Truck of the Month https://www.pmmag.com/rss/2755-truck-of-the-month en-us Truck of the Month: Bright, colorful and memorable It’s not often that a 27-year-old decides to start his own contracting company, but in the case of Ryan Osterkamp, that’s exactly what happened.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/104407 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/104407-truck-of-the-month-bright-colorful-and-memorable Truck of the Month: The American dream Edwards Plumbing & Heating, a third-generation contracting business, was founded back in 1948 by Charles W Edwards. Charles Edwards, a pipefitter by trade prior to WWII, became a Navy Seabee, building runways in the pacific.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/104348 Wed, 27 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/104348-truck-of-the-month-the-american-dream Truck of the Month: A modern facelift After learning the trades during two tours in the Navy Seabees, Guy M. Cooper Sr. decided to start his own business — Guy M. Cooper Plumbing & Heating was founded in 1930. While the mechanical contracting firm has a long, storied history of providing high quality work and high quality jobs for all its employees, the third-generation owners Gary Cooper and Glenn Cooper decided it was time for a rebrand in 2021.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/104301 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 04:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/104301-truck-of-the-month-a-modern-facelift Truck of the Month: Air high fives for the win After working for a plumbing company who wouldn’t give him a day off, Levi Torres and his wife, Cassi Torres, decided to start their own plumbing business in 2012. The couple wanted a company that supported its employees and served every customer with professionalism and respect, and High 5 Plumbing was born.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/104255 Tue, 24 May 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/104255-truck-of-the-month-air-high-fives-for-the-win Truck of the Month: A dream realized For the past 15 years, Steve Baker had a plan to start his own plumbing company. Last year, that dream was finally achieved with the opening of Gideon Plumbing in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/104027 Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/104027-truck-of-the-month-a-dream-realized Truck of the Month: A little retro representation What do logging and plumbing have in common? Jon Hatch for one. After a friend told him about a plumbing apprenticeship opening 15 years ago, Jon Hatch made the jump to the plumbing industry. 

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/103970 Mon, 20 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/103970-truck-of-the-month-a-little-retro-representation Truck of the Month: Traditional yet eye-catching Southern Trust Home Services began life on a farm. An electrician by trade, Ted Puzio founded his contracting business in 1995 while raising his two teenage sons. Then named TP Electric, Puzio and his sons renovated and flipped farmhouses before building a two-story facility to both live in and use as a workshop.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/103927 Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/103927-truck-of-the-month-traditional-yet-eye-catching Truck of the Month: Clean and colorful “The right call any time of year” is the perfect slogan for Asheville, North Carolina-based Four Seasons Plumbing. The company was founded in 2006 by husband and wife team, Max Rose and Rachel Rose, thanks to a monetary gift from Max Rose’s grandmother.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/103856 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/103856-truck-of-the-month-clean-and-colorful Four Seasons Plumbing | Asheville, North Carolina Photos courtesy of Four Seasons Plumbing. Four-Seasons-Plumbing-2.jpg Four-Seasons-Plumbing-3.jpg Four-Seasons-Plumbing-4.jpg Four-Seasons-Plumbing-5.jpg Truck of the Month: Living the dream Known as “The Temperature Experts,” Shelby Township, Michigan-based Koz Heating & Cooling was founded just eight years ago — the culmination of Michael Kosmalski’s dream to one day own his own HVAC company.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/103783 Mon, 27 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/103783-truck-of-the-month-living-the-dream Truck of the Month: The brand with the mystery man http://www.pmmag.com/articles/103729 Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/103729-truck-of-the-month-the-brand-with-the-mystery-man Truck of the Month: CEC Facilities Group This month, CEC Facilities Group celebrates 12 years in business. 

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/103633 Wed, 23 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/103633-truck-of-the-month-cec-facilities-group CEC CEC Group Truck Truck of the Month: Giving It All You Got askarn@bnpmedia.com (Nadia Askar) Patrick Jorge Besinga, president/CEO of Works Plumbing, and his wife, Margaret Besinga, vice president/COO, grew up in the Philippines, and both hold a college degree in business and marketing. 

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/103586 Mon, 24 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/103586-truck-of-the-month-giving-it-all-you-got Works Plumbing Truck Works Plumbing Truck 2 Works Plumbing Truck 3 Truck of the Month: 30 Years Strong askarn@bnpmedia.com (Nadia Askar) At age 62, Paul Cleary has been in the trades for 44 years. He went to vocational school in Connecticut and then joined the union after high school. 

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/103502 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/103502-truck-of-the-month-30-years-strong Clearly Plumbing truck, front Clearly Plumbing truck, back Clearly Plumbing truck, right Truck of the Month: Love, honesty and plumbing askarn@bnpmedia.com (Nadia Askar) People join the trades for many reasons, family business, a desire for little to no school debt, etc. 

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/103431 Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/103431-truck-of-the-month-love-honesty-and-plumbing Truck of the Month: Old-Time Flair “Anything worth doing is worth doing right.”

That’s the slogan of Pataskala, Ohio-based Crawford Mechanical Services (CMS). 

