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April 2015

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King of the Hill
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Back at the Office: Get Paid Faster
Better invoicing practices can improve cash flow and relationships
with customers. - Judy Kneiszel
COVER STORY

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PROfile: We’ve Got It Covered
When the gas and oil industry comes
calling, Energy Waste Rentals & Service is
ready to be a one-stop portable sanitation
and equipment rental solution.
- Ken Wysocky
ON THE COVER: Kenneth Schumacher, of Cuero, Texas,
has built Energy Waste Rentals & Service by providing prompt
and clean service to the gas and oil industry in the Eagle Ford
Shale. He is shown with one of his company’s Hino vacuum
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In the Garage: The Dream Garage
From durable cabinetry to time-saving tools, a well-appointed workshop
for vehicle and equipment maintenance will keep your mechanics happy
and your portable sanitation business running smoothly. - Ed Wodalski

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Take 5: King of the Hill
Gotta Go Now’s Fred Hill conquers challenges to build a fast-growing
business in the nation’s capital. - Sharon Verbeten

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PSAI News
What do you think about the PSAI’s proposed Code of Excellence?
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Industry News

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COMING NEXT MONTH — May 2015
• PROfile: Adding restrooms to a roll-off container business
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From the Editor: Nowhere To Go
San Francisco uses a targeted approach to portable restroom
placement to aid the homeless and reduce a public health threat.
- Jim Kneiszel

April 2015

Portable Restroom Operator

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FROM the EDITOR
April 2015

Contact us: PRO strives to serve the portable restroom industry with interesting and
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Nowhere To Go
SaN FraNciSco uSeS a TarGeTed approach To porTable reSTroom placemeNT
To aid The homeleSS aNd reduce a public healTh ThreaT
by Jim Kneiszel

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ast month, I wrote about the Portland Loo, a new permanent public
bathroom design being used to serve busy downtown districts in
several cities, beginning in the Pacific Northwest. Now I’d like to tell
you about a similar program that serves the poor of San Francisco with
portable restrooms deployed to the areas of greatest need.
The city’s Tenderloin Pit Stop initiative was started last year as a
response to a growing problem of homeless people defecating and urinating on sidewalks and alleyways, causing public health and nuisance
concerns. The program name comes from the Tenderloin neighborhood,
just south of San Francisco’s popular Union Square, an area hit hard by
homelessness.
The city started a pilot program through the Department of Public
Works and the San Francisco Clean City Coalition in 2014, contracting for
several portable restrooms to be placed at three locations. The units were
placed 2-9 p.m., Tuesdays through Fridays, and monitored and cleaned
regularly.
The result of the program was a 60 percent decline in calls to the city
requesting work crews steam clean areas where human waste was reported.
Prior to the program, the city would get an average of 50 calls daily for cleaning. With the restrooms in place, the city is saving 2,600 gallons of water per
month and the time spent by cleaning crews. Earlier this year, the city authorized spending $200,000 to continue the project.
City officials are elated, according to news accounts.
“The results have been favorable both for Public Works and reducing
the number of calls for services we need to respond to serving people who
don’t have a place to go and really need to,’’ a Public Works official says.
“Because it’s turning actually into an environmental program, we’re
eligible for other funds because we are saving the city water,’’ a city supervisor adds.
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How the city honed in on the problem areas is a fascinating story. A Web
developer, Jennifer Wong, compiled data relating to 5,000 feces and urine
complaints to the Public Works Department from June-November 2014. She
created an interactive map of the city, called “(Human) Wasteland,” marking each complaint location with a brown dot. You can see the map here:
http://jennz0r.github.io/wasteland/. The Tenderloin was a problem area
along with others – including the infamous hippie hangout Haight-Ashbury.
It’s clear that not every city is going to have an acute need to serve the
homeless with portable sanitation. But this is a growing problem I see in
news accounts regularly – and it cannot be ignored. And in addition to serving homeless populations, many cities just aren’t equipped with adequate
public restroom facilities anymore. There seems to be a trend away from

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Offer to put a few restrooms on a downtown street, in a
busy park or on the local beach. Monitor usage and share
your findings with local officials. As a PRO, part of your
commitment is to public education about the critical role
your industry plays in the local quality of life. Be generous
with your time and share your expertise.
maintaining public bathroom facilities in urban areas and relying on private
businesses – such as fast-food restaurants – for these services. And in many
cases these businesses are overwhelmed by unwelcome traffic.
What is the situation where you live and work? Is it possible there’s a
growing sanitation problem due to homelessness or other factors? Does this
create an opportunity for you to offer your professional service to help clean
up the streets? If you think so, consider taking these initiatives to explore a
potential new market for your restrooms:
Check with the police about problem areas.
Law enforcement officials in your nearest urban center may track feces
cleanup calls like they do in San Francisco. Give the police a call and talk to
them about the issue. If they don’t keep records, they surely know the problem areas and can offer locations where portable restrooms would make the
biggest difference. Documenting a growing problem – either through police statistics or anecdotal evidence – may help convince civic leaders of the
need for strategically placed portable restrooms.
Lobby local officials.
Meet with elected and administrative officials in areas where restrooms
are most needed and tell them how placing and regularly servicing restrooms will have a positive impact. Explain how portable sanitation is necessary to maintain the cleanliness and dignity of the homeless population, that
providing this service should be a public health mission and that it’s critical
to preserving the image of the city.
Offer to work with city officials to coordinate an urban portable sanitation effort. Lend your expertise on issues including safe handling of waste,
the equipment needed to run an effective program, and care and maintenance of portable restrooms, hand-wash stations, shower trailers and the
like. Make them aware of the strides the industry has made in promoting
sanitary conditions and conserving water. Show them the benefits of working with professional service providers to answer this need.

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Partner with homeless shelters and agencies that help the poor.
Help organizations like the Salvation Army and local homeless advocates
see safe and clean portable sanitation as an extension of their missions. They
fight every day to help restore respect and dignity for the homeless population. So they will fight for your ideal of providing portable restrooms where
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Throw in 10 percent and find nine other companies to do the same and list
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Remember, urban sanitation need goes beyond the homeless.
What if your downtown doesn’t have an issue with public urination or
homelessness? Plenty of busy urban areas don’t have enough public bathroom
access, even affluent tourist areas with crowded sidewalks all summer and
only a few overused public bathrooms. Offer to put a few restrooms on a
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BACK at the OFFICE
April 2015

Writer Judy Kneiszel has operated her own small business for 15 years and is familiar
with the many rewards and challenges of business ownership. Write to her with
questions, comments or topic suggestions at [email protected].

get paid faster
Better invoicing practices can improve cash flow
and relationships with customers
By Judy Kneiszel

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ast week I discovered a longtime client was two invoices behind in
paying me. This had never happened with this particular company before, so I shot off a quick email to the office manager asking if those
invoices had been paid. Because, to be honest, usually when I think a client
has missed a payment, it’s an error on my part, and I just forgot to enter
the payment into my accounting software before depositing the check, or
the check got buried under a pile of papers on my desk. (Don’t judge. This
month’s theme is not office tidiness.)
The other common scenario is that on the very day I get around to asking a client if they’ve paid an overdue invoice, the check magically appears
in my mailbox and I have to send an embarrassing, “Never mind, I got it”
email. In the case last week, however, it was not my mistake. The checks
weren’t on my desk or in the mail that day.
My mistake wasn’t in the asking, but rather the person I chose to ask.
I got a tersely worded reply to my inquiry saying that the checks would be
mailed that day and it wouldn’t happen again, but if it did I should ask her,
the owner of the company, because she handles the finances.
Suddenly I felt like I was in the middle of some office politics. The business owner didn’t want the office manager to know something … either
that she was behind in paying the bills or that she suffered a memory lapse.
Anyway, it got me thinking about my invoicing procedures and wondering if
I’m doing everything I can to speed up the process of getting paid. Here are
some invoicing best practices I found to both adopt and share:
Determine who cuts the check.
In the scenario above, it would have been helpful for me to know who
actually processes my invoices. Then I could have asked her directly about
the missing payments, and awkwardness would have been avoided.
It can also help to know who cuts the checks so that you can occasionally thank that person by name. If you take the time to get to know the person
who handles your invoices, your invoice might mysteriously float to the top
of the pile when that person is paying bills in the future. Honestly, haven’t
you made people you like or companies who have treated you well a priority
over nameless, faceless payees when you’ve had a stack of bills to deal with?

