Septic tank pumping rates?
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Jack Roberts
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In Maryland it is $80. In Nevada $260.
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radmohunter
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In the heart of the Ozarks, Dent County Missouri, they get $75.00 if you are within 15 miles of the town (Salem, MO) and $80.00 if they have to travel farther (up to 40 miles). They tack on a $10.00 charge if they have to go off the major County roads.
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boogercounty
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...or, you could give it the old DO-IT-YOURSELF effort.
Have you ever needed gas for your lawn mower, and had only a jug and a siphoning hose???
Step #1: Insert hose into tank.
Step #2: Suck on hose, in order to draw
liquid from tank.
Step #3: Stop sucking when liquid comes
from hose.
Step #4: Gag and Spit. Repeat as often as
necessary. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Have you ever needed gas for your lawn mower, and had only a jug and a siphoning hose???
Step #1: Insert hose into tank.
Step #2: Suck on hose, in order to draw
liquid from tank.
Step #3: Stop sucking when liquid comes
from hose.
Step #4: Gag and Spit. Repeat as often as
necessary. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
tripod3
New member
Hi, $180 here in WA. But the interesting part was when they told me the outlet was eroded and needed replacing. $20 extra and he got his coveralls and ladder, got in there and replaced it with plastic. His appearance was grim at best when he popped out of tank. This is one hidden cost I was glad to pay.
Bonus
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Hello,
Thought I would give yall an update. I called up my plumber friend and asked who he'd recommend. He refers me to a guy, who is out of buisiness and that guy refers me to another guy. I reluctantly called the number(I hate third hand recomendations), but the number looks familiar.
ringing...
answers"This is Jeff."
Me:"Hello, this is Jeremy. I was wondering what you charge to pump out a septic tank?"
"Hey Jeremy, hows my building coming?"
Me: "UH?" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
The guy I called is my customer I'm building for right now! He runs a porta-pot buisness and also did tank pumping. I knew that, seeing there were no less that 200 porta-pots ten feet from the building we're putting up. My idiotic brain didnt put two and two together.
After a little small talk, I wiped the egg off my face and asked if he'd help me out. Seems that Jeff no longer does tank pumping. He told me to call his hog farmer friend that was just a few miles from my place.
Buba(not his real name, but he looked the part) shows up with a tractor trailor designed to pump out hog confinements(duh, I called a hog farmer). The hose on the pump had was eight inches accross and wasnt going to fit down a five inch pipe. He knew this and procceeded to duct tape a section of drain tile to the end of the big pipe. (what kind of hooky operation did I hire to do this!)
Long story short. The pumping took no less than 5 minutes from when he stuck the hose into the tank and was on his merry way out the driveway. I called him up later and wondered what the bill would be. Buba: "I pump(insert appropiate slang here)for a living, yours wasnt enough to charge for." Thanks Buba
JA in SD
btw: The fecal jokes were good but not spectacular like I expected. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif Oh yeah almost forgot: boogercountry's suggestion doesnt work, my lungs gave out trying. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Thought I would give yall an update. I called up my plumber friend and asked who he'd recommend. He refers me to a guy, who is out of buisiness and that guy refers me to another guy. I reluctantly called the number(I hate third hand recomendations), but the number looks familiar.
ringing...
answers"This is Jeff."
Me:"Hello, this is Jeremy. I was wondering what you charge to pump out a septic tank?"
"Hey Jeremy, hows my building coming?"
Me: "UH?" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
The guy I called is my customer I'm building for right now! He runs a porta-pot buisness and also did tank pumping. I knew that, seeing there were no less that 200 porta-pots ten feet from the building we're putting up. My idiotic brain didnt put two and two together.
After a little small talk, I wiped the egg off my face and asked if he'd help me out. Seems that Jeff no longer does tank pumping. He told me to call his hog farmer friend that was just a few miles from my place.
Buba(not his real name, but he looked the part) shows up with a tractor trailor designed to pump out hog confinements(duh, I called a hog farmer). The hose on the pump had was eight inches accross and wasnt going to fit down a five inch pipe. He knew this and procceeded to duct tape a section of drain tile to the end of the big pipe. (what kind of hooky operation did I hire to do this!)
Long story short. The pumping took no less than 5 minutes from when he stuck the hose into the tank and was on his merry way out the driveway. I called him up later and wondered what the bill would be. Buba: "I pump(insert appropiate slang here)for a living, yours wasnt enough to charge for." Thanks Buba
JA in SD
btw: The fecal jokes were good but not spectacular like I expected. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif Oh yeah almost forgot: boogercountry's suggestion doesnt work, my lungs gave out trying. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
I paid $285.00 back in the summer. Mt aerobic system hadn't been pumped out in 9 years. But, that is what they charge no matter how often they do it.
woodcock
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I started having septic problems back several years ago. The problem turned out to be that fancy toilet paper. Charmen toilet paper won't break down. I had to pump it two years in a row till I figured out and havent had to pump sence. We buy the cheap stuff now. problem gone!