When you work as a ladder assist, you're gaining a lot of valuable experience. Various types of roof. You've got your rolled roof down here. Your laminated shingles here. So you're just learning a lot when you work as a ladder assist. Are you not afraid of heights? Reasonably physically fit. Do you like to travel? Looking to make a little extra cash? What about a lot of extra cash? Have you ever heard of ladder assist? In this video, Lyomoris, Intrepid Ladder Assisture, talks about the job, the gear, and the benefits of this super cool, super specialized job in the insurance restoration world. Starting now. You're watching The Property IA Show. This video is sponsored by Kaplik. Are you an insurance adjuster? Then you need to have insurance. Adjuster. Get the insurance for Adjusters Guide right now at cplic.net. Slash Adjuster TV. And by the independent adjusting firm CCMS and associates. This fast growing and innovative firm is expanding into many new states even as we speak. Send an email over to them at careersatccmsclaims.com and don't forget to attach your resume. Hey, it's Matt here with Adjuster TV and for the best tips and tools for getting on the first call list as an independent adjuster, subscribe now. You know, there are so many careers either directly in claims or that are peripheral to insurance that it kind of boggles the mind. Ladder Assist is no exception. So what you're saying is I can scope roofs without being a roofer or an adjuster. Let's let Mr. Morris explain. There's three words. Experience. Experience. Experience. You got like two churches a day and then like three residential houses or two residential houses. So four total. You get caught out and stuff like this where you're on top of a church. You've got to inspect it. Figure out where these leaks are coming from. When you work as a ladder assist, you're gaining a lot of valuable experience. Various types of roof. You got your old roof down here. Your laminated shingles here. So you're just learning a lot. When you work as a ladder assist, this church here is a two story. And it wasn't that steep. It was like a 512. So not too bad as far as steepness goes, but it was two stories. So it's one of those things where when they call you out, you've got to get on it because that's your job. You have like way less paperwork than if you're an eye. You just sing your pictures in and report most of the time and boom, it's done. Another thing is, is if you're not working like last year, it was really slow for us. And so you're not making money, but it had a lot of time to spend with my family. So it's a win-win almost. You're either working and making money, or you're not working and you're spending time with your family. You know, a lot of time by yourself driving. So if you're a really, really social person, then you've got to, you like being around a lot of people all the time. That might drive you a little bit crazy. But man, I think this is the way to get your foot in the door or foot on the roof. Should I say? To get into being a property adjuster. Because the money's not as good. It's probably not anywhere close to what you get paid as an eye. But it is decent and you can, I think, it's the way in. It's better than just getting your name on a roster and waiting. You can get your name on some rosters and then start working. There's a lot of driving involved sometimes. Sometimes you've got a really good scheduling you're at home by four o'clock. You know, you work for yourself technically. So I guess you could take some time off if you wanted. We're super busy right now, so I'm not going to do that to the company I work for. But you know, you can say, hey, I'd like to take a week off. And it's pretty lenient. So stay safe, you guys. It's crazy times out here. You know, we've got our mask. It's crazy rules. But I hope you guys are staying safe and just be grateful. I know this is a weird time and there's a lot to look at and say, man, this is messed up and that's messed up. But there's also a lot to be grateful for, especially if everybody in your family is safe and healthy. Raditude is a key to happiness and success. So I wanted to talk a little bit about gear. So this is my setup here. I drive a 2007 Toyota Camry. It's got, I've put about 50,000 miles in the past year and a half, which is really not a whole lot for this type of work. You might put 40, 50,000 miles a year. So you don't want to drive a brand new vehicle. I can fill this up for like, especially gas right now, 25 bucks, something like that and it lasts me all day. So great gas mileage, really economic makes a good economic sense to drive something like this. Some of the essentials for inspecting a roof. I'm going to talk about now and so... Cougar Pals. Okay, these are Psalm 1833. Might not be essential to you, but it's essential to me. These let you grip the roof, especially shingle roofs, because they've got... The boot actually has Velcro right there and these are kind of wet from yesterday, but these pads are removable. And these pads actually let you grip the shingles really, really well to the point of where I feel comfortable walking on a 10, 12 pitch, which is pretty dank-steep. Sometimes I get the roof and my man, I can't believe I was on there. I'm comfortable as I was. So obviously safety first, these are the most important pieces of equipment that I have, because without them, you know, it nothing else matters. If you're sliding off a roof and you're tennis shoes, then it's not a good day. So obviously you want a ladder. This is a 24 foot Werner Check-Stin. Werner Equalizer, they've got the legs that stabilize, so it's a really good ladder. A lot of people probably don't get into this because they think they have to have a truck. You can buy a... this is a roll-of rack. I bought that for like, I think this whole set was $150. If a roof is really steep, you're going to want a rope. Tie it off to a tree, tie it off to something very sturdy. I guess if you absolutely had to, you kept your teasing your pocket, you could tie it off to the wheel of your car. I've done that before, I don't necessarily recommend it. I do have a rope, you know, a harness system that I use with an intro and you know, the whole set of big essential. I would say. Some people don't use gloves, I do. Cut the fingers out of them. When the four fingers just so I can use my phone, use, you know, fill the shingles and stuff like that. When the roof's 130 degrees, when it's 97 on the ground, it's 130 degrees up there, you'll get blisters from the shingles. So you definitely want to get a good pair of gloves. This is a clip box. I guess you could just use a clip board. I like the box because I can keep all my graph paper in here, my pencils, extra lead from up pencils, erasers, pens, rulers, straight edge. I got some 3M Velcro strips that you use to like attach, um, picture frames to the wall and stuff and I just attached them here. So, these are a mala chalk. I'm now, I've only seen one other person use this type of chalk. These boxes, this box of nine, you can get from IKEA for literally $2. Plus shipping, so I order like 20 bucks at a time, something like that. This chalk doesn't get everywhere, it's got this coating on it. Normal, normal chalk. Like this stuff right here, this is that crayola type, you know, look, you can already see it on my hands. It gets everywhere, it'll get all over your pants, it really gets everywhere. It's all over your hand, this doesn't, it's got that hard coating, this lasts a lot longer. This is the Hague, a Hague shingle gauge. See it, three tab on this side and you slide the shingle in here and it tells you what kind of shingle that is. You got the name and name on this one. It's a good piece of equipment, I guess technically you might not have to have this, but it's just good to slide it on there, snap a picture. It lets everybody know anybody who might review the file, what kind of shingle is on the roof. You're gonna want a good tape measure. Always keep two with me just in case one breaks, because sometimes it ends due break off. This is a Stanley Fat Max, they're a little bit expensive, but this is the best one that I found. 35 foot, it gets the job done for 99% of the product. The Maggrip holder, I got this at Home Depot. This is obviously just a little holder for the tape measure. I hadn't fallen off my belt before and you don't want to hit a car, hit somebody, a kid's plan in the yard, the tape measure rolling off the roof and doing all that. The best to just keep this is kind of a loop that snaps over it right here. It keeps it from falling out, it's just like laser measure. It's like a laser tape measure, so you just put this against the wall, hit the button, the laser points to the other wall and it tells you the distance in the time. I think that's all the essential gear that we need. That's it for me. Our fourth TV is the premier video resource for the independent adjusting community. We are committed to bringing you the best, most up-to-date and entertaining programming to help you learn what insurance adjusting is all about. If it's right for you and how to build a rewarding career as it claims professional. A career where you can help people in the time of crisis and earn a great living. 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