Editorial Articles

I grew up on a small Wisconsin dairy farm and I don’t recall my parents ever taking a vacation. My dad would...

Organize, Don’t Agonize: Top Tech PicksYou’re in business to make money. You earn a profit on each portable restroom placed at a special...

My guess is that your portable sanitation business is on stronger financial footing than it was last year at this time. And...

Sioux Corp. steam generatorThe SF-50 Steam-Flo steam generator from the Sioux Corp. is designed for accelerating the curing process in precast concrete,...

Wee Engineer’s Parker passes awayCharlotte Parker, secretary/treasurer for Wee Engineer and wife of company cofounder Robert M. Parker Jr., passed away Feb....

There’s a good reason we haven’t announced a winner of the Truck Corner quiz published a few months ago in PRO. Of...

I recently glanced at the section of books in my local library devoted to the topic of running a small business. Two...

Innovative software and communications equipment can help portable sanitation contractors operate effectively and efficiently. Here are products – including routing software, fleet-tracking...

Spit and Polish: Secrets to a Showroom ShineIf you’d like to keep your truck showroom sharp, then read this interview with Mike...

THE RIG: 2014 Peterbilt 330 built out by TankTec, Tank Technologies & Supply Co.COMPANY: Gotta Go Services, Pineville, La.; owners Wade and...

In 1971, a handful of entrepreneurial leaders formed the first trade association in the world for portable sanitation providers. Their aims were...

When Peggy and Richard Dean got into the portable sanitation business in 1994 they didn’t imagine a big source of future revenue...

THE TEAMBio-Liquid Waste Disposal is located in the small town of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Can., about 100 miles northeast of Halifax. The...

If you’re like many portable restroom operators I’ve met, you barely had enough money scraped together to buy that first slide-in vacuum...

Wastequip names division presidents, vice presidentWastequip promoted John Defenbaugh to mobile division president, responsible for sales and operation of the Galbreath, Pioneer, Mountain...

Subaru V-Twin engine generatorsRGV industrial generators (RGV12100 and RGV13100T) from Subaru Industrial Power Products feature Subaru V-Twin engines. The RGV12100 is powered...

Rectangular vacuum tankThe all-in-one rectangular vacuum waste tank from Crescent Tank Mfg., in sizes from 100 to 2,000 gallons, features a low-profile...

QUESTION: I’m having an air-lock problem. Our treatment plant has a discharge station where we hook up to a 4-inch female camlock...

QuestionDo you have recommendations on a good deodorizer for our pumper truck? Whenever the pump is turned on, we are giving off...