Invoice faster to get paid faster.
You’ve got to make invoicing a priority, no matter how busy you are with
other tasks. Not taking time to send invoices will disrupt cash flow, and not
having cash flow can hurt, or kill, a company … even a busy one. For jobs completed in a short time frame like a weekend special event, bill immediately. For
ongoing jobs, send invoices in frequent, regular intervals. Not only will this
maintain your cash flow, but customers are also less likely to question several
small invoices than one huge invoice at the end of a long, ongoing project.

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Look at the invoice as an opportunity to let clients know just
how much bang they are getting for their buck. Do this by
explaining every charge on your invoice, using language anyone
would understand, rather than industry or business jargon.

Know the basics of billing.
I thought anyone in business knew what to put on an invoice, but then I
received one from a so-called professional that was handwritten on a piece
of lined paper torn out of a child’s school notebook that didn’t even have the
name of the business on it. So I’ll get down to basics. Make sure you include:
the date and the name and address of your business, as well as your name,
phone number and email address so the recipient can contact you if they
have questions. Also include your company’s invoice or job number, whom
the check should be made out to, a detailed explanation of charges (more
below), the total amount due, your payment terms (payable upon receipt
or payable in 30 days, etc.), and a brief thank you message. Also include a
purchase order (P.O.) number or vendor number if the company supplied
one to you. And while I don’t put my tax number on the invoice for the world
to see (or steal), if it’s a new client, I make sure to call and provide them with
that and any other information they need to set me up as a vendor.
Introduce yourself.
As I said earlier, if the person processing the invoices knows you, you
might get paid faster. With a new client, ask for their name, phone number
and email address. This will prove helpful if you ever have questions regarding outstanding invoices. That initial call to get set up as a vendor is a great
time to get this information. You might also benefit from asking the person
who pays you if there’s anything you can do to make their job easier. Does
it matter to them, for example, if the invoice is an emailed PDF, a Microsoft
Word document, or (gasp) printed out and snail mailed? Is there a vendor
or P.O. number you should include? If it’s a big company, ask if they would
prefer to pay electronically, which would be efficient for both of you. Also, to
help you stay organized, ask them to include your invoice numbers on the
checks if they are not already doing that. This is especially helpful if you are
sending a partial bill for an ongoing job.
Stay on top of things.
Most companies have a predictable payment schedule. Don’t be afraid
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paid. If a client pays immediately the first time, but gets slower and slower
with each subsequent invoice, it could be a sign of trouble. Or, it could simply mean that they’ve hired a new accounts payable person, or any number
of other scenarios. Don’t be accusatory. Simply ask if they have received
your invoice and when you can expect to be paid.
Be nice, be precise.
Make your invoices look professional and stand out. Make sure your
company name is large and readable, and include your logo. Design or select
a layout that is attractive and easy to read. And again, somewhere include a
message thanking the recipient for the business. Accounting software and
countless other applications are available for automating the invoicing process, and most allow you to customize invoices.
When it comes to invoice content, itemizing takes time but can help
avoid misunderstandings with clients about what they are being charged
for. Seeing details in black and white can eliminate their need to call and ask
questions, thus getting you paid in a timelier manner.
Look at the invoice as an opportunity to let clients know just how much
bang they are getting for their buck. Do this by explaining every charge on
your invoice, using language anyone would understand, rather than industry or business jargon.
Just do it … well.
Remember, you are in business for no other reason than to make
money. To do that, you’ve got to invoice your customers. There’s no way
around it. It can be considered the single most important thing you do. So
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When the gas and oil
industry comes calling,
Energy Waste Rentals &
Service is ready to be a
one-stop portable sanitation
and equipment rental
solution BY KEn WYSoCKY

Kenneth Schumacher, owner of
Energy Waste Rentals & Service,
is shown with a Hino vacuum truck
built out by Satellite Industries.
(Photos by Mark Greenberg)

We’ve
Got It
Covered
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roviding great customer service isn’t the stuff of rocket science.
Yet there always seem to be contractors who don’t provide
it – and that spells opportunity for those who do, as Kenneth
Schumacher can attest.
Almost 30 years ago, Schumacher took note of a friend’s
dissatisfaction with a trash-trailer company he’d hired to collect
garbage at oilfield drilling sites. Schumacher responded by starting
his own trash-trailer venture in 1986, and that eventually led him to
establish Energy Waste Rentals & Service, a thriving portable restroom
operation with offices in Yoakum, Texas, and a yard in Cuero, Texas.
Schumacher’s business philosophy is simple: Listen to what
customers want and deliver the goods. It’s short and to the point, and he
says the mantra is critical to his success working in several enterprises.
“My friend wasn’t getting trailers when he needed them,”
Schumacher recalls of his venture into refuse collection. “Sometimes
it took two or three days to get new [empty] trailers. And once those
trailers were full, there was no place to put trash. Between the raccoons
and the wind, it was creating big messes. So I asked him if I built some
trailers, would he rent them from me? And he said yes.”
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Energy Waste
Rentals & Service

Yoakum and Cuero, Texas
Owner: Kenneth Schumacher
Founded: 1986

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Affiliations: Portable Sanitation Association International
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At the time, Schumacher admits he didn’t even know what a
trash trailer was. But after his friend explained it, Schumacher built
two of the wire-mesh-enclosed trailers and began hauling trash. A
couple months later, the same associate asked Schumacher if he’d be
willing to provide portable restrooms, too. Schumacher complied by
buying 28 restrooms and a small slide-in tank unit to service them.
Energy Waste Rentals has grown considerably since then. It now
employs 70 people and provides nearly 2,000 restrooms and other
equipment, catering primarily to oilfield drilling companies. It deploys
18 vacuum trucks and eight slide-in units and operates branch yards
in Cuero and Cotulla in south Texas; Mertzon, Monahans and Pecos
in west Texas; and New Castle, Pennsylvania.
SERVICE IS EVERYTHING
Schumacher graduated from college with
an agricultural education degree and taught
vocational agriculture as a high school teacher
for eight years before he and his wife, Jacque,
purchased her family’s office-supply business,
Dewitt Poth & Son in Yoakum, in 1996 (they
still own the store). He had also worked many
summers for his late father, Marvin, who was a
heavy-equipment contractor.
Hearing about his friend’s experience
with poor customer service in the oilfields
drove Schumacher to succeed in a new field he
knew nothing about.
“Even though we’ve gotten fairly large, we
started with nothing – and I mean nothing,” he
says. “Like any business, whether it’s in construction or business supplies, if
you want to grow, it all comes down to customer service. Some people talk
the game and some people actually play the game.

Above: Regular meetings with the crew keep
Kenneth Schumacher (center) apprised of service
to oilfield customers.
Left: Leaning on an Allmand Brothers Inc. light
tower in the company yard, Schumacher reviews
the workday with technicians Andy Garcia (left)
and James Gonzales.
“If you’re supposed to have a cleaning
truck out to a drilling site twice a week, it
needs to be there,” he continues. “The oilfield
industry is very demanding. If we get a call at 6 a.m. and someone needs
a restroom by 7 a.m., we’ve got to get it going … there’s usually not a lot of
notice or advance warning.

