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A8 The Dalles Chronicle Wednesday, February 26, 2020 TheDallesChronicle.com MARKETPL ACE Power naps, sons drive Affordable Portable into 7th year Wade Collins knows hard work. On a visit to in-laws in The Dalles, he saw he could make a run at the portable toilet business in our area. A divorce gave him the opportunity to take that challenge. In 2014, he arrived with a single pickup to pump sew- age after leaving an excava- tion business and the fun side of a shovel behind. “I bought 27 toilets and got the 28th for free,” he said of his first days in the Mid- Columbia. He was licensed Word on the Street Tom Peterson on April Fool’s day and pumped his first toilet on May Day. “The next month I bought 28 more with some ADA units and handwash stations. By the end of my first year, I had 100 units.” “I worked 20-hour days and pretty much just power-napped in my truck,” he said. That lasted for three years. With the work ethic came a commitment to a superior product and quality control. Every toilet he rents is double walled. Pink toilets are available for women only, with locks available. Bang-up cleaning products are used, and toilets are scoured with a 1200 PSI pressure washer and fin- ished with elbow grease— inside and out. There’s no fudging. First impressions with portable toilets are everything. Collins said all you have to do is sit on the toilet lid and take a hard look—con- sequently the same view customers have when using the porta potty. Dirt, cobwebs and other less desirable elements come into view and can then be cleaned properly. That attention to detail has earned him a good chunk of the orchard busi- ness, he said. The other crucial point in See ON THE STREET, page A10 Schooter Collins, Karen Carlin, Tracer Collins, Wade Collins and Schooner Collins have a going concern with Columbia Gorge Affordable Portable. 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