![This Tennessee Pumper Refuses to Follow a Conventional Path to Success](https://cole-pumper.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pumper.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fsunshineseptictn14.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=620&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=1024&s=633d97603829cb1f3a9c6d9b040a872a)
Harris pulls hose at one of the stops on his daily septic service route in the Springfield, Tennessee, area.
Raymond Harris believes he must think outside the box to prosper as a solo septic service operator. Pumping is a difficult business, and Harris makes some — let’s call them unconventional choices — to succeed: Among them, he refuses to excavate septic tank lids, hand-paints his...