September 2010 Table of Contents

Features

• 4Reading Between the Lines: Tough Job Tales: Meet Two Industrial Vac Loading Contractors
  Are you a septic service contractor who visits the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International every year and finds yourself gravitating toward the displays of combination trucks?
• 12Rules and Regs: Ohio Senate Supports Unified Onsite System Standards
  The Ohio State Senate, after more than a year of arguments over the plan’s potential cost to homeowners, unanimously approved a bill that would create uniform onsite standards.
• 16Building the Business: The Biggest Mistake an Employer Can Make?
  It’s hanging onto the wrong person in the wrong job for too long
• 20Cover Story: Fueled for Success
  Long-time NASCAR driver Bobby Hillin Jr. trades fast cars for the powerful capabilities of a combination truck
• 30Profile: Anything Goes
  Wyoming’s Redi Services lives up to its name as a do-it-all industrial, liquid waste and municipal cleanup contractor
• 38Interview: Structuring an ESOP
  Wanting to share her company’s success with loyal workers, Lorraine Wardy of Sarabia’s Portable Jons turns to an employee stock ownership plan
• 46Overheard Online: Bang For Your Advertising Buck
  In light of emerging opportunities on the Internet, a pumper wants to know the best way to divvy up his marketing budget
• 54Special Feature: Road to Recovery
  Nashville and the Opryland Hotel, for years hosts to the Pumper & Cleaner Expo, are making their way back from the disastrous flooding that struck in May

Columns

• 10Letters to the Editor: Letters
  Writer Says Ventilation Eases Deterioration; Writer Elaborates on Concrete Deterioration
• 60Money Manager: Personal Finance Checklist
  Follow these tips to conduct a regular review of your fiscal life plan
• 66Reader Pipelines: People and Perks
  Do you offer a benefits package aimed at retaining skilled labor for the long haul?
• 72Septic System Answer Man: Soil Oxygen Required
  Well-aerated seepage beds are required to allow adequate downward effluent flow and proper pathogen removal
• 76Classy Trucks: Classy Truck
  We feature Cossentino Septic
• 78NAWT: Load Up On Continuing Education Credits
  As fall approaches, the National Association of Wastewater Transporters Inc. revs up its training schedule.
• 80Industry News: Industry News
  Federal Signal Names VP, GM for Vactor, Guzzler ; Tricouni Names Mansell President of Centerline Tank and Trailer; Boyett’s Placing PolyJohn Hand-Wash Stations on Gulf Beaches; Walex Introduces New Logo, Corporate Branding; Imperial Tanks Used to Skim Oil; Super Products Launches Product Web Site; Triton Pumps Picking Up Weathered Oil; McLaughlin Vacuum Excavators Used to Clean Gulf Spill; Following Fire, J & J Chemical Opens New Plant in Georgia
• 84Association News: Association News
  Association News; Training and Education; Calendar
• 88Product Spotlight: Eliminator Offers Hassle-Free Installations
  The Eliminator package from Fruitland Tool & Mfg. makes installation of the company’s vacuum pumps easier, thanks to a carbon-steel bracket assembly that bolts to a truck frame with minimum effort.
• 88Product News: Product News
  Featured products of September