor sewer cleaning market.

Broad incumbents

• Vermeer Corporation: Vermeer is a large industrial equipment manufacturer and dealer network spanning vacuum excavators, horizontal directional drills, and underground construction equipment. As a broad incumbent with its own direct dealer network, Vermeer competes with 502 Equipment's territory for municipal and contractor equipment sales, but at substantially larger scale and broader product breadth.
• CUES (Subsidiary of SPX Technologies): CUES is a well-established manufacturer of pipeline inspection and rehabilitation equipment (cameras, lateral launch systems, rehabilitation liners) serving municipal wastewater customers. It competes with the Aries product line 502 Equipment distributes but with broader product breadth and direct municipal relationships.
• Clean Harbors Environmental Services: Clean Harbors is a large publicly-traded environmental services company providing industrial cleaning, vacuum truck services, and emergency response — overlapping with the end-customer use cases 502 Equipment's municipal and contractor customers perform with 502's equipment. It is not a direct distributor competitor but represents the services-scale version of what 502's equipment enables.

Others

• Hydra-Flex: Hydra-Flex manufactures hydro excavation nozzles (Ripsaw, Switchblade, Machete) — accessories that 502 Equipment distributes as part of its specialty equipment lineup. Both serve the same municipal and contractor hydro excavation end users, with Hydra-Flex as an enabling supplier in 502 Equipment's product ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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