Trucks

Slide-in or bolt-on vacuum tanks serve several valuable purposes in the portable sanitation industry. They offer a good option...

Recently, a pump truck hauling septage flipped over in Southborough, Mass. The accident is under investigation, but speculators believe the driver swerved...

The Internet is full of useful reviews on the products you use every day, including televisions, automobiles and personal computers. But what...

QUESTION: I recently bought a used vacuum truck to pump restrooms. It wasn't long after I got started with the truck...

About 13 years ago, Les Rinehart III decided to scratch an entrepreneurial itch by buying a portable restroom business in...

QUESTION: I’m somewhat new to the industry and I’m shopping trucks and tanks. I think I’ve found a truck, but I see there...

THE TEAM D.J. Moats Jr. and his wife, Jamie, offer septic, backhoe, and related services, as well as portable restrooms in the northwest...

QUESTION: I crawled under my truck last week and there was a big steel box that looked like a transmission. I wasn’t sure...

QUESTION: What do you think is the best type of transmission for a service truck, automatic or standard shift? Ray O’Riley Helena, Mont. ANSWER: There...

THE TEAM The Mortensen brothers, Chris and Dustin, operate Gallup Pumping Service, a septic/portable restroom business in Gallup, N.M. They have 15 employees...

Question: Any recommendations on a good deodorizer for our pump truck? Whenever the pump is turned on, our truck gives off quite a...

THE RIG: 2006 GMC 5500 built out by Imperial Industries. BEHIND THE WHEEL: Kevin Marks COMPANY: P & C Sanitation, Seymour, Wis., was started...

QUESTION: I recently purchased a used vacuum truck. One thing I noticed is it has three sight bubbles on the rear head....

QUESTION: It’s going to be Christmas soon (seems like it’s always close to Christmas) and my wife was asking me what I would...

QUESTION: I bought a used portable sanitation service truck last winter. In the spring, we noticed after we dump the sight glass remains...

QUESTION: Rear-view video cameras are showing up more and more on all types of trucks. Any opinion on their value and worth? Ray Nesbitt Atlanta,...

QUESTION: We had a mechanic put a new pump on our vacuum truck. It ran for a few hours and then the check...