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2us-gaap_ScheduleOfFutureMinimumLeasePaymentsForCapitalLeasesTableTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse| 1falsefalsefalse00<p style="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Notes payable, capitalized leases and long term debt as of June 30,
2013 and September 30, 2012 consisted of the following:</p>
<p style="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in"> </p>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%">
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">June 30,</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">September 30,</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom">
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">2013</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">2012</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2"> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2"> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td style="width: 64%"><font style="font-size: 8pt">BFI Business Finance Secured Credit Facility</font></td>
<td style="width: 1%; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="width: 15%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">477,812</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="width: 15%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">568,475</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">TransTech capitalized leases, net of capitalized interest</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">7,744</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">17,943</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">Note payable to Umpqua Bank</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">200,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">Related party notes payable-</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">James Gingo Promissory Note</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">1,000,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Lynn Felsinger</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">49,500</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">Total debt</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">685,556</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">1,635,918</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Less current portion of long term debt</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">(683,101</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt">)</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">(1,631,903</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt">)</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td style="padding-bottom: 3pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Long term debt</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 3pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">2,455</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 3pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 3pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">4,015</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 3pt"> </td></tr>
</table>falsefalsefalse | nonnum:textBlockItemTypenaTabular disclosure of future minimum lease payments as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in aggregate and for each of the five years succeeding fiscal years, with separate deductions from the total for the amount representing executor costs, including any profit thereon, included in the minimum lease payments and for the amount of the imputed interest necessary to reduce the net minimum lease payments to present value.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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2us-gaap_ScheduleOfMaturitiesOfLongTermDebtTableTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse| 1falsefalsefalse00<p style="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The aggregate future minimum lease payments
under capital leases, to the extent the leases have early cancellation options and excluding escalation charges, are as follows:</p>
<p style="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"> </p>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%">
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom">
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Years Ended June 30,</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Total</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td style="width: 77%; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">2014</font></td>
<td style="width: 1%; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="width: 20%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">105,611</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">2015</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">65,292</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">2016</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">38,008</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">2017</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">2018</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Beyond</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td style="padding-bottom: 3pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Total</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 3pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">208,911</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 3pt"> </td></tr>
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2VSUL_AggregateMaturitiesForNotesPayableCapitalizedLeasesAndLongTermDebtTableTextBlockVSUL_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse| 1falsefalsefalse00<p style="margin: 0"><font style="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Aggregate maturities for notes payable, capitalized
leases and long term debt by year are as follows:</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0"></p>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%">
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom">
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext">Years Ended  June 30,</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext">Total</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td style="width: 77%; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext">2014</font></td>
<td style="width: 1%; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext">$</font></td>
<td style="width: 20%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext">683,101</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext">2015</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext">2,455</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext">2016</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext">-</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext">2017</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext">-</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext">2018</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext">-</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td style="padding-bottom: 0.25pc; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext">Total</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 0.25pc; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext">$</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext">685,556</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 0.25pc"> </td></tr>
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