Ship to Shore

Jason Kramer built his island-based pumping and inspection business on customized equipment designed for speed, flexibility and efficiency

Jan 13, 2025 | by Ted J. Rulseh |

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Ship to Shore — Kramer utilizes his service truck with a 400-gallon tank often for small pumping jobs. The size and versatility make it a handy tool in his arsenal.

It takes a unique equipment fleet to run an island-based pumping and inspection business that requires frequent trips to the mainland. Jason Kramer runs just such a business on Washington’s Lopez Island, a 4-by-14-mile strip of land in the Puget Sound with 3,500 residents (6,000 in the summer). His fleet includes a vacuum truck he purposely kept under 30 feet long to save $54 on the fare for each ferry trip to offload septage at the Anacortes Wastewater Treatment Plant.For island-hopping to perform inspections, he has a 21-foot Parker fiberglass boat. On board he carries a Rad Power electric bicycle that

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