Do you get stung by the septic service industry’s standard practice of offering flat-rate pricing for the work you perform? You quote the price to pump a 1,000-gallon tank, and find any number of complications keep you at the work site longer than expected. For example:Your fee is $50 to dig up two tank openings, but the tank turns out to be deeper than you expected and the soil is nearly as hard as the concrete tank you’re trying to reach. It takes you far longer than anticipated to gain access and pump.
A tank is so packed with years of