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Airman generator, diesel fuel tank and Wylie water tank
for use with travel trailers used in the oilfield.
Below: The yard at Energy Waste Rentals & Service
is home to a variety of equipment, including restroom
trailers and portable restrooms from Satellite Industries
and restroom trailers from Rich Specialty Trailers.

Moving forward by giving back
Paying it forward. Giving back to the community. No matter how you
prefer to describe charitable giving by businesses, one thing is certain,
says Kenneth Schumacher: It’s better to give than receive.
The owner of Energy Waste Rentals & Service has been providing
free or discounted portable restroom services to many groups –
everything from churches to fire departments to schools – in the Eagle
Ford Shale region for 29 years.
“If we get a call from a church or a nonprofit group, we either
discount the rate or offer free service,” Schumacher says. “I’ve always
believed in giving back … in being a good corporate citizen. We feel
blessed by our success, so we want to give something back.”
In recognition of the company’s philanthropic efforts, the South
Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable (STEER), based in San Antonio,
honored Energy Waste with a 2013 Eagle Ford Excellence Award in the
community and social investment category for companies with less than
250 employees. It’s the first year STEER handed out the awards; the
group’s mission is to coordinate communications and public advocacy
for the oil and natural gas industries in south Texas.
The award acknowledges the efforts of companies that preserve
the environment, contribute to their communities and promote workplace
safety. Judges included representatives from the Alamo Area Council of
Governments, CPS Energy and the University of Texas at San Antonio.
“It was very nice to be recognized for something we’ve been doing
for a long time,’’ Schumacher says. “We don’t do what we do to get
honored, but to get recognized … honestly, it really made our employees
feel good.”

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“We decided to
become a fullfledged rental
company about six
years ago. When
the fracking boom
hit the Eagle Ford
Shale, we found our
customers preferred
to use just one
vendor to bring in
the whole package.”

“In the end it’s all about listening
to customers and providing what they
need, and doing what you promised
you would do,” he adds. “And you
need to do the little things, like being
on time and cleaning the outside of
the restrooms as well as the inside. It’s
the little things that differentiate you
from everybody else.”

FLEET AND INVENTORY
Nine vacuum trucks built by
Satellite Industries on Hino chassis
form the core of Energy Waste’s
fleet. Four of the trucks feature steel
tanks (1,100 gallons wastewater/500
KEnnETh SChumaChER
gallons freshwater) and the others
carry aluminum tanks (1,500 gallons
waste/500 gallons freshwater). All are equipped with Masport Inc. pumps.
Schumacher says he buys steel tanks for trucks that travel more frequently
on rough roads.
Schumacher says that when it comes to tank size, he prefers to strike a
balance between having enough capacity to minimize disposal runs, but not
so big that they require his drivers to obtain a CDL.
“I prefer not to run big rigs down the road,” he notes. “Our pump trucks
are just the right size … they can dump in the morning and clean all day,
then be ready to go the next morning. In addition, bigger trucks are harder
to get around on fracking sites, where there’s not a lot of room to maneuver.”
Energy Waste also runs five Ford F-550s and four Dodge 5500 trucks
equipped with 700-gallon waste/200-gallon freshwater stainless steel tanks
built by Satellite with Conde pumps from Westmoor Ltd. To conserve truckbed space, tanks on these trucks are mounted crosswise behind the cab. With
this configuration and a raised liftgate, the truck can transport four restrooms
and still tow a trash trailer. Moreover, all nine trucks feature four-wheel drive
and dually rear axles to better handle muddy conditions. “We operate in as
tough an environment as you can imagine,” Schumacher points out.
In addition, Energy Waste also runs eight slide-in units mounted on
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gallon freshwater tanks are stainless steel and are tied to Masport pumps.
Rounding out the portable sanitation inventory are three nine-stall and
eight two-stall restroom trailers from Satellite and Rich Specialty Trailers;
about 125 Satellite Breeze hand-wash stations; more than 200 trash trailers
made by the local Griffin Enterprises; and eight restroom transport trailers
built by McKee Technologies.
The company also owns about 1,800 restrooms, most from Satellite and
some from PolyJohn Enterprises and PolyPortables LLC. All restrooms have
hand sanitizers. Energy Waste uses Satellite Safe T Fresh deodorant products.
Equipment for rent to the oilfield customers includes Airman portable
generators (MMD Equipment), Allmand Brothers Inc. light towers,
flat holding tanks from Satellite and PolyJohn
Enterprises, and bulk water tanks from Wylie
Manufacturing. Energy Waste also designed what
it calls a Gen Combo, which adds an Airman
generator, diesel fuel tank and Wylie water tank to a
Top Hat fifth-wheel trailer. Local fabricator Watson
Ag and Welding has built about 30 of them for the
company.
EFFICIENT ROUTING COUNTS
Because drilling sites are so remote, it helps
to own trucks that can do more than one job,
Schumacher points out.
“We try to minimize travel time and the number
of trips for deliveries and pickups,” he says, noting
that most oilfield restrooms require cleaning either
twice a week, every other day or every day. “A lot of
times we have to go out there and move the same restroom just 2 miles down
the road. So if we pick up a restroom [with a slide-in unit], we can suck it out
and then haul it empty. Whenever possible, I like to bring the restrooms back
to the yard to fully sanitize them, but sometimes we only have time to move
them from one site to the other.’’
Energy Waste relies on GPS units to boost driver safety and increase
efficiency. The company also uses TrakQuip software, made by Corporate
Services LLC, to better follow oilfield equipment rentals – another offshoot
business for Energy Waste.
“At some point, our customers asked us to supply light towers [for
rent],” Schumacher explains. “From there, we eased into rentals over time.
We decided to become a full-fledged rental company about six years ago.
When the fracking boom hit the Eagle Ford Shale, we found our customers
preferred to use just one vendor to bring in the whole package.”
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
Schumacher says he wouldn’t have considered starting a rental
business without long-standing customer relationships. “Our customers
basically told us they’d use us if we had the equipment to rent … and that
stemmed directly from relationships we’ve built over the years. I trust them
as much as they trust me,’’ he says. “We’ve all been good for each other.”
Schumacher says there were growing pains for the business. “We
struggled over the years,” he says. “We had to learn the logistics of the
business and deal with all the financial aspects of buying and financing
equipment. It’s not all roses all the time.”
But things got easier as Energy Waste established itself. As
Schumacher puts it, “It takes awhile for people to see that your word is
good and you’ll do what you say you’ll do – and do it for a fair price.” The
energy services work significantly boosted the company’s revenues but
also increased route densities, which produced efficiencies that, in turn,
improved operating margins.

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Above: Andy Garcia, left, and James Gonzales service
restrooms at an oil work site in the Eagle Ford Shale.
Left: Technician James Gonzales updates a service
log inside a Satellite Industries portable restroom at a
hydraulic fracturing work site near Cuero, Texas.

