Entries Tagged Vacuum Pump

Some pumpers may lie awake at night dreaming of diverting half of the waste they pump from the treatment plant to a...

When James Dillard isn’t out pumping septic tanks in and around Annapolis, Md., odds are he’s marching to the beat of a...

It’s not unusual for septic service providers to inherit businesses from parents who long resisted attempts to modernize operations, preferring handwritten invoices...

Is it a school bus with a vacuum tank or a vacuum truck that can haul a bunch of students on a...

Has your pump lost its pop? Are there strange noises coming from inside the housing? Perhaps it’s time for a rebuild or...

When you’re looking to buy a new pumper truck, Jay Minear has a few words of advice: More — in terms of...

Take more than three decades of septic service, add a thriving portable sanitation component, then stir in a helping of equipment sales...

As a young girl, Crissy Glass posed for photos in front of her father’s vacuum trucks because she thought the trucks were...

Now that the busy season is behind you, it might be a good time to think about upgrading your vacuum truck fleet....

Some oil industry contractors strive to build a diverse customer base to mitigate the risk of over-reliance on one particular client. At...

When Maxwell and Olen McCutcheon started pumping septic tanks and hauling steel-mill waste in 1947 in Pennsylvania, they owned just one small...

Just because a company enjoys the continuity of three generations of family ownership over 60 years doesn’t mean it resists adapting to...

As an outdoorsman who loves to fish and canoe, Douglas Hurrelbrink has a passionate concern for clean water. Since 2010 he’s brought...

Ken Howard always looked forward to retirement. Then in 1997, after 28 years of running a trash-hauling business in South Carolina’s Upcountry,...