Editorial Articles

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...

Carrying liquid loads – like a half-tank of portable restroom wastewater – is a huge safety responsibility. Not only do the contents...

THE TEAMRobin Youmans operates her business, Allied Portables LLC, out of a 4-acre facility in Fort Myers, Fla. She has a partner,...

Aswitch from the construction trade to the portable sanitation business has paid off in the long run for Affordable Portables of St....

Picture this: It’s 7 a.m. You swing your truck into an almost empty parking lot grabbing a spot near the entry. You...

Safety Measures: Caution - Railroad Crossing AheadIn rural areas, railroad crossings are often rather basic, without the prominent crossing bars and flashing...

Did you just return home from the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International in Indianapolis? If you did, you just saw the...

Galbreath 200 Series roll-off trailerThe A5-200 Series roll-off trailer from Galbreath, a Wastequip brand, has a container size capacity of up to...