“Our business increased a lot just because of
the sheer volume of activity going on during the last
five or six years,” Schumacher says. “It changed the
complexion of our business and of all the little towns
around here.”
Does Schumacher see more growth ahead? Definitely.
“Someone once told me that you’re either moving forward or backward,
or up or down,” he says. “I’d rather be going forward than backward, or
moving up than down. So far, it’s been a fun ride. And as our customers
continue to grow, we hope to grow right along with them.” ■

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f money is no object, what are the top features you want in a dream garage? As a portable restroom operator, your garage needs to be a functional and comfortable space, a workshop that supports your thriving
business and provides storage for your most important equipment.
Need inspiration? Roger Penske’s state-of-the-art race facility in
Mooresville, North Carolina, was built for performance and style. Two buildings totaling 424,697 square feet are built on 105 acres. One million pounds
of Italian tile (250,000 pieces) provide the flooring in the administrative and
NASCAR shop areas.
While your garage probably won’t rival those used by NASCAR racing
teams, PROs can take away some good ideas from the top garages in America.
Doors and drawers: Nate Birkenmeier with CTech Manufacturing in
Weston, Wisconsin, designer of aluminum cabinets, tool drawers, pit carts
and other storage devices for the U.S. military and motorsports teams, says
the key to a good garage is organization.
“Racers are
“Racers are constantly looking for
ways of improving the performance of their
constantly
car; being organized at the track, garage or
looking for ways
shop is the key to staying focused,” he says.
of improving the
Birkenmeier suggests paper towel racks,
performance of
aerosol can holders, battery-charging stations and fold-down workbenches for optheir car; being
timal organization.
organized at the
“The perfect shop would consist of
track, garage or
premium, all-aluminum cabinets,” he says.
shop is the key to
“Aluminum far exceeds steel or wood. It resists weather, won’t mold or invite pests.”
staying focused.”
Floors and coatings: Tom Hennessy,
Nate Birkenmeier
president of CD Products in Appleton,
Wisconsin, provider of industrial flooring and coatings, says there are four levels of flooring to consider for your
dream garage.
“Among other things, you want to have the concrete made impervious
to grease and oil stains, gasoline spills. You can start with a clear sealer; epoxy or urethane would be a very good choice,” he says. “A step up from that
would be the same idea in a color. Of course the product would have to have
chemical resistance to automobile fluids. Once that’s determined, it’s a matter of product choice.”
A multilayer chip or flake-type floor with a speckled look is another option. “Now we’re getting into the designer type colors where you want it to
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accent or contrast with the walls,” Hennessy says. “Again, you want to be sure
the materials you used were resistant to automobile liquids.” For “wow” appeal, consider a quartz floor, made by blending colored sands with epoxy or
urethane topcoats.
A bright idea: Lighting is a key feature for any busy small-business garage, and today’s LED technology offers optimal quality at a price that keeps
coming down. NASCAR legend Richard Petty realized a 50 percent reduction in energy use after retrofitting his 100,000-square-foot garage with 700
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vehicle repairs are needed. “I would have two lifts,” he says. “I’d have one
where you put the car on with wheels and have one where you could put the
car on a frame.”
Air to spare: Marcis says a dream garage also needs easy access to air
lines for powering drills, sanders, ratchets, paint sprayers, die grinders, hammer/chisels, impact wrenches, reciprocating saws, as well as inflating tires
and cleaning debris out of hard-to-reach places. “Have stuff close together
along the wall so you don’t have to run cords that you’re tripping over.”
Heated floors: “I think the stuff with the tubing in, the heated floors;
again depending on what
part of the country you’re
in – down here not necessary, but in Wisconsin
you need it,” Marcis says.
“Those floors are cold
in the winter. If you can
keep your feet warm it’s a
lot nicer working.”
Welding and grindA lift makes quick work
ing: You might also have
of many difficult jobs.
an area for welding and
grinding with a vacuum
system to collect the filings, Marcis says. Having
a spacious and safe work
area makes welding bent
forks, blades and buckets
a breeze. Grinders give
repairs a finished look
and have unlimited uses,
from cutting bolts to reBe sure to save
moving rust.
room for your toys.
Keeping
clean:
While cost conscious,
Marcis says two things he won’t do without are a restroom and shower. “Yes,
definitely,” he says. “A good place to clean up, because a lot of nights we
worked until 1, 2 in the morning, certainly midnight a lot of times; it was
always nice to take a shower before you hit the road.”
Wash bay: Marcis says a dedicated area for cleaning vehicles is a must.
“It’s nice to have a place for pressure washing the [vehicles] inside and out,
and a steam cleaner all in one bay,” he says. “Have it big enough where you
can pull your truck or equipment in there and clean it.”
Eyes on the outside: As with any investment, security is a must. Consider video cameras, motion detectors and alarms for your garage and surrounding yard. You might even include a wet/dry fire suppression system.
Personality: “I think what makes a great garage is not how much money you put into it or how different your cabinets look or how ostentatious
it is, but how it reflects the personality of the owner or the company,” says
Chad Haas, founder of Vault, designer and outfitter of custom dream garages
in Beaverton, Oregon. “If you’re passionate about Ferraris, have Ferrari red
on the walls and a Ferrari neon sign. The garage should exude personality.”
he says.
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Take 5 ... with Fred Hill

King of the hill
Gotta Go Now’s Fred Hill conquers challenges to build
a fast-growing business in the nation’s capital
By Sharon Verbeten

V

ast experience in the construction
industry – as a general contractor,
home inspector and income
property investor – may have played
an important role in Fred Hill’s success
in the portable restroom business.
Hill’s Washington, D.C., portable
sanitation company, Gotta Go Now, has
quadrupled revenue every year since
startup in 2006.
“It’s all predicated on service,” says
Hill, 51. “That’s what keeps them calling.” Part of the success – even throughout the past recession – may be attributed to his paying close attention when
he worked in the construction field. He
knew what he wanted in portable restrooms, and he knew what wasn’t being
offered. So his solution was to enter the
industry himself.
After starting modestly with 175 restroom units (mostly Satellite Industries
Tufways), he now has almost 500 units,
most yellow PolyPortables Integra models. “All the customers are loving them,”
Hill says. “They like the brightness of
them.”
Hill says demand has shown the potential for continued growth. “My goal is
to have 1,000 units,” he says. “I’m always
optimistic and have always dreamed
about getting to the 1,000 units. That’s
the drive that has kept me going.”
Hill has added a three-unit trailer
by Comforts of Home and an eight-unit
trailer he built himself. And the compa-

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ny started renting child-sized TJ-Shorty
units from T.S.F. Company Inc.; he has
10 units he refers to as the Pint Size Potties division, which was his wife Renita’s
idea. The units go to Little League games,
kids’ birthday parties and other events.
Cardboard trash containers Hill
bought from Party Time Tents & More
Inc. at a past Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo have been a popular addon for special event customers who like
the convenience of hiring Gotta Go Now
to haul away trash. The company has 500
of the containers.
His trucks include 2005 Ford F-350
(400-gallon waste/150-gallon freshwater) and 2004 Dodge Sprinter (with
200-gallon waste/75-gallon freshwater)
flatbed/liftgate trucks with steel slide-in
units and Conde pumps from Northern Services; a 2007 Isuzu NQR with a
600-gallon waste/300-gallon freshwater Imperial Industries tank and Jurop/
Chandler pump; a 2000 International
4700 with a 1,000-gallon waste/300gallon freshwater Best Enterprises
stainless steel tank and Jurop/Chandler
pump; and a 2002 F-650 24-foot stake
body with liftgate.
Expansion presents challenges, but
Hill plans to keep overcoming them.
“We’ve got a good team of people
that want to work and see success come
our way,’’ he says. “It’s going to be a lot
of work, [but] I grew up learning from
my grandfather. [He said], a day you
don’t work is a day you don’t eat. I never
forgot that.”

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Fred and Renita
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(Photos courtesy of
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In a few years, Hill has made his company’s name known
to the White House and other high-profile capital events,
like the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace & Freedom Walk and
President Obama’s re-election campaign. “We’re starting to gain
recognition among politicians,” Hill says, adding that he has
supplied restrooms to a host of congressional events, including
some on the National Mall for politicians of all parties.
He doesn’t consider the political events any more
challenging, except for the time-consuming security checks
and last-minute notifications of events. “When they call,
within an hour or so, we’re able to do a delivery,” he says.
“We set our schedule around that. It’s very fun; everybody’s
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The crew from Gotta Go Now
sets up a bank of PolyPortables
LLC restrooms at a school
construction site in Washington,
D.C. The vacuum truck on the
left is an Isuzu built out by
Imperial Industries with a Jurop/
Chandler pump. The Dodge
Sprinter is shown before Hill
added a vacuum tank from
Northern Services.

