Editorial Articles

Whether your business needs a $2,000 photocopier or a $50,000 vacuum truck, you face a key decision: Should you buy the equipment...

The team Tony and Jennifer Beccio operate B-There Environmental Services LLC out of their home in McSherrystown, Pa. Their equipment and vehicle...

If you own a business, there’s much more to the U.S. government’s economic stimulus program than the check you received in the...

I edited a story for PRO the other day in which a portable sanitation contractor said he occasionally runs an ad in...

Did you ever ask yourself (or Dolly Parton) why workin’ 9 to 5 was the way to make a living? And why...

Question: How many baffles should a 3,600-gallon tank have? The shell length of the tank is 16 feet and the diameter is...

It’s a slow but definitely identifiable trend in the portable restroom industry: More and more people are asking for restroom trailers instead...

Sometimes a special event, construction site or discriminating wedding planner requires more than an entry-level restroom trailer. But they might not have...

As a former owner of a portable sanitation company, I know that a large part of the portable sanitation business is seasonal....

The team Tim Watts is president and CEO of Maui Shower Company LLC, a mobile shower company. His son Sam handles operations,...

Herbert Kohler Jr., chairman, CEO and president of the plumbing supply manufacturer that bears his name, was at the U.S. Women’s Open...

Before ordering a book on Amazon.com, potential buyers can read reviews written by other customers who have read the book. On eBay,...

I’ve attended the same indoor-outdoor springtime farm equipment trade show for the past several years and, as is my habit, I’ve always...

United Site Services Inc. has acquired Texas Pride Portable Toilets LLC of Denton, Texas. The acquisition is the third for USS in...

Question: Why is the aluminum coupling atop my tank — where the pressure relief valve is located — continually being eaten away...

For the past decade, special events have created the fastest-growing market for portable restrooms. More people are getting outdoors on weekends to...

All Affairs Potty Rentals in the New York City borough of Brooklyn serves a booming spring, summer and fall market for community...

Whether it’s a small outfit with a single service vehicle or a large company with a substantial fleet of vacuum trucks, every...

Rob Miller liked the 1980s TV show Moonlighting so much he named his portable restroom business Blue Moon Satellites — in a...