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Hyler Septic Service was started in 1988 by Ken Hyler, Jr. Ken being an entrepreneur was known to most as a hard working man. Some have said he could easily do the work of three(3) men. He opened the business to support his family of four. Himself, His wife; Nancy, son; Ken, and daughter; Tracy. Ken operated the business on his own for quite a few years, until his son Kenneth, III was old enough to help out. His wife Nancy would help out a lot as needed, whether it be running errands for her husband, or coming to pull his out with their Pickup truck, the numerous times he got stuck land spreading in the fields. She also maintained a full time job along with being an active housewife, caring for the children. Over the years he began teaching Ken,III all aspects of the business; pumping, portable toilet bidding, drain and sewer cleaning, and water jetting. Both men, being aggressive entrepreneurs worked to create a good size, profitable business that they were comfortable with, offering good service to local people, for reasonable rates.
In early 2005 however Ken, Jr. at age 50 suffered a heart attack while working on a residential drain cleaning job. The business itself was split between the two siblings who came together despite the sudden passing of their father at such a young age. The two children along with their mother Nancy, worked hard the following two years in 2005 and 2006 trying to maintain and operate a business that they were not expecting or ready to take over. Tracy chose to drop out of her college courses she was currently enrolled in to help her brother with the accounting aspect of the business. Ken, III however he had already started buying into the business, was still learning all the aspects of the operation from his father. The siblings came together along with their mother to manage the growing business.
In 2006 and 2007, Work load at HSS was almost doubled. the business grew more in two years then it had in the previous 5 years of operation. The business went from 2 employees and two family members, to a team of 3 Hylers, and 7 employees. Tracy is currently finishing up her college requirements in the field of Nursing. Nancy still remains in the office answering phones, and scheduling work. Ken, III plans on maintaining the business, which currently services 7 Counties, operating 6 six septic trucks, two portable toilet service trucks, almost 300 portable toilets and many other miscellaneous service vehicles.
The business still operates to this day under the same principles that their father had worked so hard to achieve. "good, reliable service, at reasonable rates."
"In Memory, Ken Hyler, Jr. October 1954 - April 2005"
Berlin Journal/Omro
Herald (July 30, 1998)
Business has been booming for Ken Hyler,
Jr. Owner of Hyler Septic Service lately, but unlike most business people, he is
emphatic about giving the credit to someone else.
Hyler a Man of great faith feels that God is behind every inch
of his success. Hyler Septic celebrated its 10th Anniversary this April, and
the business is definitely on the upswing. Ken has recently added two huge
trucks to his fleet, and will soon be getting a pickup truck mounted vacuum tank
for convenient use for his portable toilets.
Ken does work mainly in the Berlin and Omro areas, but his business is also growing in Green Lake and Ripon. He does portable toilet rentals, drain and sewer cleaning, and septic and holding tank pumping in addition to a number of other services.
Ken and his wife of 20 years Nancy have two children, Ken(19) and Tracy(14). Hyler wants to slowly teach his son the business and in the process, phase himself out of it. He wants to eventually cut his involvement to 2 or 3 hours per day so he can someday attend Bible College.
Congratulations to Hyler Septic on Ten Successful Years!
1988 - Hyler started with one truck, working a few hours each day and weekends to get the business rolling, In addition to his current full time job. With Nancy, his wife working full time as well to help keep food on the table for the family.
Ken started by buying his first truck, a 1500 gallon septic truck. With not many holding tanks in the area at the time this size truck was ideal for a small septic business start up.
1990 - Purchased 10 portable toilets to enlarge our customer base and to offer more services.
1991-1995 - Ken purchased and operated three different 2300 gallon septic trucks which he ran up until 1997.
1993 - Ken bought out Green Lake Pumping Service, with the acquisition came a 3500 gallon septic truck. This truck stayed with the company until 1997 when Hyler purchased a 4200 gallon septic truck.
1995 -Hyler Septic Service moves from downtown Borth, WI to 1 mile north of town to a rural area. Built a brand new shop and house for the growing business with one sliding bay door to store trucks inside. a small office was added to the corner of this new building.
1997 - Hyler built a 3500 gallon septic truck mounted on a tandem axle Ford chassis. Ken, III joins his father at age 18 to help with the growing business.
1999- Built first Portable toilet service truck, mounted on a Ford F-350 with 450 waste tank and 250 fresh water, also purchased 70 more portable toilets.
2000 - Hyler Septic Services builds a brand new shop next door to the current shop/office. This building was 3 times larger, with four 12 foot bay doors for trucks, and an office/restroom inside. Our first 6000 gallon septic tanker was built, mounted on a Volvo quad axle chassis to handle our additional volume of Holding tank accounts. Holding tanks in our area were rapidly being put in and the size of the tanks were increasing to 4000-6000+ gallons in size.
2001 - Ken, III began buying the business from his father.
2002- Purchased 100 new purple portable toilet units.
2003 - Purchased Van Handel Excavating, Septic service portion of their business. with the acquisition came one tandem axle 3500 gallon Mack truck, and all of their current holding tank and septic tank accounts in the Appleton/Kaukauna area. With the purchase in Appleton, increased our Service area to almost twice its current size. By this time Hyler Septic was servicing from Coloma, WI east to Oshkosh, and from Markesan north to Freemont. Also purchased 99 GMC one ton to replace the aging Ford toilet truck.
2004 - Purchased an additional 100 purple toilet units.
2005 - Our second quad axle 6000 gallon tanker was built. mounted on a Mack chassis. The truck purchased by Van Handel. At this current time we owned 5 septic trucks and one portable toilet truck. also Purchased 5 ADA handicap portable toilet units.
2006 - 2nd shop built behind the current building. Originally cold storage but in 2007 was recently finished to have heat, concrete floor and electric garage door openers.
2007 - Additional portable toilet truck was built brand new with a 750 gallon waste tank. and 250 fresh water. Purchased Mack septic truck with 4000 gallon tank for growing business needs.
2008 - Office was remodeled with tile floor and new ceiling, a second phone line was added to handle the additional call volume coming in.
2009 - Another Septic truck and additional accounts were gained in mid-year. Plans for a new office are coming about as well. We have outgrown our current facility
2010 - Even with the slowing economy. Business still is strong for Hyler Septic. Another septic truck and accounts were added in early March 2010. Slightly increasing our service area as well.
Currently we operate:
3 (Three) - 6,000 gallons capacity tanker trucks
2 (two) - 3,600 gallons capacity tanker trucks
1 (one) - 4,500 gallons capacity tanker truck
2 (two) - Portable Toilet Service Trucks (450 and 750 gal capacity)
1 (one) - Pull Behind Portable Toilet Service Trailer (1,000 gal capacity)1 (one) - Portable 10 Stall Shower Trailer (Self Sustainable if needed)
3 (three) - Portable Toilet Delivery Trailers (10 Unit, 12 Unit, 24 unit)
1 (one) - Portable Pull Behind Water Jetter
1 (one) - Water Jetter equipped Service truck
1 (one) - Vac-con Municipal Sewer Truck (equipped with Water jetter)
2 (two) - Drain Cleaning/Service Vehicles (equipped with Sewer Auger Machines)
2 (two) - Pickup Trucks equipped with Plows
1 (one) - Quad Axle Dump Truck
1 (one) - Tractor Backhoe
1 (one) - Small Bulldozer
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