On most mornings, Joe Mayers of Septic Experts in Sussex, N.J., pilots a barge to work, installing onsite systems on islands or lakefront properties inaccessible by road. In 2003, the Sussex County Health Department asked him who was going to service the septic tanks he was installing. Mayers spent three years researching and developing a solution.Trained as a diesel mechanic, Mayers used his heavy machinery background gained while operating Joe Mayers Excavating to decide what equipment to buy and how to modify it for freshwater navigation. His patented, quad-sectional barge opened the door to subcontract work involving hydro-raking organics off
