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Dirk and Jill Feikema are shown with their vacuum truck, built out by Advance Pump & Equipment and carrying a pump from National Vacuum Equipment.
A few years after Dirk Feikema bought Wesley Feikema & Son Sanitation Services from his father in 2006, he changed the name to Feikema Plumbing & Sanitation — a move that reflected the company’s growing shift toward a more diverse business base.
“So many of our septic...