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If you ever wondered what the vehicles look like at an 8-figure pest control company, well, in this video, we're going to break down exactly what they look like inside and out. First, we're going to start with one of our original vans, and then move on to one of our brand new Ford Mavericks. We're going to give you a price breakdown for everything that goes into these vans, from equipment to wraps and the truck itself. Let's get to it. [Music]
Hey guys, my name is Jonas Olson, CEO of Fest Badger. Today, we're going to show you guys one of our truck setups. I'll show you guys what the van looks like on the inside and outside. Also, I'll give you prices and breakdowns for everything that we put into these trucks. Looks like we got some rain coming. So, let's get rolling.
Start with the outside. Our wraps on our vans, which I think everyone who runs a company should have a wrapped van, uh, wraps for this van was like 3,500 bucks instead. This was one of our original vans. Uh, we've moved on to trucks since then. The reason I like the small vans is because of days like today where it's raining, that everything's enclosed. So, all of our technicians can keep all their equipment and they can keep all of our products dry. And what's nice too is that when technicians bring their trucks home, they can keep everything locked up and I have to put it in a garage and store it away. It's pretty nice to have a van like this. We recently moved to the new trucks, which are Ford Mavericks with caps on them. Those are super nice, too. Again, I just like to have everything locked up, clean, and put away nicely. So, just good for storage, good for the technicians that bring these home. Easy to fill that water from a hose at home, too. So, the technicians don't have to come to the shop every single day.
The price on these vans was pretty cheap when we got them. I know. Obviously, they went like they stopped making the Nissan altogether, but like I think we bought this in like 18 or 19, 20, somewhere in there. This van was like 17,000 bucks. It was pretty inexpensive. It didn't come with a ladder rack. We had to put this the ladder rack on, itself a $1,100 upgrade, but super nice to have for doing wildlife jobs, things like that. So, also when we bought these vans, it's pouring rain by the way, as you can tell. Back in the back in the pandemic, we couldn't get vans, so we were just finding everything that was out there. So, we have a couple Nissans, couple Dodges, couple Toyotas, but now that the pandemic's done, we've switched all the Fords, the Mavericks, F-150s, F-250s, and switched all of our fleet to all Fords to keep it all the same and super simple. But now it's pouring. Okay. [Applause]
Uh, going up here, ladder rack system. This is about 1,100 bucks. Pretty cool, though. Uh, you don't need any straps for these. Just one clip or a lock. Flip this up. Pull this guy out. Unlocks the ladder. Need to pull the ladder off the back. So, these are pretty cool. Definitely recommend one of these guys. The back where we keep our web pole. Keep it out of the weather. Said it's going to rain. So, these are nice. Web pole goes in here. This setup here, it's like 40 bucks for the kit. Like another couple, what 20, 30 bucks for the tube? Something like that. Yeah, these are nice. Web pole goes in there. We wet pole. I think this one's 30 ft. I think web pole is like $100-ish dollars. Web brush is like $12, whatever it is.
Check out the inside. So, this is what it looks like inside the truck. So, got a 65-gallon water tank. Holds enough water for the day. Right here, we got our backpack sprayer. This is a flow zone 3-gallon. This is what we used to do all of our pest control jobs. We used to do power sprayers like back in the day that hold a couple hundred gallons, but uh this is definitely more cost-effective and just easier for the technicians. Pretty simple. Plug the battery in, go to work. This is just a standard B&G sprayer. Pretty simple. Just pump sprayer pulls one gallon. This is what we do for all of our interior treatments and specialized treatments. Again, you're talking, you know, $300, $400 depending on where you buy them from. Super important in pest control. Most operators have these. We really like the B&G. They've been really good to us. Most of ours now are pink, too. So, this is one of the older ones. I'll show you guys the pink one in a different video, but this one's black. Extra brush heads up here in case one gets wet or they just kind of wear over time. Got our gloves for PPE here. All of our product we like to keep them on the shelves, keep them strapped in, looking good. Got a bunch of different products in here. Got some bait stations. Also, belly spreader for doing lawn jobs around the house, to keep all chinch bug things away. Uh, that's like $80. We got this guy in here. Uh, this is where we keep a lot of our bags of granular so it doesn't spill all over the place. I think there's some bif granulars in there. Oh, we got some caulking guns up here for doing exclusion work. Silicone silicone guns there. Pretty straightforward. Jump off to the side. Power inverter right here to charge all of our batteries. This one the truck has to be run. Just plug in a cigarette lighter. Some we have built in, but this was again one of the originals. And then we have some alpine bay in the side. Got a nice spot for these guys. Got some bed bug dust for doing bed bug jobs. Wasps freeze for doing wasp jobs. But pretty straightforward.
So here's just our 65-gallon water tank. It's just gravity fed. We do have some pumps on the other ones, but this one is just gravity fed. Uh, this holds 65 gallons. Like I said, the backpack sprayer holds three gallons. Can roughly do 20-some houses per day. Uh, with this setup here, uh, if you're doing insect or mosquito jobs, could be a little bit less. But, uh, this is strictly pest control. So, definitely got to have water in here. I think this water tank costs a couple hundred, two, three hundred bucks. Bungee straps just in case you guys need bungee cords for anything. Technicians like bungee cords, I guess.
