Hot Rodding meets Pest Control
By Micah Coy
I come from a long line of hotrodders. In fact back in the late 1920's, my family was figuring out ways to extract more power out of their cars to out run the cops during prohibition.
Growing up, my father and grandfather were closer to "Tim the toolman Taylor" than the traditional male bonding image of throwing a football around in the back yard. If it could be built, why not build it to take a bullet? If it ran, why not make it faster?
Since day one, I've always felt that not only should we out perform everyone in terms of customer service, but also in terms of performance itself. Thus, our rigs are part neccesity, part looks and all out performance. But enough about us, lets talk about increasing your output volume.
Power Sprayer
- 200 Gallon Tank
- 5.5 Horsepower Honda Engine
- K&N Air Filter
- Header pipe with high flow muffler
- 24 gpm aluminum pump
- Electric hose reel run off truck battery with kill switch
- 3/16 gun nozzle
- AN12 / AN16 Fittings and hose lines
- "Race tabs" for rig removal
Professional Output Differences
I've looked around the internet and talked to all the professional rig production companies and what I've found is the average production rig puts out about five to eight gallons a minute and costs right around two to four thousand dollars. The rigs I'm going to show you how to build cost roughly the same amount but put out roughly 18 gallons per minute and use a nozzle roughly the same circumference as a cigarette. What does all this extra volume mean to the average pest management professional?
Speed.
Speed is the key to power spraying efficiency. This rig has an average daily output of 30 pest control services. We charge our average recurring customer fifty dollars, which means each route that runs one of these rigs is worth $1500 dollars daily. Working twenty days a month this rig produces thirty thousand dollars, or $360,000 annually.
We neglected to mention this rig is not operated by an olympic athlete, rather a 61 year old man!
Step by Step Buildup