SucceSSfully utilizing
certificationS

The company’s growth is fueled by many valuable certifications.
In addition to being a minority and disabled-veteran owner, Hill also
benefits from participation in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s
HUBZone Program (the Historically Underutilized Business Zones
program helps small businesses in urban and rural communities gain
preferential access to federal procurement opportunities).
“We have a lot of opportunity to work in those categories,” he says.
“We are taking on more federal projects; with our certifications, there is
definitely going to be a need to fill those requests.”
And while Hill admits that some of his competitors work in some of
the same areas, “Our opportunity comes when their contract runs out.”
Many certifications must be
Fred Hill looks over his
renewed annually, and Hill’s marketing
International service truck with
staff and business consultant handle the
a tank from Best Enterprises
and Jurop/Chandler pump.
paperwork and research.

When Hill got out of general contracting, he took a job as a
supervisory construction analyst with the D.C. government and began
building a portable sanitation business on the side. The experience
was a perfect training ground for landing government contracts for
Gotta Go Now.
One of the larger government-funded opportunities includes the
renovation of a dozen schools in D.C. “They were old and inefficient,”
says Hill. Most of these are two- to three-year contracts. Gotta Go Now
is providing eight to 30 restrooms on each site.
Hill has a dedicated marketing team that pursues government
contracts. “The awareness of what is out there has really grown,” he
says. “It’s pretty amazing that we’ve grown as fast as we have.”

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Serving major
neW developmentS

In addition to working on the new school construction and
renovation in D.C., Gotta Go Now also landed and fulfilled multiple
contracts for events and construction at the new Gateway Pavilion,
which will host many outdoor events. Gotta Go Now has done an
event almost every weekend at the
Shown with a Comforts of Home restroom
pavilion. They supplied eight units for
trailer in the background, the Gotta Go Now
the construction. “After that, we’ve had as
team includes, rear from left, Phillip Hill,
many as 30 up there for special events. I’ve
Lorenzo Green, William Cuff, Kevin Keys,
Ricky Lyons, Fred Hill Jr., Wade Washington
seen as many as 3,000 attendees at these
and Charles McCullum. In the front row, from
events.”
left, are Regina Godfrey, Renita Hill, Fred Hill
III, Jerline Hill and Gordon Contee.

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coping With
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“The doctors called me the Miracle Kid,” says Hill, who is coping
with debilitating multiple sclerosis. While he has had the degenerative
autoimmune disease for years,
“We’ve got a good team
he takes shots three times a
week to keep it in check. Stress
of people that want to
can impact his health, but
work and see success
Hill says his condition has not
come our way. It’s going
altered his ability to work.
“[Doctors] thought it
to be a lot of work, [but] I
would have been [worse] by
grew up learning from my
now,” he says. “They’re happy.
grandfather. [He said], a
The treatment that I underwent
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day you don’t work is a
that it’s been one of the major
day you don’t eat. I never
changes in my health. So I
forgot that.”
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PSAI News

Karleen Kos is
executive director
of the Portable
Sanitation
Association
International. She
may be reached at
[email protected]
or 952/886-7416.

April 2015

What Do You Think about the PSAI’s
Proposed Code of Excellence?
By Karleen Kos

W

e’ve all seen those inspirational posters showing grand vistas with
statements at the bottom about things like “Achievement” or “Ideals.” They were everywhere for a while. Then folks started mocking
the whole product line. Partially this was because people will tease about
anything that is popular. Some of the derision, I think, was because the pictures gave lofty instructions with no path to practical application. It is one
thing to say, “Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way” or
“Excellence is not an act but a habit” – two real posters from that era – but it
is quite another to describe what excellence actually looks like.

We didn’t want to make that mistake.
When the PSAI decided to create a voluntary Code of Excellence for
the portable sanitation industry, we designed it to be both aspirational and
practical. Whether you are an industry member or not, our Code should
paint a picture of what the best companies already do, what good companies
are working toward, and stand them in stark contrast to the “bad actors” that
harm the reputation of our industry.
The draft Code, issued for comment in early March, was discussed
extensively at the PSAI’s Annual Convention and Trade Show later in the
month. It covers five key areas:
• Excellence in our actions
• Excellence in our reputation
• Excellence in our relationships
• Excellence in our operations
• Excellence in our environment

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to tell. If you’d like to share
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[email protected].

Portable Restroom Operator

Each section of the Code contains some broad statements intended to
be idealistic and motivational. These are followed by specific, practical actions portable sanitation companies take (or should take) to achieve excellence in that domain. We don’t just say that excellence in our environment
means, “We protect the health and safety of others.” We back it up with statements like, “We ensure our employees are trained on disease and infection
control,” and “We take all reasonable steps to conserve natural resources,”
among others.
We intend this voluntary Code of Excellence to be something that is
educational for both the industry and the public – a useful tool for attaining
and recognizing excellence in the portable sanitation business. Adherence
to it will be voluntary, of course. Nonetheless, we hope its widespread adoption will help companies improve their businesses and result in the industry
as a whole gaining greater respect and consideration for the important role
we play in providing essential services. Unlike what happened with those
formerly popular posters, we intend the Code to be something that helps our
industry be taken more seriously as time passes.
Before the Code of Excellence is adopted, we are seeking comments
from throughout the portable sanitation industry. Please, take the time to
visit our website and read the draft at www.psai.org/excellence-information
and then send your comments to [email protected]. We want to hear
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Office Technology and Software, Business Management
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COVER STORY

Taking

tHe JoB: Oregon Jamboree
locAtIoN: Sweet Home, Ore.
tHe PRo: Buck’s Sanitary Service

a Bow
Music City

PORTABLE RESTROOM OPERATOR
PORTABLE RESTROOM OPERATOR

<<< Susie Sieg, of Buck’s Sanitary Service,
unloads
a Satellite
Industries
Working
for singer
Ronnie Maxim
Dunn, 3000
restroom
at the recognized
Oregon Jamboree.
Brandon
McNeely
a need
(Photos by
Peter Krupp)
for portable sanitation
at upscale

MOJO

parties. So he started PoshPrivy,
where this compact Comforts of Home
restroom trailer is a popular offering.
(Photos by Patrick Durkin)

At the oregon Jamboree
music festival, the crew
at Buck’s Sanitary Service
provides service that sings

the teaM
Lisa and Scott Weld, owners of Buck’s
Sanitary Service in Eugene, Ore., have a
staff of 10 — an office worker, yard worker,
part-time mechanic and seven drivers.
Lisa works in the office answering phones
and managing the creative and marketing
side while Scott fills in on everything
from management to running routes to
maintenance. Five people worked on the
Oregon Jamboree along with the Welds
and their three children, Maren, 9; Milah,
13; and Sten, 17; who are accustomed to
helping out at events.

BY BettY dAGeFoRde

An estate manager for a country star in
Nashville saw the potential for restroom
trailer service and dialed in to land exclusive
outdoor events. By PaTrICK dUrKIn

Nashville’s Brandon
McNeely brings special
events expertise to country
stars, backyard parties

Taking
a Bow

W

hen Brandon McNeely graduated college about
eight years ago, he couldn’t see himself working in
an office-cubicle environment, even though he had
just earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics.
Soon after, McNeely began working as an estate manager
for country music star Ronnie Dunn, of Brooks & Dunn
fame, a job that requires regular 10-hour days overseeing the
performer’s 17-acre residence and 250-acre farm. As his work
duties bounced him back and forth between the properties,
McNeely learned he enjoys the energy and excitement
surrounding fundraisers and other big events that drew large,
well-dressed crowds to Dunn’s properties.
McNeely figured there must be a way for a businessman
with entrepreneurial instincts to become a regular part of that
excitement. He sifted through various ideas, but when nothing
took root, he returned to college about three years ago to get a
master’s degree in finance and economics.