Going back to the 65-gallon tank, too. A lot of people will fill up at customers' houses. We don't necessarily care for that. So, we just carry a little bit of water so we can fill up on the job. Now, we're going to check out the front of the truck. See what's going on in here. Pretty simple, straightforward. This is where you drive the vehicle. But, we have Ravens in every one of the vehicles. So, GPS has video, audio video front and backwards. So, if the guys get in an accident, we can record it. Or if the technicians keep their trucks at home, we can monitor if the truck's moving or not after hours, things like that. I always know where our trucks are at and our technicians. That's a wrap. Have a pass three day. [Music]
Now we got the price breakdown. Let's go through this all. Uh, so all in total, you're about $24,000 in the van with the roof rack, stuff like that. And then for the equipment, total for that setup is about $7,000. So for you guys who are just starting out and you're using your own personal vehicles, obviously you're not going to need to spend that much money. You're not going to have to spend that much money on wrap. You're not going to have to spend that much money on equipment just to start out. Again, just starting out, you can probably spend $300 to $500 and be in a really good spot to be able to go service and start your company. So, that's what one of our original van setups looks like. Now, let's go check out one of the new Ford Mavericks.
We're going to take you on a tour of one of our brand new pest control trucks. Check this out. So, I've never actually seen this exact setup before. They seem to like it really a lot. Uh, so, there's just a 50-gallon water tank in the back. They got their flow zone backpack sprayer. Together web pole. Then they just have this job box here. Lockable job box. Just the dual construction lock box inside here. They have a granular spreader. They have, you know, some product. It's all locked up. Got extra duster heads. You got one-gallon pump sprayer in here. Got the mole traps. Just things like that they're going to need out on the job. Come take a look at this. You know, pump sprayer. Of course, it's pink to match the brand. Again, they locked it with their knife. This one does not have a topper yet. This truck is brand new. Like I said, still has the license plate from the dealership on there. So, haven't got a topper put on yet.
Check this side out. They just have more product in here. Extra gloves, some extra PPE, base shields, some side tools, things like that you need. Uh, they put their duster heads in here, too, just so they would stay dry because it's raining out. And have a box in the back cab. They're doing some initials today. So, they have they had some installs for bait stations. Kills loaded up back there. We got some Max Force amp bait. And then the front of these things. So, these are all electric. Pretty cool. They have a charging station up front where they can charge their batteries throughout the day for their backpacks on the sprayers. But yeah, pretty much pretty much sums it up for these trucks. They're we've liked them so far. Got it for I think this is our second summer with the Mavericks. Get really good gas mileage obviously. Um, that's a plus. This truck alone will do like $1,500 to $3,000. Just over $3,000 every single day. So, it's a very profitable truck for us. So, and typically on a yearly basis, I say pest control trucks do about $250,000, $300,000. We're pushing upwards of $300,000 plus per truck. So, that's the goal.
Of course, one of the first things that we do when we get our Mavericks is we get them all wrapped. Of course, this is our brand and we wrap all of our trucks. You guys should be wrapping yours, too. Highly recommend it. I get that question asked all the time. Should we wrap our trucks? The answer is yes. I don't care if it's a sticker to start with, just get something that looks very professional. And by law, you have to have your phone number, business name, things like that on it anyway. But then, yeah, like everyone just sees our trucks when we drive on the road. Even when we only had one truck, everyone said they always saw our trucks because the pink just really stood out. That's one reason that I chose pink because 1% of all vehicles in the United States are pink. So, again, this is our brand and you should be wrapping your trucks every single time.
So, now we just looked at the Ford Maverick. Let's do the price breakdown of everything that went into that. So all in total for that Ford Maverick setup, $40,220 and the equipment total for that one is $5,220. So now as you can see we did spend more on the brand new vehicle, but overall uh it was actually cheaper to equip the Ford Maverick. So I don't care which which style you like. I like the vans because it's all enclosed. Lock them up at night. Technicians take them home. You don't have to worry about anyone stealing. The Ford Mavericks obviously have to be stored inside at this point because we have no topper on them. But once the topper gets in, uh, everything will be locked up, too. So, I don't care what style you like, but these are the setups that we like to use. Uh, when we do wildlife stuff, we have bigger trucks. We'll go through that. Same thing with the fertilization weed control trucks.
So, as you can see, the barrier to entry for one of these trucks, vans, is not as much as one may expect. So, especially if you're using your own, right? You have a few hundred in equipment. Like I said, $300 to $500, you know, maybe $100 in product, and you're off to the races, generating some revenue. But as you can see now, we spent $40,000 on the new Ford Maverick all in, that same truck will make us anywhere from $250,000 to $350,000 per year. But we just want to show you the two trucks that we are using right now and the styles and setups that we have. So see you guys on the next.