February 2010 Table of Contents

Features

• 16Cover Story: Good Bones on This Classy Truck
  Repurposed Kenworth milk hauler makes a powerful platform for a do-it-all vac truck owned by Minnesota’s Glenn Larson
• 22Building the Business: Hold on to Your Star Employees
  A combination of advancement opportunities, financial incentives and industry image building will help you retain the best and brightest workers
• 28Rules and Regs: Funding Runs Out for Pennsylvania Regulators
  The Lycoming Sanitary Committee in Montoursville, Pa., closed early last November due to $230,000 debt and insufficient reimbursable funds.
• 36Profile: Green and Growing
  An affinity for recycling and cleaner technologies gives North Carolina’s Stanley Environmental Solutions a profit punch
• 42Expo: Building an Edge
  Seminars at the 2010 Pumper & Cleaner Expo focus on helping contractors improve business performance and profitability
• 46Expo: Just For Women
  A first-time seminar at the 2010 Pumper & Cleaner Expo will help women in the industry handle their roles effectively
• 50Profile: Come Together
  Faced with a family health crisis, brothers join forces and create a succession plan to preserve and strengthen Ohio’s AAA Wastewater Services Inc.
• 68Overheard Online: Promoting Scheduled Pump-outs
  Rather than pestering customers to call for service, pumpers would like advice on easy ways to ensure return business
• 80Interview: Marketing Grease Trap Waste
  Pumpers are urged to look for creative ways to unlock the potential of what has been a challenging byproduct of the liquid waste industry

Columns

• 60After Hours: Rednecks & Racing
  Pennsylvania pumper Blair Miller and his wife, Sabrena, starred in CMT’s My Big Redneck Wedding, and steer the fortunes of the Cornfield 500 race weekend
• 74Reader Pipelines: Pumper Nightmare Jobs
  “It hadn’t been cleaned in about five to seven years, and the crust was about six feet thick”
• 86Septic System Answer Man: A Fine Mess!
  Laundry lint particles might be small, but they can still create big problems with onsite systems if they’re not handled properly
• 92Money Manager: Are You Creditworthy?
  The business loan landscape has changed with the economy, but many of the fundamentals for borrowing remain the same
• 100Classy Trucks: Classy Truck of February
  This month we feature Dusty's Pumping Service.
• 108NAWT: Working Together Pays Dividends
  The Partnership for Sustainable Decentralized Wastewater Treatment System Management Reports on 2009 Achievements
• 114Industry News: Industry News
  Bord na Mona Names Peat Business Development Director; Premier Tech Installs First Ecoflo in State of Washington; Osprey Biotechnics Opens Fungi Production Facility; Advanced Enviro-Septic Receives NSF Certification
• 120Product Spotlight: Wee Vac from Wee Engineer Inc.
  For pumpers who clean grease traps in restaurants and other businesses where hoses are either not allowed or an unwanted nuisance, the Wee Vac from Wee Engineer Inc. provides a portable, low-cost alternative.
• 120Product News: Product News
  Featured products from Water Cannon, Clear Computing, Lowell, Zoeller, SJE-Rhombus, Aquaworx, and Hibon
• 129Association News: Association News
  Associatin News, Training & Education, and Calendar