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the crew at Buck’s Sanitary
provides service that sings
for oregon Music Festival

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February 25 - 28, 2013, Indiana Convention Center

Scott Weld
coMpany history

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Let’s roLL

Weld tried a new approach for the removal process. Sunday night
and continuing Monday, the team pumped and moved all units to a single
staging area, which he felt simplified the job. “It’s easier to send a driver to
pick up toilets if they’re all in one spot,” he explains. “I probably spent a little
bit extra labor, but at least you don’t have to send somebody with a map to
go to this campground, get these six, go to another campground, get these
eight. Then you start leaving sinks behind and the (handicap unit) doesn’t
fit. It’s just a logistics nightmare trying to get the loads to work out.” During
the week, they grabbed units as schedules permitted.

spent a little bit extra labor,

Brandon McNeely wants people to be talking
about PoshPrivy’s restroom trailers the minute they
walk out the door, no matter who they are and what
the event. After all, people wearing wedding gowns,
tuxedos and fine footwear expect five-star restroom
accommodations.
“Using a portable restroom doesn’t have to be
a cringe-worthy deal,” McNeely says. “We’re a boutique business. Our restroom trailers are unique and
designed specifically for special events. We try to really ‘wow’ people. They can’t believe how nice our
trailers are. Most people have never seen anything
like them.”
Here are some of the ways McNeely markets to
VIP customers:
Pricing
options
“The very day we found out we’d have to move our shop, somebody
In addition
to the
PoshPrivy
offers
price
came
through
the trailers,
door and
said, ‘Do
youtwo
want
to packages.
buy Buck’sThe
back?’ It
basic
package
just the
trailerdoor
withopening,
toiletries.all
Forinan
additional
cost,
Mc-quickly
was
really aisdoor
closing,
the
same day.”
They
Neely
provides
a ‘signature’
jumped
at the
chance. package, which includes flowers, fresh mints,
LED candles, indoor-outdoor rugs and a personalized chalkboard message.
Today their business is exclusively portable restrooms, serving the
He also
sets out amenity
baskets.
“When
your got
niche
is special
events, you
100-mile-wide
Willamette
Valley.
They’ve
about
1,500 Satellite
Industries
mustunits
cater—togray
highTufways
expectations
and meet
them,”
says.ones for weddings, and
and Maxims
(and
a fewhewhite
green units for their University of Oregon tailgating; “quack shacks,” they call

Showafter
it offthe Oregon Ducks mascot), several ADA-compliant Freedoms
them
McNeely
uses PoshPrivy’s Liberties
website to—give
customers aEngineering
virtual tour Crowd
and
wheelchair-accessible
an Ameri-Can
of his
restroom
trailers.trailer,
“Our website
clean and
easy toStation
navigate.
We from
Pleaser
restroom
and twoissmaller
Comfort
trailers
Advanced
Containment
Systems, and
Inc.Pricing’
About and
50 percent
of their
describe
our features
under ‘Products
show them
in ourwork is
special
in 2012,
the U.S. Olympic
track-and-field
trials.
‘Gallery.’
Ourevents,
trailersincluding,
offer so many
advantages,
and pictures
tell that story.
People look at photos of our trailers and say, ‘I’ve got to have that.’ Once we
roll in and set them up, they walk into something special.”
Making connections

The Welds live in Sweet Home so they’ve always had the hometown
Plush
interiors
advantage for the Jamboree and Buck’s has done it since its beginning in
If anyone still has doubts about portable restroom luxury after study1996. They feel confident they’ll retain the work as long as they provide good
ing the online photos, McNeely offers guided tours of the trailers and their
service and a reasonable price.
luxurious interiors at his storage site. “Some customers just need to see
things in person to be convinced, and I have no problem with that,” he
says.the
“ButMain
that doesn’t
happen too often.” When it does, though, it allows
event
McNeely In
to discuss
possible
upgrades
as Home
clients came
inspectupthewith
trailers.
the early
’90s, when
Sweet
an idea to help
fund civic projects, this little town asked a big star to perform at their first

have to send somebody
with a map to go to this

“I want
to be part get
of my
campground,
these six,
client’s event … I’m genuinely
go to another campground,
interested
in being part of
a great
reunion or
get wedding,
these eight.’’
whatever. When you deal with
Scott Weld
brides and brides’ mothers, they
want the best. This is not just a
business proposition for them.”

McNeely runs a power cord to his Porta Pal unit from
^^^
keepin’
itMusic
cLean
Rich
Restrooms.
City customers organizing backyard
weddings
and special
events want
a lot of amenities
when
Jamboree
organizers
required
someone
be on site and available by
shopping
units.
radio at for
all portable
times sosanitation
Weld, his
son and another member of the team stayed in
a motor home at one of the campgrounds.

Brandon Mcneely
<<<portable
The Buck’s
team includes,
from and
upscale
sanitation
company,
left, Milah Weld, Susie Sieg, Josh
the trip
reinforced
thatScott
his Weld
business
Wooley,
Sten Weld,
and idea
was solid.
Eric Brownrigg.
In January 2012, McNeely and his
^^^ As part of PoshPrivy’s
wife, Kristeen, put his plan into action. He
Signature Service, Brandon
McNeely places flowers and a
takes a conservative approach to building
country music
festival.
Surprisingly, Wynonna Judd said yes and the festival
personalized
chalkboard
message
PoshPrivy.
business
is a baby
right
attracted top
ever since.
In 2012,“This
the 9,000
residents
welcomed
of has
congratulations
in histalent
Comforts
and
we want
paywas
forback
everything
visitors August 3-5, most ofnow,
whom
camped
out.to
Judd
to help
of 40,000
Home trailer.
as we go,”along
he says.
don’t
believe
in
celebrate the Jamboree’s 20th anniversary,
with “I
Rascal
Flatts,
Dierks
assuming
debt.performers
I’ll get where
I want
to on
go
Bentley, the Charlie Daniels Band,
and enough
for 22
shows
bytwo
adding
one
or two
trailers atincluded
a time asbeer
I can
pay
for them.”
stages.
Other
attractions
and
wine
gardens, merchandise
booths
and abought
kids’ zone.
The event
is held
in a in
no-facilities,
McNeely
his first
restroom
trailer
early 201220-acre
from a park-like
portable
setting near
the edge
of the picturesque
town. some inventory. This 6-byrestroom
company
in Michigan
that was shedding
8-foot restroom trailer – which he calls “The Petite” – includes a 300-gallon
internal
waste tank and a 125-gallon onboard freshwater tank. McNeely
By the nuMBers
brought the two-stall 2010 Comforts of Home trailer back to Nashville, and
The company brought in 265 units (20 Maxims, 10 Freedoms, 20
then remodeled it. “It was our first unit, so I wanted to make sure it had a
Liberties, one Standing Room Only urinal unit, and the balance Tufways),
modern, upscale look and feel,” McNeely says.
three restroom trailers, and 73 hand-wash stations (half Satellite Industries
He started
makeover
by removing
thePolyPortables,
unit’s free-standing
pedestal
Waves
from thethe
company’s
inventory,
the rest
Inc. Tag
Alongs
sink,
replacing
vinyl for hardwood-style flooring, then installing designer
rented
from a colleague).
lighting, floating vanities and automatic touchless faucets. To finish, he
Some 115 units, including five handicap-accessible, were set up at the
repainted the interior with an up-to-date color scheme.
main venue — a few at bus stops, the hospitality center, and parking lots,
he bought
a new
2012
three-stall
Pal restroom
trailer
from were
Rich
butNext
the bulk
in large
banks,
along
with sixPorta
to eight
hand-wash
stations,
Specialty
Trailers.
The
13- footofrestroom
trailer
whichplaced
he calls
“The
Polished”
placed at
the four
corners
the facility.
The– crew
the
ACSI
trailers
– has
a
400-gallon
internal
waste
tank
and
a
105-gallon
freshwater
tank.
near the stage for the performers and the Ameri-Can Engineering trailer in
fallcourt/beer
2012, McNeely
added
Plush,”
anunit.
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food
garden,
along“The
with the
urinal
Signature
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women’s
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six hand-wash
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with venue.
a 500-gallon
internal
tankwas
andtaken
125-gallon
a smaller,
adjacent
The rest
of the waste
inventory
to 23
freshwater
tank.Thirteen
Each restroom
features
including
vessel sinks,
campgrounds.
units were
rentedamenities
to individual
campsites.

