It wasn’t too many years ago that Brett Tutor was apprenticing for his grandfather Chet Tutor’s home inspection company, a teenager hand-digging...
Entries Tagged Steel Tank
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This California Pumper’s Career Change Is a Hole-in-One
While working as a golf course pro in Colorado and Texas, Zack Ray never dreamed he would one day own a septic...
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This Pennsylvania Pumper Shows His Passion for Classic Country Music
Rodney Loeb has the satellite radio in his vacuum truck permanently tuned to Willie’s Roadhouse so country music of the 1950s and...
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For More Than 60 Years, the Zuech Family Has Been Ready to Work
What’s in a name? Quite a bit in the case of Zuech’s Environmental Services, based in Franklinville, New York — and formerly...
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A Quality Crew and an Effective Disposal Plan, an Ohio Family Pumping Company Is Poised for Growth
If you buy a race car that has been a winner on the circuit, you don’t tear the engine apart. You upgrade...
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Consider Tom Arts' Strategy for Building a Successful Pumping Company
Back in 2000, Tom Arts and his wife, Candy, bought A-1 Septic in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Today, the diverse service business has roughly...
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How a Smaller Truck Can Get You Big Business
Small size equals big business for Gregory Vanscoy, owner of A-Team/Vanscoy Septic Cleaning.Ever since the company’s founding, A-Team/Vanscoy Septic Cleaning has always...
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Pumper Bill Leppala Explains How to Scratch Out a Living in a Sparsely Populated Winter Wonderland
During the summer and early fall, Bill Leppala appreciates the beauty of the lakes, rivers, woods and landscapes in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula...
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Portable Restrooms Take the Lead for New York Pumper Yvonne Hoover
In 1957 when Gordon Hoover Sr. established Suburban Septic in Kirkwood, New York, the company’s main focus was pumping septic tanks. Today,...
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Just Call These Pumpers the Yes Men
For most businesses, answering phone calls from potential customers is simply a means to an end: booking a job. But at ADB...
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Speccing Out New Trucks Can Mean Offering New Services
Expanding your pumping services sometimes means modifying how you spec out your pump truck. Just ask Eric Zuech, owner of Zuech’s Environmental...
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Jim Ehde Brings a Variety of Services to his Island Hometown
An island would seem too small a service territory for a pumper, but not for Jim Ehde. Grand Island, New York, has...
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An Ohio Pumping Company Relies on a Youth Movement for Growth
After many years in business, Tim and Patty Hack — the owners of Tidy Tim’s Inc. in Mount Gilead, Ohio — found...
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On-Time Delivery Wins in the Film and Television Industry
It’s not an exaggeration to say that Cal-State Site Services plays a role in television shows and feature films shot in Hollywood....





















