When JCL Septic Service of Bennington, New Hampshire, formed in 2011, partners Jon Charlonne and Cory Lawrence had to rent all the equipment they needed for excavating work. They bought out a small septic pumping business that didn’t have useful excavating machines.
“We were renting equipment and hiring other contractors to use their dump trucks and equipment,” Lawrence says.
Since then, things have changed significantly. The company now maintains a collection of trucks and excavating equipment. Going from renting to owning the equipment was a big step, and a productive one, Lawrence says.
“Having your own equipment
