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New Gen-Eye X-POD Plus Sewer Camera Features Gen-Pack Battery Adapter, Wi-Fi and Distance Counter
The new Gen-Eye X-POD Plus sewer camera system from General Pipe Cleaners now includes the Gen-Pack battery adapter, Wi-Fi transmitter, and an...
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Save the Date for Precast Days at Wieser Concrete
Wieser Concrete is hosting Precast Days, presented by the National Precast Concrete Association, to provide a unique educational opportunity to local students,...
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Mathew Deines Brings Skills Learned as a U.S. Marine and Seasoned Accountant to the Pumping Industry
Trading profit-and-loss statements for pumping septic tanks may sound like an odd bit of career calculus. But nearly three years after making...
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Is It Time to Take the Shovel Out of Your Customers’ Hands?
As pumpers, you often encounter do-it-yourselfer homeowners looking for ways to shave a few dollars off of the invoice. I imagine many...
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7 Strategies to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times
The high level of distress many small-business owners and managers experience during a crisis is unsettling, but normal. When displaced from work...
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Product Focus - October 2021
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Allied Graphics decals
Decals from Allied Graphics are designed to stand up to tough environments. Their adhesive is designed exclusively for the portable restroom industry...
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Case Study - October 2021
PRO appreciates value of his service truck
Problem: Chase Johnson, owner of Executive Sanitation in Kensington, Minnesota, suffered a major business loss in 2020...
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Flex-Shaft Technology: The Next Big Thing
Drain cleaning professionals ignore new technology at their peril. As in most industries, if your competition has equipment that is better, faster,...
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How to Make Your Business Stand Out Among the Competition
As a local service business, you’re always competing for the eyes of your potential customers. With everything that’s out there — competitors,...
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General’s Flexi-Rooter: The Next-Generation Flexible Shaft Machine
General Pipe Cleaners has rethought high-speed, flexible shaft machines with the introduction of the Flexi-Rooter, the next-generation flexible shaft machine. General added...
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Don’t Stay Silent About Unsafe Behavior on the Job
So you see a colleague violating a safety procedure while operating an excavator, or breaking office ethics protocol.
Given most people’s propensity for...
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How to Improve Your Team’s Listening Skills
Listening is a crucial skill for anyone who works in a customer-facing position, whether they’re receptionists, sales reps, field technicians or managers....
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Which Septic Tank Material Should You Use?
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Polyethylene/Polypropylene
Polyethylene/polypropylene “poly" tanks can be rotationally molded in one piece or injection molded in two pieces. Some early poly tanks were prone...
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Knowing When to Pull the Trigger on an Equipment Purchase
Within a year of launching his sewer and drain cleaning business, Mark Joski began to diversify. He first added excavation services and...
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Master the Art of Inventory Control
With anywhere from $5,000 to upward of $10,000 in materials, work trucks can all too easily turn into black holes where thousands...
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How to Subdue the Potential Toxicity of Workplace Rhetoric
A survey conducted last year by The Harris Poll for job-search platform Glassdoor showed that 60% of 1,200 respondents felt it was unacceptable...
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Advanced Phosphorus Removal in Onsite Systems
Most septic systems remove phosphorus by absorption and precipitation in the soil treatment system. Septic professionals and property owners should consider first...
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The Impacts of Soil Consistence on Septic System Installation
Consistence describes how easy it is to deform or break up the soil. Consistence is used to determine if the soil contains...























