At a point where many people are starting to contemplate retirement, Tom and Denise Turner instead leaned hard into a new career...
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Tom and Denise Turner Were Rejuvenated With a New Business in Their 60s
Pump Articles
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TV Game Show Puts Drop Zone Septic and Portables On the Map
Stacey Nelson has served as captain, officer corps and crew of Drop Zone Septic & Portables in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, since he...
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A Woman in Public Sanitation Learns Mechanical and Social Media Skills to Succeed
When third-grader Mitzi Autry heard her father say he was buying a honey wagon, she couldn’t wait to tell the kids at...
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What Happens When You Grow Too Fast? A California PRO Found Out.
Most every portable restroom operator welcomes growth, and SOS Toilets of Richmond, California is no exception. But somewhere along the two-year road...
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Jon Jouvenaux and Dave Davis Are Obsessed With Constant Improvement
A squabbling trio of brothers bought a septic service and portable sanitation company in the early 1990s from its retiring founder and...
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McGraw Event Pros Enjoys Fast Growth Serving the Southeast
For Tommy McGraw, a former U.S. Marine and local law enforcement officer with a keen interest in business, renting out a few...
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He Went From Pro Football to PRO Magazine
After playing for seven years as a wide receiver in the National Football League, Russell Shepard called a career audible that just...
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We Bought Our Business Back!
Twice Scott and Lisa Weld bought Buck’s Sanitary Service, a portable sanitation company, when it was ailing and each time breathed new...
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The Young Owner of The Lavatory Ditched Tents for Trailers. He Has No Regrets.
Working for his family event rental business in Fresno, California, inspired young entrepreneur Michael Viramontes to branch off into a related business...
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Jake McWilliams’ Advice to Restroom Startups: Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan
When Jake McWilliams took over the restroom side of his father’s septic and portable sanitation business, he and his wife, Eliana Baena,...
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Superior Customer Care Is the Key to Landing and Keeping Your Area’s Biggest Special Events
The Team
Mr. Pots is a subsidiary — along with several trash collection companies and a gravel yard — under parent Materials Management...
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Placing 1,000 Restrooms at a Boy Scout Jamboree Is a Major Challenge for This Small PRO
Coal mining was once the heart of Crosier’s Inc. portable sanitation business.
Located in Lansing, West Virginia, Crosier’s had reliable business with the...
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Industry News: February 2023
Engine & Accessory has been named Jurop’s new North American distribution and OEM partner. The partnership will produce Jurop blowers, vane pumps,...
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Bert and Joanie Dain Had to Fight to Land the Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention Contract — and Now Everyone’s a Happy Camper!
THE TEAMBert and Joanie Dain are the owners of Aerial Sewer Service in Athens, Alabama (population 27,000). Their son-in-law, Hunter Terry, has...
