Megan Throckmorton isn’t afraid to jump in her truck and drive 80 miles as long as the rates work out and her favorite restaurant is on the way home. Leaving what she thought was her childhood dream job as a teacher has led to her true calling, the Septic Queen of the South. Listen in.

Visit Megan on social media at the SepticQueen and check out her story in the January 2024 issue of Pumper magazine at Pumper.com.

Dawn Rohrs was an engineer working in the oilfields of Oklahoma, but after her third stint in the chaotic industry she decided it was time for a change. A month later she was installing septic systems with husband and boys while leading the charge to bring Oklahoma’s installer credentials inline with other states.

You can learn more about Dawn at cycloneseptics.com or follow her on social journey at thatSepticgirl on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.

Kim Turner has experience in law enforcement, horse training and even… hockey. But what does Kim know about septic pumping? At first, nothing, but not afraid to get down and dirty, pretty quickly she found success. Now with two full-time employees and several shiny new trucks, Kim takes aim at 4 million gallons and 15,000 TikTok followers.

In this episode, Grant and Erin Stahla, owners of Stahla Services, join the podcast to talk about their journey in the portable restroom industry. Grant was on an entrepreneurial track in college in Nebraska, trying to figure out what he wanted to pursue as a business, when he heard a family member talking about restroom trailers. Ten days later he bought his first trailer with a loan from his grandparents. Over the next few years, he built out an inventory with the help of SBA loans. A few years ago, Grant met and married Erin and she decided to leave her marketing position with Chick-fil-A and work with Grant. The couple discuss their decision-making for expansion, focusing solely on high-end restroom trailers, hiring and training processes, quality control in a business with an extensive service area, and more.