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(continued)

Eight times, Sunday through Wednesday, a caravan of three trailers
made the hour-long drive up Interstate 5 from the company’s yard to the
Jamboree site to deliver units. Two of their 15-year-old company-built
trailers held 16 units each and a third trailer carried 20 (also company-built,
using an Explorer receiver from McKee Technologies, Inc.). The company
used service vehicles to pull the trailers.

“It’s easier to send a driver
to pick up toilets if they’re
all in one spot. I probably

but at least you don’t

Tips for Bringing
the “Wow” Factor



Owners: Brandon and Kristeen McNeely
Tennessee
Employees: 2
Service area: 100-mile radius of Nashville, Tenn.
Specialty: Upscale portable sanitation for weddings and special events
Affiliations: Portable Sanitation Association International, National
Association of Catering and Events, Tennessee Wedding and Events
Specialists Association
Website: www.poshprivy.com

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about a specialty restroom service company in an online news story. The
concept of renting posh privies for business, family or formal affairs might
offer everything he desired: independence, flexible hours, fun and exciting
events, a service that won’t fade away, and weekend work that allows him to
keep the “day job” he loves.
Still, McNeely knew better than to jump
>>> Brandon McNeely
into a business before studying and analyzing
set up shop at home for his
the idea further. His analysis of the Nashville
boutique restroom service,
area’s ability to support a boutique, high-end
PoshPrivy. He operates
portable restrooms company led him to Atlanta.
the business with his wife,
He spent a day there with the owner of an Kristeen, in Nashville.

Starting At

In April 2012, Lisa and Scott Weld
bought Buck’s — for the second time. Their
first crack at it was in 1995 when Scott’s
father heard the 20-year-old business was
having problems. The family made an offer
to the founder and operated it for four
years as an add-on to their trash and septic
service business. In 1999, when Weld’s
father retired, they sold it to a national
solid waste company. Weld went to work
for that company, then 10 years later tried
his hand again at self-employment in the
trash business. A few challenges cropped
up, but they turned out to be fortuitous,
says Lisa Weld.

(continued)

PoshPrivy Nashville, Tenn.

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“The very day we found out we’d
have to move our shop, somebody
came through the door and said,
‘Do you want to buy Buck’s back?’
It was really a door closing, door
opening, all in the same day.”

RESEARCHING THE MARKET
A few months after earning his master’s degree in
May 2011, McNeely stumbled onto his niche while reading

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to a 20,000-gallon tank. From there, another pumping contractor picked up
area and roughly 100 miles in all directions in middle Tennessee, going after
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call placed to PoshPrivy routes to his personal phone.
“I want to be part of my client’s event,” he says. “I take time to make
them feel comfortable with me, and assure them I’m genuinely interested
in being part of a great wedding, reunion or whatever. When you deal with
brides and brides’ mothers, they want the best. This is not just a business
proposition for them.”
McNeely believes PoshPrivy’s website and targeted email campaigns
play key roles in establishing and building the company’s unique brand. His
maxim is “Redefining the portable restroom experience.” That starts with
a “clean,” simple website that projects PoshPrivy’s upscale niche. He also
works hard to ensure the company pops up prominently when people search
for upscale portable restrooms on Google or other Internet search engines.

OUTDOOR EVENTS
“If people can’t find you quickly with Google, you don’t exist,” McNeely
says. “And once they find you, your website must instantly project your
brand and what you’re all about. You don’t have to say much, but you have
to say it right.”
That doesn’t mean McNeely just flipped a switch and waited for
business to build. He also networks with job-related companies to spread
his message by word-of-mouth.
“I started going around to party-tent rental companies because our
business is mostly geared toward outdoor
events,” McNeely says. “Probably 70 percent
of our business (has been) from their
referrals.”
At the same time, he targeted event
planners to raise awareness of PoshPrivy.
For that, targeted emails generate results.
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site. “Most of the events we service last a half-day or so, which means we
usually don’t have to pump them until they’re ready to be removed,” he
explains. “It’s less trouble for everyone if we get them pumped on the job
site right after the event.”
SELL YOURSELF
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“Once we’re in touch with companies that can help us, I try to meet with the
owners and essentially sell myself and our product to them,” he said.
Part of “selling himself” means being an expert in the field. Before
launching his venture, McNeely joined the Portable Sanitation Association
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W

hen Brandon McNeely graduated college about
eight years ago, he couldn’t see himself working in
an office-cubicle environment, even though he had
just earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics.
Soon after, McNeely began working as an estate manager
for country music star Ronnie Dunn, of Brooks & Dunn
fame, a job that requires regular 10-hour days overseeing the
performer’s 17-acre residence and 250-acre farm. As his work
duties bounced him back and forth between the properties,
McNeely learned he enjoys the energy and excitement
surrounding fundraisers and other big events that drew large,
well-dressed crowds to Dunn’s properties.
McNeely figured there must be a way for a businessman
with entrepreneurial instincts to become a regular part of that
excitement. He sifted through various ideas, but when nothing
took root, he returned to college about three years ago to get a
master’s degree in finance and economics.
RESEARCHING THE MARKET
A few months after earning his master’s degree in
May 2011, McNeely stumbled onto his niche while reading

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Owners: Brandon and Kristeen McNeely
Tennessee
Employees: 2
Service area: 100-mile radius of Nashville, Tenn.
Specialty: Upscale portable sanitation for weddings and special events
Affiliations: Portable Sanitation Association International, National
Association of Catering and Events, Tennessee Wedding and Events
Specialists Association
Website: www.poshprivy.com

about a specialty restroom service company in an online news story. The
concept of renting posh privies for business, family or formal affairs might
offer everything he desired: independence, flexible hours, fun and exciting
events, a service that won’t fade away, and weekend work that allows him to
keep the “day job” he loves.
Still, McNeely knew better than to jump
>>> Brandon McNeely
into a business before studying and analyzing
set up shop at home for his
the idea further. His analysis of the Nashville
boutique restroom service,
area’s ability to support a boutique, high-end
PoshPrivy. He operates
portable restrooms company led him to Atlanta.
the business with his wife,
He spent a day there with the owner of an Kristeen, in Nashville.

Tips for Bringing
the “Wow” Factor
Brandon McNeely wants people to be talking
about PoshPrivy’s restroom trailers the minute they
walk out the door, no matter who they are and what
the event. After all, people wearing wedding gowns,
tuxedos and fine footwear expect five-star restroom
accommodations.
“Using a portable restroom doesn’t have to be
a cringe-worthy deal,” McNeely says. “We’re a boutique business. Our restroom trailers are unique and
designed specifically for special events. We try to really ‘wow’ people. They can’t believe how nice our
trailers are. Most people have never seen anything
like them.”
Here are some of the ways McNeely markets to
VIP customers:
Pricing options
In addition to the trailers, PoshPrivy offers two price packages. The
basic package is just the trailer with toiletries. For an additional cost, McNeely provides a ‘signature’ package, which includes flowers, fresh mints,
LED candles, indoor-outdoor rugs and a personalized chalkboard message.
He also sets out amenity baskets. “When your niche is special events, you
must cater to high expectations and meet them,” he says.