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/103386 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/103386-truck-of-the-month-old-time-flair Truck of the month Truck of the month 1 Truck of the month 2 Truck of the month 3 Truck of the Month: Community by the sea askarn@bnpmedia.com (Nadia Askar) Being an avid surfer in a community that revolves around the beach and ocean, Josh Martin, president and owner, knew “Seaside Plumbing” would be the perfect name for his company.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/102948 Wed, 08 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/102948-truck-of-the-month-community-by-the-sea Seaside Plumbing Truck “Kids love the ‘turtle truck,’” Lauren Martin says. “We’ve had customers wondering if we are going to have a ‘name the turtle’ contest, and I think that’s definitely in the cards for the near future!” Truck of the month 1 Truck of the month 2 Truck of the month 3 Truck of the month 4 Truck of the month 5 Truck of the month 6 Truck of the month 7 Truck of the month 8 Truck of the month 9 Truck of the Month: Colepepper Plumbing & Drains askarn@bnpmedia.com (Nadia Askar) A third generation plumber, Mitch Kenney started out working at his father’s company in Colorado, then branched out and tried a couple different entrepreneurial opportunities. 

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/102854 Thu, 14 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/102854-truck-of-the-month-colepepper-plumbing-drains Truck of the Month: That hometown look and feel askarn@bnpmedia.com (Nadia Askar) Named after a local mountain and using the colors of the state’s only four year university, Aspen Mountain Plumbing’s trucks remind all the locals of home. 

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/102820 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/102820-truck-of-the-month-that-hometown-look-and-feel Truck of the Month: Ron's Plumbing, Heating & AC askarn@bnpmedia.com (Nadia Askar) Ricci Hancock helps manage and run his father’s plumbing, heating and AC full service and repair business.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/102719 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/102719-truck-of-the-month-rons-plumbing-heating-ac Truck of the Month: Atlas Plumbing askarn@bnpmedia.com (Nadia Askar) Growing up around the plumbing industry and watching their father, Bob Ray as he worked endless hours diligently growing his business, made the opportunity to purchase Atlas Plumbing for brother and sister, Rod and Sunshine Ray even more special. 

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/102684 Wed, 19 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/102684-truck-of-the-month-atlas-plumbing Truck of the Month: Third generation success story Founded in 1961, Herman’s Plumbing has the distinction of being a thriving third-generation family-run business. 

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/102651 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/102651-truck-of-the-month-third-generation-success-story Truck of the Month: Hopping to it As a third generation plumber, Eric Carter has been around the plumbing industry his entire life.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/102576 Mon, 16 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/102576-truck-of-the-month-hopping-to-it Truck of the Month: Safari Plumbing David Sparling started working for his father’s plumbing company in 1979. By the time Sparling took over the small family business, known as Sparling Plumbing, he decided he needed to start fresh. So he folded Sparling Plumbing and founded Safari Plumbing in 2006.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/102469 Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/102469-truck-of-the-month-safari-plumbing Truck of the Month: Beltz Home Service Co. U.S. Navy Veteran Brian Beltz got his start in the trades during his service as an interior communications electrician stationed on the destroyer, the USS John Hancock.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/102415 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/102415-truck-of-the-month-beltz-home-service-co Beltz Home Service Co The company’s logo comes from a local clothing store owned by Brian Beltz’s grandfather that was no longer in business. Photo credit: Belz Home Services Beltz Home Service Co Truck of the Month: P.A.C. Plumbing, Heating & AC After returning from Vietnam, Paul A. Campione Jr., a Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient, came home to his wife and worked many odd jobs until he got into the plumbing industry.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/102360 Mon, 19 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/102360-truck-of-the-month-pac-plumbing-heating-ac Truck of the Month: NixCo Plumbing “Don’t call the average Joe, call NixCo.”

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/102295 Mon, 22 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/102295-truck-of-the-month-nixco-plumbing NixCo Plumbing NixCo Plumbing currently has 20 fleet vehicles, the majority of which are Ford 350 and 450 models. Three of the company’s fleet are 2019 Chevrolet Express 3500 with a Reading body. Photo credit: Nixco Plumbing NixCo Plumbing | Mason, Ohio NixCo Plumbing Photo credit: Nixco Plumbing NixCo Plumbing | Mason, Ohio Truck of the Month: Oasis Plumbing When Brooklyn, New York, native Yuda Best turned 28, he moved to Miami and opened his own plumbing business. Now, two years later, Oasis Plumbing going strong.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/102238 Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/102238-truck-of-the-month-oasis-plumbing Truck of the Month: Maloney Plumbing, Phoenix Maloney Plumbing was founded by William “Duke” Maloney and his wife, Mary Maloney, in May 1964 after the couple gave up farming in Idaho to move to Phoenix.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/102184 Mon, 20 May 2019 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/102184-truck-of-the-month-maloney-plumbing-phoenix Truck of the Month: Stuart's Plumbing, Lakeland, Florida Stuart’s Plumbing has been a family business for more than 28 years. The company was established in 1990 by the late Stuart Baldick Jr. But after 10 years of owning the franchise, he decided to branch out and establish his own brand.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/101930 Tue, 12 Mar 2019 02:00:00 -0400 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/101930-truck-of-the-month-stuarts-plumbing-lakeland-florida Stuart’s Plumbing | Lakeland, Florida Stuart's Plumbing has seven fleet vehicles, including a box truck, van and several Ford KUVs and 2018 Ford Transit HDs. Photo credit: Stuart's Plumbing Jerry Truck Stuart'sPlumbing Truck of the Month: Capital Plumbing Contractors, Tallahassee, Florida miazgam@bnpmedia.com (Mike Miazga) Darrell Jones found himself in quite a pickle back in 1986. At the time, Jones was working for close friend and mentor Louie Garner at Garner’s contracting business.

]]> http://www.pmmag.com/articles/101901 Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.pmmag.com/articles/101901-truck-of-the-month-capital-plumbing-contractors-tallahassee-florida Capital Plumbing Above: Jones says one of Capital Plumbing's musthaves in his fleet is high-quality signage and wrapping. Inset: Jones started Capital Plumbing Contractors in November 1986. Darrell Jones