Patent ID: 7604023

Claim:
A mobile utility valve actuator and vacuum excavation method for accessing and opening or closing an in ground utility valve, comprising the steps of: having a mobile platform means wherein said mobile platform is chosen from one or more of a group consisting of a trailer, a skid, a truck, a zero turn radius vehicle, a fork lift, and a skid steer, and further comprising the steps of having a vacuum container adjacently mounted on said mobile platform, and said vacuum container having a vacuum producing means to create a vacuum within said vacuum container, and further comprising the step of having a vacuum hose to vacuum a liquid or solids into said vacuum container, and further comprising the step of having a boom means, and said boom means having two or more arms, and said boom means having a first end pivot ably mounted on said mobile platform, and said pivot ably mounted boom means having a second end connected to said valve actuator and further comprising the step of said valve actuator having a rotate able shaft, and said rotate able shaft further comprising the step of having an attachment means of adjacently mounting said rotate able shaft to a valve stem of said in ground utility valve.