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Producing

Starting At

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Working for singer Ronnie Dunn,
Brandon McNeely recognized a need
for portable sanitation at upscale
parties. So he started PoshPrivy,
where this compact Comforts of Home
restroom trailer is a popular offering.
(Photos by Patrick Durkin)

MOJO

Show it off
McNeely uses PoshPrivy’s website to give customers a virtual tour
of his restroom trailers. “Our website is clean and easy to navigate. We
describe our features under ‘Products and Pricing’ and show them in our
‘Gallery.’ Our trailers offer so many advantages, and pictures tell that story.
People look at photos of our trailers and say, ‘I’ve got to have that.’ Once we
roll in and set them up, they walk into something special.”
Plush interiors
If anyone still has doubts about portable restroom luxury after studying the online photos, McNeely offers guided tours of the trailers and their
luxurious interiors at his storage site. “Some customers just need to see
things in person to be convinced, and I have no problem with that,” he
says. “But that doesn’t happen too often.” When it does, though, it allows
McNeely to discuss possible upgrades as clients inspect the trailers.

“I want to be part of my
client’s event … I’m genuinely
interested in being part of
a great wedding, reunion or
whatever. When you deal with
brides and brides’ mothers, they
want the best. This is not just a
business proposition for them.”
Porta Pal unit from
^^^ McNeely runs a power cord to his
Brandon Mcneely
Rich Restrooms. Music City customers organizing backyard
weddings and special events want a lot of amenities when
shopping for portable sanitation units.upscale portable sanitation company, and
the trip reinforced that his business idea

was solid. stereo,
floating vanities, Corian countertops,
As part of
PoshPrivy’s
floors
and flatscreen TVs. In January 2012, McNeely and his
^^^ceramic
wife,
Kristeen,
put his plan into action. He
SignatureRounding
Service, Brandon
out his inventory
is “The
Premiere”
McNeely
places
flowers
and a unit made
takes
a conservative
approach
to building
trailer,
another
upscale
by Rich
Specialty Trailers,
which
McNeely
personalized chalkboard message
“This
business LLC.
is a baby
right
subleases through
a partnershipPoshPrivy.
with Portable
Restrooms
in Charlotte,
of congratulations
in his Comforts
and
wea 600-gallon
want to pay
for everything
N.C.trailer.
This large two-suite trailernow,
– which
has
internal
waste tank
of Home
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says. fireplace,
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believe
and 200-gallon freshwater tankas
– includes
working
well asin
hot
debt.
I’ll get where
I want
to go
water, solid marble and graniteassuming
countertops,
designer
vanities,
and heating
by adding
or two trailers
atclimate
a time as
I can pay for them.”
and air one
conditioning
for full
control.
McNeely bought his first restroom trailer in early 2012 from a portable
restroom
companyCUSTOMERS
in Michigan that was shedding some inventory. This 6-byTARGETING
8-foot restroom
trailer –was
which
he calls “The
Petite” – includes
a 300-gallon
When McNeely
assembling
his inventory,
he contacting
his target
internal
waste
tankthem
and ato125-gallon
onboard
freshwater
tank.
markets
to alert
his fledgling
business.
He services
theMcNeely
Nashville
brought
the roughly
two-stall100
2010
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of Homeintrailer
back
to Nashville,
area and
miles
in all directions
middle
Tennessee,
goingand
after
then
remodeled
it. “It large
was our
first unit,
so I wanted
to make
it events.
had a
weddings,
festivals,
reunions,
corporate
fundraisers
andsure
other
modern, upscale look and feel,” McNeely says.
started can’t
the makeover
byquickly
removingwith
the unit’s
free-standing
“IfHepeople
find you
Google,
you don’tpedestal
exist.
sink, replacing vinyl for hardwood-style flooring, then installing designer
And once they find you, your website must instantly project
lighting, floating vanities and automatic touchless faucets. To finish, he
your
brand
and
what
you’re
all
about.
You
don’t
have
to
say
repainted the interior with an up-to-date color scheme.
Next hebut
bought
new 2012
three-stall
Porta Pal restroom trailer from Rich
much,
youahave
to say
it right.”
Specialty Trailers. The 13- foot restroom trailer – which he calls “The Polished”
Brandon Mcneely
– has
a 400-gallon internal waste tank and a 105-gallon freshwater tank.
In fall 2012, McNeely added “The Plush,” an Alpha Mobile Solutions
McNeely
himself at
theprivate
center ofwomen’s
the business
as the
contact
person
Signature
Series puts
3 featuring
two
rooms
and
one room
chief
problem-solver.
He handles
all email
communication,
and every
for and
men.
It comes
with a 500-gallon
internal
waste
tank and 125-gallon
call placed
to PoshPrivy
routesfeatures
to his personal
phone.
freshwater
tank.
Each restroom
amenities
including vessel sinks,
“I want to be part of my client’s event,” he says. “I take time to make
(continued)
them feel comfortable with me, and assure them I’m genuinely interested
in being part of a great wedding, reunion or whatever. When you deal with
brides and brides’ mothers, they want the best. This is not just a business
proposition for them.”
McNeely believes PoshPrivy’s website and targeted email campaigns
play key roles in establishing and building the company’s unique brand. His
maxim is “Redefining the portable restroom experience.” That starts with
a “clean,” simple website that projects PoshPrivy’s upscale niche. He also
works hard to ensure the company pops up prominently when people search
for upscale portable restrooms on Google or other Internet search engines.

OUTDOOR EVENTS
“If people can’t find you quickly with Google, you don’t exist,” McNeely
says. “And once they find you, your website must instantly project your
brand and what you’re all about. You don’t have to say much, but you have
to say it right.”
That doesn’t mean McNeely just flipped a switch and waited for
business to build. He also networks with job-related companies to spread
his message by word-of-mouth.
“I started going around to party-tent rental companies because our
business is mostly geared toward outdoor
events,” McNeely says. “Probably 70 percent
of our business (has been) from their
referrals.”
At the same time, he targeted event
planners to raise awareness of PoshPrivy.
For that, targeted emails generate results.
“I spent a couple of days compiling an
email list of every event planner I could find
around Nashville and middle Tennessee,”
McNeely says. “I use a service called
MailChimp, which helps me design letters
to target event planners who might need my
restroom trailers. MailChimp works much
better than traditional mail. Event planners
need to think of you when giving portable
^^^ McNeely adjusts the
restroom options to their clients.”
wastewater outlet valve on one
of his restroom trailers.
Finally, McNeely – who doesn’t own
a vacuum truck – partners with a local
company to pump out the trailers before hauling them home from the event
site. “Most of the events we service last a half-day or so, which means we
usually don’t have to pump them until they’re ready to be removed,” he
explains. “It’s less trouble for everyone if we get them pumped on the job
site right after the event.”
SELL YOURSELF
All the while, McNeely builds business through face-to-face contact.
“Once we’re in touch with companies that can help us, I try to meet with the
owners and essentially sell myself and our product to them,” he said.
Part of “selling himself” means being an expert in the field. Before
launching his venture, McNeely joined the Portable Sanitation Association
International and attended its annual convention and trade show in 2011. While
there, he attended seminars and talked with experts to broaden his knowledge.
More recently, he joined the National Association of Catering and Events
to learn all he can about events and how best to service them. He also plans
to join the Tennessee Wedding and Events Specialists Association this year.
“The more I can network with experts in those areas – people who also need
my trailers – the more I’ll learn, and the more ideas and referrals I’ll get.”
Meanwhile, he provides personal touches to complement his restroom
trailers. That includes mints, amenity baskets, flower bouquets in the
women’s side of the trailers, a personal message for the bride and groom on
a chalkboard, and tiki lights that illuminate the path to the trailers after dark.
After all, the more McNeely does to make his portable restrooms
pleasing, and perhaps even memorable, the greater the chance he’ll never
have to work from the confines of an office cubicle. ■

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