Growing up, Rick Miene always had a passion and a skill for operating equipment while working for Miene Septic Service, the company...
Entries Tagged Crust Busters
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Lessons From a Mentor Turn Into Pumping Profits
Taking an established and successful pumping business to the next level can be a tall order, especially for a newcomer to the...
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The Right Equipment Will Bring in the Dollars
Henry Damm remembers the day in the early 1970s when he saw a truck-mounted drilling rig at a neighbor’s house with the...
Crust Busters
The Crust Buster hand-held power agitator from Crust Busters has an 80-inch shaft and two- or three-blade propeller that mixes a 1,000-gallon...
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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...
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Expanding the Menu of Wastewater Services Builds the Bottom Line
Sending work to subcontractors never made much business sense to Bob and Danielle Beauregard, the owners of a Mr. Rooter plumbing and...
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Supersize My Classy Truck
It’s Classy Truck time, one of my favorite months of the year here at Pumper. This marks a decade since we started...
Grease-Handling Equipment - Crust Busters agitator
The hand-held power agitator from Crust Busters has an 80-inch shaft and two- or three-blade propeller designed to mix a 1,000-gallon septic...
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Buy a New Rolling Chassis; Add a Rebuilt Late-Model Engine
As a first-time owner of a small septic service company with just two employees, Matt Herink is all about efficiency, controlling expenses...
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Classy Truck Of The Month - June 2016
Owner Jeff Boutell added this Sherwood green 2015 Kenworth T800 vacuum truck with a 4,200-gallon waste/200-gallon freshwater aluminum tank and Wittig RFL...
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Classy Truck Of The Month - April 2016
Owner Robert Markos bought an over-the-road 2006 W-900 Kenworth semitractor and had it converted into a vacuum truck by Marsh Industrial, adding...
Online Exclusives
Ethanol in Fuel: Is the Bad Rap Deserved?
Should you use ethanol-blended, oxygenated fuel in your small engine?The short answer is yes, but …Today’s spark-ignited, carbureted engines used in pumps,...
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Stewart’s Septic Takes Control of Septic and Grease Treatment
Thanks to timely acquisitions of other pumping companies, diving into the fats, oils and grease business, and pioneering private wastewater processing, Stewart’s...
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Classy Truck Of The Month - February 2016
Owner Steve Morosky bought a 2005 International 8600 with a 3,800-gallon steel tank and Jurop/Chandler LC420 pump built out by National Truck...


















