Run a 14-stop pumping route on Tuesday without missing a tank. Send a $385 inspection and pump quote from the customer's driveway. Record every gallons-pumped reading in the field so it's ready when the state board asks.
Start for $1 →$1 for 14 days, then $19/mo. Card required. Cancel any time.
The $1 trial is Starter. Route optimization, two-way texting and job costing are on Crew ($39/mo).
The 5 things that decide whether you stay on the right side of the state board and the right side of profit are recurring 3-year pumping schedules that auto-renew, route density that fits 14 tanks a Tuesday, on-site pumping records (gallons, tank conditions, manifest and disposal notes), inspection workflow with photos for real-estate transactions, and address notes for tank location and access. All in one app. Built for the tech who's pumped a 1,500-gallon tank at the back of a 280-foot driveway in rural North Carolina at sunrise.
Customer signs up for the recurring 3-year residential pumping plan at $385. Claver keeps the next service on the calendar and bills through Stripe on the day of service, and on Crew you can schedule a reminder text ahead of time. For example, 800 customers on that cycle at $385 a pump works out to roughly $103,000 a year of recurring revenue that renews itself.
Route optimization puts the day's tanks in the shortest driving order, and you place the disposal-site run where it fits. Shops that go from 6 tanks with three dump trips to 14 tanks with one trip are running the same truck and the same driver against more than double the stops.
Build a job checklist with custom fields for gallons removed, tank condition (baffles intact, scum/sludge depth, inlet/outlet clear), manifest number, and disposal site, and every tech fills it in on the job. The state inspector shows up Wednesday, you hand them the iPad with years of organized records instead of digging through a binder.
Real-estate transaction inspection: tank size and age, baffles, drain field test, drainage capacity, all on a custom checklist with photos attached to the job. When the tech closes the job, Claver bundles those photos and notes into a branded PDF report you can send straight to the customer, the realtor, or the title company, instead of assembling the report by hand at 9pm Sunday.
Tank size (1,000 / 1,250 / 1,500 gallon), location (15 feet behind the deck, marked with white PVC stake), access (driveway holds the truck, gate code 4729, dog Bowie sleeps in the side yard, leave gate open), prior service history. Your tech pulls up the address and knows where the lid is before he leaves the shop.
Starter is $19/mo. Texting, AI and dispatch start on Crew at $39. The phone line and AI receptionist are on Business at $79.
Septic is a recurring business with a record-keeping problem. The pumping route is the engine. For example, 800 residential customers on a 3-year cycle at $385 a pump works out to roughly $103,000 a year of recurring revenue. The state board inspection is the part that can slow down a Wednesday morning if your records are scattered across a binder in the truck cab.
The shops that win run two things differently. They auto-renew the 3-year pumping schedule so customers never lapse. Lapsed customers don't call back, they call a competitor. They log every pumping record from the field in an organized, timestamped format instead of a notebook. That turns an inspector visit into a quick lookup instead of a binder dig.
The recurring schedule is the engine. The field record is the backup that saves you an afternoon.
When a customer signs up for the recurring 3-year residential pumping plan at $385, Claver structures the relationship for the next 9-12 years. Service date 1 is today. Service date 2 is 36 months out, auto-scheduled. Service date 3 is 72 months. Service date 4 is 108 months. Sixty days before each service, the customer gets an automatic reminder text. It says your 3-year septic pump is due this month, we'll be out on the day, reply STOP to reschedule. The day of service, your tech arrives, pumps the tank, logs the record, and Stripe pulls the $385. The customer never has to remember anything. You never chase a renewal.
Route density is what turns 6-stop Tuesdays into 14-stop Tuesdays. Most septic shops without route optimization scatter their pumps across the county. They drive 18 miles, pump, drive 14 miles to the dump, drive 22 miles to the next pump, and dump again. Claver's route optimization puts the day's tanks in the shortest driving order, and you slot the disposal-site run where it fits. Your Tuesday route now hits 14 tanks in the same county-line corridor with one dump trip after stop 7 and a final dump at end of day. Same truck, same driver, more than double the stops, and you are home by 5pm instead of 7pm.
Organized pumping records are what keeps your hauler license clean. Build a checklist so every pump logs gallons removed (1,200 gallons from a 1,500-gallon tank), tank condition (baffles intact, sludge depth 8 inches, scum 4 inches, inlet clear, outlet partially clogged, recommend D-box inspection), the manifest number you assign, and disposal site (City of Raleigh treatment plant, ticket #4729). The state inspector shows up Wednesday morning. You hand them the iPad and pull up four years of clean, time-stamped records instead of digging through paper logs.
Inspection workflow is the side hustle that funds your slow weeks. Real-estate transaction inspection includes tank size and age (1,000-gallon, installed 1998), baffles (concrete, both intact), drain field test (200 gallons of water, all absorbed within 18 minutes, passing), and drainage capacity (acceptable for 4-bedroom occupancy), all built as a checklist with photos attached (lid removed showing baffles, drain field probe locations, distribution box). When the tech closes the job, Claver bundles the checklist and photos into a branded PDF report, ready to send to the customer, the realtor, or the title company, instead of assembling it by hand at 9pm Sunday.
And tank location notes turn the 90-minute discovery visit into a 35-minute pump. The tank is 1,500-gallon, located 15 feet behind the deck (marked with a white PVC stake), has a 4-inch lid (no riser), driveway holds the truck (gravel, slight grade), gate code 4729, dog Bowie sleeps in the side yard, leave gate open after pumping, customer prefers Saturday morning service. When your tech rolls up to the address for the next 3-year pump, he does not dig three test holes looking for the lid. He walks straight to the marked stake, shovels 8 inches of dirt off, and starts pumping. Three more pumps that day.
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$19/mo to start. $39/mo for growing teams with texting, AI, route optimization, and job checklists for pumping records. $79/mo for the full toolkit with the phone line included. Same plans as every Claver page, no septic upsell.
Every plan includes unlimited jobs, quotes, invoices, and Stripe payments. Texting, AI, dispatch and job costing start on Crew. The phone system and full back office are on Business.
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