★ BIG EARL WAS VOTED "MOST LIKELY TO TALK ABOUT TROUGHS AT A DINNER PARTY" BY DAYTON WEEKLY - 3 YEARS RUNNING!!! ★ NOW OFFERING SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNTS (Earl is 58, he gets it) ★ VISIT TROFS.COM FOR ALL YOUR TROUGH NEEDS!!! ★ BIG EARL'S PODCAST "TROUGH TALK WITH EARL" COMING SOON TO REALPLAYER!!! ★
🤵

BIG EARL

"The Trough Whisperer"
Entrepreneur • Plumber • Philosopher • 3x Dayton Chili Cook-Off Runner Up
Founder & CEO of TROFS.com • Licensed in 11 States*
*Not all licenses are current. Oklahoma is "pending."
🚑🤝
EARL'S STATUS: Currently installing a 14-footer at Bud's Bowl-O-Rama. Back by Thursday. Maybe Friday. Depends on the bolts situation.     |     TROUGH TIP OF THE DAY: "A clean trough is a happy trough. An icy trough is a LUXURIOUS trough." - Big Earl     |     WEATHER IN DAYTON: Probably cloudy, let's be honest.

📷 BIG EARL'S PHOTO GALLERY

A visual journey through 38 years of trough excellence. All photos taken by Earl Jr. on a Sony Mavica floppy disk camera.


🏆 EARL'S GREATEST INSTALLATIONS

🎿
The Stadium King at Hara Arena
Dayton, OH - 1998
"My Sistine Chapel" - Earl
🍺
Copper Bar Star at O'Malley's Pub
Kettering, OH - 2000
"She's a beauty" - Earl (crying)
First Baptist Church of Kettering
"The Holy Trough" - 2001
Earl's most controversial work
🎳
Dayton Lanes Bowling Alley
"Strike Zone" installation - 1999
8 feet of pure copper

🚗 BIG BERTHA (THE TRUCK)

🚓
"Big Bertha" - 1998 Ford F-250
347,000 miles and counting
Check engine light: ON (since 2001)
🚓💨
Bertha loaded up for the
Tulsa job. 14 hours each way.
"She barely made it." - Earl

👪 THE PLUMBERTON FAMILY

👨‍👩‍👦‍👧
The Plumberton Family
Christmas 2002
Linda, Earl, Earl Jr., Earlene
🐶
"Flusher"
The family beagle/lab
Named for obvious reasons
🤵🏆
Earl at the Dayton Chili Cook-Off
2002 - Runner Up (AGAIN)
"Next year is MY year." - Earl

🏠 THE SHOWROOM

🛀 🛀 🛀 🛀
Big Earl's Showroom - "The Trough Palace"
1847 Industrial Blvd, Unit C (behind the Arby's)
"Every trough tells a story." - Earl

Photos loading slowly? You might need a faster modem. Earl recommends at least 56k.
All photos © 2003 Earl Jr. Photography (he's also available for weddings and bar mitzvahs).