Trevor Mance pictured with one of his trucks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 1996, Trevor Mance was a senior at Mount Anthony Union High School, and working at the Town of Shaftsbury Landfill on the weekends.  When he started a weekend route in Shaftsbury with a major leap of faith and a beat up old one ton truck, TAM was born. After high school, Trevor started a route in Bennington and hired his first employee, Joseph Maguire, who is still with TAM today driving one of the four roll-off trucks. In the early days, advertising consisted of handing out hand-made pamphlets from a moped, and maintenance on the trucks often included coat hangers and duct tape! 

 

Trevor continued to grow his business while commuting to Hudson Valley Community College and then to Sienna College.  This often meant driving the garbage truck to the burn plant to be emptied in Hudson Falls, NY then taking it on to class.  Routes were picked up either in the morning before classes or late in the evening after classes were finished. 

 

In 2003 TAM embarked on a monumental expansion by starting the permitting process to open a recycling center and transfer station.  Four years later, in 2007, this became a reality.  The transfer station was opened to help keep transportation costs down by combining multiple loads into one larger load.  Along with better efficiency, the transfer station has allowed TAM to keep disposal costs down by recycling as much material as possible.

 

Today TAM has grown into a hauling company with thirteen trucks and a family of seventeen of the hardest working people around.  The old one ton truck has been replaced by a fleet of new “real” garbage trucks.  Trevor’s on-the-road repairs have been replaced with a “real” mechanic.  However, the philosophy of providing an exceptional service at a reasonable price has never changed.  TAM is proud to be a local company, proud to employ local folks and most of all, proud to serve our customers.