Battery-Powered Drain Machine with Lift-Assist Treads Lightens the Load

Drum machine’s stair-climbing feature gives drain cleaners a lift.

Battery-Powered Drain Machine with Lift-Assist Treads Lightens the Load

  Drains R Us of Southeastern Wisconsin technician Kenny Szczesny guides the Milwaukee Tool MX Fuel drum machine with POWERTREDZ stair-climbing, lift-assist technology into a customer’s home. (Photo by Ken Wysocky)

After wrestling 250-pound drain machines in and out of service vehicles and up and down customers’ basement stairs, drain cleaner Billy Oudshoorn says his back and knees are shot — and he’s only 30 years old.

“Those older big machines will throw you around a bit,” he...

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