Portable Sanitation Business Turns Profitable for Former Construction Worker

Nebraska’s Al Branding turned an injury into a new career — and a surprising expansion into other businesses.
Portable Sanitation Business Turns Profitable for Former Construction Worker
The crew at Al’s Johns includes, from left, Amy Hraban, Katt Bryant, Josh Bruhl, B.J. Helmstadter, Thressa and Al Branding, and Sara Martin. They’re shown with two service trucks from Satellite Industries. (Photos by Matt Ryerson)

When a back injury sidelined Al Branding from a construction career, he applied for what he thought was a full-time waste hauling job in Kansas City, Kansas.

“Instead, I found out I was applying to drive for a portable restroom company,” says Branding. “I was hired, and I...

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