Keep On Truckin’

After 53 years and 5,000 septic tank installations, Texas onsite worker Al Pavlicek insists he’ll keep busy and enjoy family in his retirement.
Keep On Truckin’
Al Pavlicek at the controls of his trusty Case backhoe installing a septic system in 1999. The equipment today beats working all day with a shovel and a pick like he did in 1960, Pavlicek says. (Photos courtesy of Van Delden Wastewater Systems)

Were they really the good old days?

If you talk to Alfonzo “Al’’ Pavlicek about his long career installing septic systems, you might wonder why so many people look back fondly at the way things used to be.

When Pavlicek first grabbed the pick and shovel for Van Delden...

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