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The failure of a referendum in a British Columbia community has officials wondering what will happen next with septage. It started in...

You’re probably familiar with water jetters, even if you don’t own or operate them. Jetters provide a powerful sewer and drain cleaning...

Ditch Witch founder Ed Malzahn passed away on Dec. 11 at the age of 94, the company announced on Dec. 15.“Ed was...

There’s no way to guarantee success — but there are plenty of little things you can do, habits you can form, to...

Help the judges at COLE Publishing choose the 2015 Classy Truck of the Year.Step 1: Look over the 12 Classy Trucks for...

Mark Vice can cite three good reasons why he invested in two Kubota Tractor Corp. mini-excavators: reliability, ease of maintenance and productivity.“We...

Ditch Witch mini skid-steer The SK752 from Ditch Witch is a new, construction-grade mini skid-steer that features a 24.8 hp Kubota diesel engine....

Steve Huff is president of Steve Huff Plumbing in Kingsport, Tennessee, a company built on customer satisfaction. Founded in 1975, Huff was...

Pumper Phil LaRoche and his wife, Kathy, operate LaRoche’s Sewer, Drain & Septic Services, a full-service septic company in Faribault, Minnesota, a...

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of meeting a number of pumpers who’ve attended 30 or more COLE Publishing trade shows,...

Septic service contractors who doubt whether expanded drain cleaning services can mesh well with their existing pumping operations would do well to...

The competition for the classiest truck to appear in Pumper gets fiercer all the time. And that’s no different for 2015, which...

Minnesota septic operators have had some struggles over the years disposing of waste. One problem was some treatment plants refused to accept...

As the owners of a Roto-Rooter franchise in Huntsville, Alabama, David and Deborra Byrd are dedicated to resolving customers’ issues of clogged...

Owner Mark Thompson added a red and white 2015 Peterbilt 325 with a 5,200-gallon steel tank and TSI 800 vacuum pump built...

When I was a kid, the only person I could name who had a tattoo was Popeye the Sailor Man. Back then,...

The all-aluminum 7816 tandem-axle and 7712H single-axle flatbed utility trailers from Aluma feature 14-inch aluminum wheels (standard) with rubber torsion axles and...