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Editorial
Pumpers: Open Your Mind to Moneymaking Opportunities
Life changed considerably for Tim and Theresa Lawson and their plumbing business when they purchased 75 portable restrooms from a friend going...
Editorial
Classy Truck - February 2017
Owner Brad LaVoy added a maroon 2016 International 7500 with a 4,000-gallon aluminum tank and liquid-cooled National Vacuum Equipment pump built out...
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Classy Truck - February 2017
Owner Gary King added a black and red 2015 Peterbilt 337 with a 2,500-gallon steel tank and Masport HXL400 WV pump built...
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Industry News: December 2016
Armstrong Equipment named Cat Pumps distributor
Armstrong Equipment, based in Santa Fe Springs, California, has been named a distributor for the Cat Pumps...
Editorial
Career Swap Puts Partners Behind the Wheel of a Pumping Truck
When Cindy Tiemann, RN and director of nursing for an assisted living facility, wanted a career change, she never anticipated becoming an...
Editorial
Childhood Truck Rides Lead to a Career in Wastewater
As a child, Sara Coleman remembers hopping on the vacuum truck to go along on septic service calls. The time spent with...
Editorial
Cast Your Ballot for Your Favorite Septic Service Truck
In a first for the Classy Truck of the Year competition, we brought more rigs into the garage this year for your...
Editorial
Wittig RFL 102 vacuum pump from Gardner Denver provides high vacuum in smaller footprint
The ability to load and off-load quickly can equal more appointments per day, which means profit for a pumper. Scheduling more appointments...
Editorial
Classy Truck of the Month - December 2016
Owner Tim Novak added “Big Blue,’’ a 2002 Sterling truck built out by Cooper’s Sandblasting, Minerva, Ohio, with a 3,600-gallon steel Pik...
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Classy Truck of the Month - December 2016
Courtney Van Delden submitted a 2016 Kenworth T800 with a 4,000-gallon aluminum tank and Masport HXL400WV pump built out by Progress Tank....
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Changes in Speccing Equipment Leads Pumper to More Work
Back in the mid-1940s when Bob Overbey started his company, Overbey’s Septic Tank Service in McLeansville, North Carolina, it was primarily a...
Editorial
Grease is the Meal Ticket for This Established North Carolina Pumping Company
Cultural changes have nudged Overbey’s Septic Tank Service into different directions since the mid-1940s when Bob Overbey and his brothers returned home...
Editorial
Quality Control Means Doing All the Work Ourselves
The owners of A-1 Septic Tank Cleaning know what they want. Mike and Patti Mutchler have been operating the company to ensure...
Editorial
And the Winner Is … Doorbust’n Portables & Septic Service
Public recognition for a job well done is a rare and elusive thing in the pumping industry. Sure, you might get a...
Editorial
Classy Truck of the Month - November 2016
Owner Cody Mitchell added a 2006 Freightliner M2 built out in-house with a Pik Rite 3,500-gallon steel tank and National Vacuum Equipment...
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A Reliable Fleet is Critical to Success
To state the obvious: Your business revolves around trucks. Service vehicles are important assets that drive the productivity and profitability of your...

















