Power Line USA & Hot Jet USA
Power Line Industries / Hot Jet USA

Jetter Pro Forma Calculator

A simple business-case model comparing a smaller portable jetter with a properly sized trailer-mounted jetter for residential main-line and light-commercial drain cleaning. Adjust the assumptions below to model any unit in our lineup.

Editable assumptions • Gross service revenue model

Model assumptions

Change any assumption below. The pro forma updates automatically.

Incremental investment recovery

25%of midpoint Year 1 incremental gross revenue
$35,000 investment hurdleAdditional capital required versus the portable unit.
$102,500 remainingMidpoint incremental gross service revenue after the capital hurdle; this is not profit.
$35,000 ÷ $1,100 incremental revenue/job = 31.8 jobs (12.7 weeks)
Annual jobs
125
At the selected weekly utilization
Portable annual gross revenue
$61,875
Using the portable average ticket
Trailer midpoint annual gross revenue
$199,375
Using midpoint of low/high trailer ticket
Midpoint incremental annual gross revenue
$137,500
Trailer midpoint less portable baseline

Trailer revenue scenarios

Low case
$86,875
$695/job • 125 jobs/year
Midpoint case
$199,375
$1,595/job • 125 jobs/year
High case
$311,875
$2,495/job • 125 jobs/year
Illustrative midpoint: ~$199,375 in annual gross service revenueAt 2.5 jobs per week for 50 weeks, the midpoint trailer ticket produces approximately $137,500 more annual gross service revenue than the portable-ticket baseline.

Illustrative payback

MeasureLowMidpointHigh
Trailer ticket$695$1,595$2,495
Incremental revenue/job vs portable$200$1,100$2,000
Jobs to recover incremental investment17531.817.5
Weeks at selected utilization7012.77

Payback above uses incremental gross service revenue, not gross profit or net income.

Utilization sensitivity — 2 to 3 jobs per week

Jobs/weekJobs/yearPortable revenueTrailer lowTrailer midpointTrailer high
2100$49,500$69,500$159,500$249,500
2.5125$61,875$86,875$199,375$311,875
3150$74,250$104,250$239,250$374,250

Recurring light-commercial opportunity

One of the strongest advantages of light-commercial drain cleaning is the potential to create a recurring revenue stream instead of relying only on one-time emergency calls.

  • Apartment and condominium communities
  • Strip malls and other multi-tenant properties
  • Restaurants and food-service drain systems
  • Property-management and preventative-maintenance accounts

A branch that trains service technicians to identify and refer drain-cleaning opportunities can use the jetter as both a service tool and a business-development platform.

Recommended equipment workflow

Residential lateral lines

Use a small electric jetter where portability is genuinely valuable and the line size/application does not require the trailer.

Main lines & light commercial

Use the trailer-mounted jetter for main-line cleaning and higher-value light-commercial work, where the unit arrives configured, ready to operate, and avoids repeated loading/unloading of a large portable machine.

Manual-handling consideration

Large portable jetters can be difficult to lift, load and unload. Reducing unnecessary manual handling of heavy equipment can help reduce ergonomic strain exposure; actual risk depends on equipment weight, staffing, lift aids and work practices.

Important: This is an illustrative pro forma based on management assumptions supplied for sales-planning purposes; the service-ticket figures are not presented here as independently verified industry averages. Calculations show gross service revenue and do not deduct labor, fuel, maintenance, consumables, financing, depreciation, insurance, taxes, travel, downtime, callbacks or other operating costs. Actual pricing, utilization and results vary by branch, market and job scope. A final purchasing decision should use branch-specific historical data wherever available.

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