"AJC Mag-Hatch Magnetic Faced Roofing Hatchet"

BUY HERE https://www.amazon.com/AJC-Hatchet-MWT-005-

Be sure to get one of these on day one of the job, as its magnetic and will save your fingers from any damage, and used in any brittle tests to lift the shingles without damaging them.

MAGNETIC TIP-- pickup up cap nails automatically
Can lift shingles for brittle tests with the hatchet side
Can lift shingles to tarp underneath the shingles to prevent future leaking
No more hitting your fingers holding a nail
THIS WILL BE THE LAST HAMMER YOU EVER BUY as a ladder assist and it will MAKE YOU MONEY.
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POWER outage maps (areas with recent storms for possible deployments)

https://poweroutage.us/area/regions

This is a LIVE look at the current outages in the US. This info is great as you can click on the link below and this will give you a live look the areas that are currently out of power from RECENT STORMS.

This will give you a great idea where deployments may be located in the near future.

https://poweroutage.us/area/state/california

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States with most storm events

Travel

Travel for large storm events expected for 2 weeks MINIMUM, generally 3 weeks or more. If you want to travel the majority of the year, (with free hotels), we have a large team that will do this as well. Travel is in the weekends as the large amount of volume is Monday-Friday.

Cost of travel: BIGGEST COST IS GOING TO BE GAS AND FOOD.
Biggest cost will be GAS and GROCERIES

in your truck, and you are responsible for all costs for maintenance, gas, tolls and gas cost getting to the events. Once you are deployed to area, your travel will be relatively small compared to getting to the event.

THE GOAT (winner) vs RIDGEPRO

Steep roofs from 10/12 and above will require some help to safely access the very steep roofs. After having accessed thousands of roofs here are 2 pieces of equipment used around the country.

RIDGEPro $499 price

Good on all types of roofs and can be used on the hips as well
Has a rope and a pole so you can move around
If you can't get the hook to the ridge, this tends to be more dangerous
Small enough and wont take up much room in truck

$499 price https://www.theridgepro.com/

https://www.theridgepro.com/

Hyper-Organize your truck www.LadderAssist101.com

Hyper-Organize your truck

The best equipment in the field is make sure you are extremely organized in your truck. Your truck is your more important tool (besides yourself) and techs spend the majority of time in them.

Here are a few tips to keep organized:

Travel with as little as possible, the more stuff in your truck the worse it is to get organized
Color code boxes to take with you on the road
Use the DECKED system to organize and secure the back of your pickup truck Check out Decked organization system here
Tool box that is lockable in the back
https://decked.com/
Keep the boxes of Chalk in the box
Keep garbage bags under the seats to get rid of garbage daily.
Make sure you ALWAYS have 3 of everything you will need for your job. Railroad Chalk, PITCH GAUGE, shingle gauges, cougar paw pads, business cards, TAPE MEASUREs (get cheap backups at HARBOR FREIGHT to give to the adjusters https://www.harborfreight.com/

ORGANIZE/ORGANIZE/ORGANIZE and de-clutter will keep you on top if your game.

DO NOT SHOP at Home Depot or Lowes unless you have to, https://www.harborfreight.com/ is HALF or more the cost of these places