Editorial Articles

Presto Lifts hand pallet trucks Rol-Lift hand pallet trucks from Presto Lifts Inc. have a lift capacity of 4,500 to 6,500 pounds and...

The new Durasucker vacuum truck, manufactured by Super Products LLC, marks the company’s first entry into the liquid-vacuum truck market. “We’ve always had...

Lightweight, watertight tanks, drainfield restoratives, effluent filters, treatment systems and monitoring devices can keep onsite septic systems performing at their best. Ace Roto-Mold Horizontal...

Kevin Loukes, owner of Charlton Septic Service in Charlton, N.Y., is a study in resourcefulness during challenging economic times. Since Kevin and his...

When Jon and Gale Houseknecht established Sunset Septic & Excavating Inc. back in 1995 after buying a long-dormant septic-pumping business, they found...

Looking at algae blooms washing ashore reminded residents of Huron-Kinloss, Ontario, of when Lake Huron was pristine. They didn’t like seeing the...

Rep. Chris Dorworth (R-Lake Mary) introduced legislation to repeal mandatory five-year septic tank inspections and give local governments power to regulate them....

No one will ever accuse Luke Deshotels of searching for hobbies to fill his free time. After all, time is money for...

QUESTION: In previous articles in Pumper and Onsite Installer, soil sizing charts were mentioned that identify rapid perc rate, fine sandy soils...

MICHIGAN Land Application Demonstrated Michigan Septic Tank Association director Chris Sloan and family opened Sloan’s Septic Tank Service in Oakley to legislators, enabling them...

To Jim McDonald’s mind, running a great vacuum truck is one of several prerequisites to showing customers you’re a quality septic service...

Appearances and professionalism can make your small business seem huge. If you look as though you’re substantial and that you can handle...

Owner Danny Duncan runs this red and white 2004 Ford F-650 truck with a 2,000-gallon steel tank for his part-time pumping business....

Fountain Square Theatre, a two-minute cab ride and only a mile-and-a-half from downtown Indianapolis at the intersection of Virginia Avenue at Shelby...

Not long ago, all a trade show attendee needed to make the most of the event was a stack of business cards...

Rodney Atkins rose from a hardscrabble beginning as a sickly orphan to the heights of country music stardom, producing back-to-back Billboard top...

Infiltrator Acquires ADS Septic Chamber Assets Infiltrator Systems Inc. agreed to acquire the assets of the septic chamber business of Advanced Drainage Systems...

Most people would probably agree that improving people’s lives and preserving the environment are very worthy goals. If both of these objectives...

If you’ve got a customer with significant outstanding invoices, and you’ve done all you can as far as calling, sending letters, and...