A Second-Career Idaho PRO Is Dreaming Big

James Hope and his family risk their entire retirement nest egg to build a new portable restroom business. The gamble is starting to pay off.

A Second-Career Idaho PRO Is Dreaming Big

James Hope stops on his route to service a bright-green Five Peaks restroom. His newest truck is from TruckXpress and carries a Masport pump. (Photos by Darren Russinger)

Facing a midlife career crossroads, James Hope took a giant gamble last year and established Rocky Mountain Portables in Boise, Idaho, along with his wife, Cecelia Hope. All they started with was a new pickup truck with a slide-in tank, plus 50 nearly new restrooms — effectively...

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