Adam Bensman shows how to scout hail storms in Loveland, Colorado for roofing and restoration sales. He walks through the tools and strategies that help you find the most profitable damage zones fast.
My name is Adam Bensman, the roof strategist. Welcome to a ride along today on effective Scouting Techniques. Now I'm cruising around in my truck and right now I'm working a storm here in Loveland, Colorado. It happened actually a little while back. We're going to talk about how to scout effectively in your truck, make the most out of your time and locate your forces the best you can. So first thing I want to do is make sure I've got my hail map with me. And I'm very partial to interactive hail maps. They have a great app called hailrecon, works with the GPS on your phone to make sure that you can actually see where you're at in relation, relationship to the map. So what I want to do is make sure I got one tool with me and that tool is binoculars. So if you take a look here, we're coming up on a house. I'm going to swing the camera around in a minute and I can sit on the side of the road and I can take a look at any soft metal up on that roof, box, vents, all the skirting, anything like that. And with my. Excuse me, let's get you guys situated here. Again, with my binoculars, I can take a look and look at those dings and say, hey, there was hail here or there wasn't. The other thing that I want to do is take a look at any junction boxes such as this one right here on the side of the road for spatter marks, hail impact, they say it's about a third of the size. So when I'm out there with my binoculars, I can take a look, see if there's damage, what direction it was, how severe it was, especially in aluminum siding, window wraps, things like that. Now, if I have the opportunity, I want to pull up at apartment complexes or public buildings and take a look from the ground on any downspouts or gutters, see if there's any evidence of hail. The other thing, besides the obvious of downed debris and all that, the biggest thing is locating, using Google Earth to say, hey, this is a good area or it's not a good area. We want high density, nice homes, big houses if we can. So we want to locate first before we spend a lot of time driving. I've spent 10, 12, 14 hours a day scouting storms to get my team located in the most profitable and lucrative area. And I want to be precise because time is not on our side. We want to get all that low hanging and you want to get it quick. So use your maps, check out interactive hail maps. Download the app Hill Recon, bring your binoculars and document everything. Write down street names on interactive hail maps. You can actually drop pins exactly where you want to go and say, hey, this area is a great area. I want to target there. But when you do your diligence and you scout properly, you're going to maximize your response time and get some great, great traction very quickly for yourself and your whole team. Now, that's all we got for you on today's video. Video Remember to get those binoculars, get a good hail mapping software, take quality notes, and use Google Earth to map out those areas before you hit the road. You can spend a lot of time scouting and due diligence pays off in the end. That's all we got for you guys this week. We'll see you around.
