In your mind, working on a tropical island may seem ideal. It’s always warm, and it’s sunny most of the time. But...
Vacuum Truck Articles
Editorial
Is the Manual vs. Auto Debate Over?
In the age-old debate of manual versus automatic transmissions in commercial trucks, Brian Stroetz, vacuum truck sales representative for Western Star dealer...
Editorial
Installing in Paradise
About a dozen years ago Dan Taylor and his wife Sam began thinking of retirement. As a civil engineer he had spent...
Online Exclusives
Rules and Regs: Washington Pumper Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Dumping
The owner of a Longview, Wash., septic pumping company has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for illegally dumping more than...
Blogs
Increased Fuel Efficiency: Are You in Favor?
Perched at a grocery distribution warehouse in Maryland earlier this week, President Obama announced that the administration seeks to extend fuel efficiency...
Editorial
Schooled In Septic
A high school introduction to ornamental horticulture proved useful when an abrupt detour in Ray Erb’s career routed him into the onsite...
Come See It All
The Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International Feb. 24-27 will fill the Indiana Convention Center with an array of the newest and...
Editorial
Pumping and Onsite System Maintenance
Vacuum Trucks/Chassis and TanksSeptic/grease vacuum tankThe 4,000-gallon aluminum Matador septic/grease vacuum tank from Amthor International comes standard with a 5/16-inch-thick side...
Online Exclusives
How To Avoid Tank-Truck Rollovers
Earlier this year, a septic truck driver in Virginia jerked his steering wheel hard to the right to avoid an accident and...
Editorial
Is There a Vac Truck in Your Garage?
Occasionally I talk to onsite installing professionals who say they’ve come out from the cab of their trusty earth mover and bought...
Editorial
Teaching Excellence
Kathryn “Kitt” Farrell-Poe, Ph.D., liked the idea of being the only woman in the agricultural engineering course at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
On...
Blogs
Baby, it’s cold outside!
The Upper Midwest is suffering through an uncommonly cold late winter and early spring. To show the wild weather patterns we’ve experienced...
Online Exclusives
Prizes worth $5,000 awarded in the NAWT Shoot-Out at the Pumper & Cleaner Expo
Attendees at the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International competed for $5,000 in cash and prizes at the National Association of Wastewater Technicians Shoot-Out...
Editorial
Pumping and System Maintenance
Stubby valves
Full port stubby valves from Banjo Corp. include stainless steel bolts, ball, handle and stem. The 2- and 3-inch valves...

















