Creating a Superior Fleet

Jeff Wilson has seen many equipment improvements in the portable sanitation industry in recent years. The owner of TPI Portable Toilets and Septic Tank Services in Longview, Washington, notes enhancements such as better restrooms, routing software and deodorants that help improve customer service.Wilson identifies just one equipment issue that has been more challenging in the past decade: portable restroom service trucks. He says truck manufacturers have had a difficult time adapting engines to cleaner emissions standards and it shows in performance.“Truck manufacturers have to be compliant, but it seems to have produced more fragile diesel engines,” Wilson says. “They’re struggling