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Membership Has its Benefits
The Membership Committee of the Portable Sanitation Association International is comprised of individuals who greatly value their connection with this organization —...
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The Efficient Rig, Part III
Vacuum truck operator Hal Parker of Buffalo, N.Y., asked us to elaborate on the basic requirements for an efficient vacuum service truck....
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Time to Toot Your Horn
About this time of year — as folks are winding down for the winter and thinking about the holidays — enterprising portable...
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Rock Around the Clock
Just a toddler, Lilly Yinger has no idea how multi-talented her parents are. Young entrepreneurs Scott and Lindsay Yinger are growing their...
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Break Out of a Slump
Many portable sanitation businesses maintain their success using a few basic marketing strategies. They keep a Yellow Pages ad, they follow local...
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Top-Flight Service
The team Waste Management of Wisconsin’s Port-O-Let division is managed by Dennis Lindquist from offices in Germantown, Wis. The division consists of...
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How Can I Help You?
The other day, a co-worker from a former employer stopped in at my office to chitchat. The talk eventually turned to how...
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Advertising: How Much is Enough?
Oh the places you’ll go … Yellow Pages, newspapers, magazines, billboards, TV, radio, Internet … if you say yes to every advertising...
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Extend Your Hand
A friend of mine calls it the Three Foot Rule. It means that when he’s at a trade show, if you come...
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Pump Systems Offers Pump System Guidebook
Optimizing Pumping Systems: A Guide to Improved Efficiency, Reliability, and Profitability from Pump Systems Matter and the Hydraulic Institute is a 250-page...
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Pain at the Pump
The jaws of more than one vacuum truck driver, not to mention just about anyone else who depends on diesel-powered equipment and...
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46 Ways to Pay Taxes
In 1930, Mississippi became the first state to adopt a general sales tax. Since then, all but four states have jumped on...
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Batten Down the Hatches
Even with all the global warming discussions all over the world, winter in America is coming on and it’s time to start...
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The Right PSI for the Best MPG
As the presidential election cycle ramped up a while back, John McCain poked fun at Barack Obama for suggesting that proper tire...
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When Customers Own the Units
If you’re missing the PRO Discussion Forum, you’re missing out on valuable advice and informal banter among folks in the portable restroom...
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Something New
When Roberto Zeitlin started his portable restroom business in Americana, Brazil, a decade ago, the country was in the process of recovering...
