October 2017 Issue of Pumper

Chain up the tires, keep the valves heated and wear a good pair of boots to keep pumping while Mother Nature does her best to make life miserable in the north woods.

Take a critical look at the portable sanitation side of your pumping business. Could you be doing better?

Through three generations of family ownership, the emphasis has switched from septic service to portable sanitation for New York’s Suburban Septic & Excavating Services.

Stop spinning your wheels with wasted effort and tasks that don’t build the bottom line. Then be prepared to ramp up the revenue!

Adding new services takes the right equipment, workers who know how to use it, and market demand. Hit on all three and you can find success.

Leister took over an older septic service company and is modernizing it with high technology, Google marketing and youthful energy.

Choose your septage or grease waste stabilization material carefully and then follow appropriate safety procedures to prepare loads for land application or disposal at a the treatment plant.

Straight diesel and gasoline engines are no longer the only way to go for your fleet of trucks. But are they still the smartest answer?

Iowa’s Rob Brown has some interesting stories to tell about his customers, his favorite equipment, and his hopes for a more professional industry.