Editorial Articles

Satellite Industries Inc. has purchased Hampel Corp.’s line of portable restrooms and will take over ownership, operation, sales and marketing of the...

QUESTION: I’ve recently noticed that on some vacuum trucks, the suction fitting coming out the back end is tilted down at about...

One of an employer’s biggest challenges is finding great employees. And if you’re lucky enough to get them on board, then there’s...

If you’re on a construction site for any amount of time, you’ll see a heap of misfortune visited upon the portable restroom...

When Kristen Emerson was 4 years old, she spent her days riding in her dad’s vacuum truck. In fact, she still has...

THE RIG: 2008 Sterling 5500 built out by Satellite Industries BEHIND THE WHEEL: Wes DooleyCOMPANY: T.L.C. Septic Services, Belgrade, Mont.SPECS: A 2008...

When his sputtering airplane couldn’t make it back to the airport for an emergency landing, pilot Clifford Howell inadvertently chose the safest...

THE TEAMSierra Restroom Solutions, a Reno, Nev., company in business since 2003, was started by Keith Capurro and Charles Oppio, who later...

Every so often I talk to a restroom contractor who’s scratching his head over a new competitor elbowing his way into the...

When I first discovered YouTube, I thought it was an amusing time-waster. I could watch TV commercials I loved as a kid...

JAG Provides Summit of the Americas SupportJAG Mobile Solutions, working with Trinidad and Tobago’s leading waste management company, sent two restroom trailers...

QUESTION: A few months ago, I moved my pumping company from Houston to a small town near Denver. I figured since I...

When the National Safety Council in January called for a nationwide ban on the use of cell phones — both hand-held and...

The trend in the past several years has been an upswing in requests for VIP-style restroom trailers. During the height of the...

Portable Sanitation Association International members have proudly shown their belief in the value of education by contributing $319,350 to the PSAI Scholarship...

Royal Restrooms of California is not a traditional portable restroom business. In fact, its owners, Rich and Kristin Reynolds, don’t even own...

Question: I’ve got a Boyd slide-in unit (100 gallons fresh/300 gallons waste) with a vacuum-only pump. I’d like to route the exhaust...

THE TEAMWhen motorcycle enthusiasts roared into Daytona Beach, Fla., in February for the 68th Bike Week festival, Paul Creech and his 11...

The results of our first Big 10 PRO Survey of portable restroom operators echo many of the concerns you tell me about...