Life changed considerably for Tim and Theresa Lawson and their plumbing business when they purchased 75 portable restrooms from a friend going...
Entries Tagged Pumps
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Offer New Service Specialties to Keep Customers Calling
Carter’s Septic Tank Service Ltd. has been operating out of Second North River, New Brunswick, Canada, since 1960. Always looking for new...
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Classy Truck of the Month - January 2017
Owner Ryan McGuire bought a gunmetal gray and white 2005 Kenworth T800 with a 3,300-gallon steel tank and a 75-gallon freshwater tank,...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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They Bought a Treatment Plant, then Started Pumping Operations
In 2001, Jeff Johnson started Johnson Johns & Septic Service out of necessity more than anything. A few years prior he had...
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Classy Truck of the Month - October 2016
Wm. P. McGovern added a 2013 Peterbilt 338 truck from Vacuum Sales with a 4,600-gallon steel tank and Fruitland RFC 500 pump....
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How to Tame Your Waterblasting Machine
Like a hungry lion, waterblasting machines are big, bad and dangerous. Treat them right, though, and you can make them purr like...
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Is it Time to Convert Your Work Trucks to Natural Gas Engines?
To increase market share in the grease trap and septic pumping market in metropolitan Omaha, Nebraska, Chris and Mark Roseland — the...
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This Canadian Pumper Cashes in on a Golden Opportunity
Phil’s Septic Pumping Service was founded in 1995 in the small community of Marathon, Ontario, Canada, on the North Shore of Lake...
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His Truck’s ‘Built Chevy Tough’
Getting the most out of a vacuum truck: It’s the goal of every pumping professional.And pumpers follow different strategies of truck ownership....





















