Editorial Articles

Cory Lawrence has a pretty good idea why JCL Septic Service, the company he and Jon Charlonne founded in 2011, has been...

It’s difficult to find a silver lining in the wildfires that swept through Sonoma County, California, last fall. Some 250 fires burned...

Whether it’s vacuum trucks, small business, race cars or any number of other things, Neal Bennett is pretty good at building things...

"The worst customer service experience ever! The driver arrived an hour late for the appointment and was surly. Stay away!!!” “They made a...

As one solution to pollution in the Indian River Lagoon of eastern Florida, a local county board of supervisors is considering a...

How much does it take to retire? Conventional wisdom once suggested if you could put aside a million dollars, you’d be set for...

When it received a grant of 388 acres of land about a decade ago, Chatham University already had a main campus near...

I continually receive questions and comments about determining soil texture in the field. Soil texture, as hopefully everyone reading this knows, is...

Name and title or job description: Chic Shaw, president Business name and location: Chic’s Contracting, Athabasca, Alberta Age: 72 Years in the industry:...

John Holm & Son - Monroe, New JerseyWayne Borsuk added a black 2017 Peterbilt 567 with a 5,000-gallon stainless steel tank and 440...

Gilpin Septic Services - Wareham, Massachusetts Bill Gilpin Jr. added this black and blue 2104 Kenworth T370 with a 2,700-gallon steel tank and Fruitland...

Special events and construction sites sometimes request portable restrooms that offer more convenience and cleanliness than a standard unit. In fact, work...

Problem: A longtime pumper truck manufacturer was experiencing constant overheating and failure of washdown pumps due to cycling. The manufacturer had been...

Richard Snyder believes in having good, up-to-date equipment for his septic service business and even showed off his latest vacuum truck at...