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RE: Truck Office - 3/1/2006 10:50:14 PM
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PORTASATGUY
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Hows about this, High Speed internet, Printer, Efax, Toshiba Satellite with extended memory and Dual Processors(3 Estimating Programs with over 350 Macro's & over 50 Roof Templates) GPS, triple mounted Gel batteries with an 1000 watt Inverter, Front mounted Work Desk that telesopes over Steering Wheel, and another In the rear seat. Added Ladder racks and Also Carry an telescoping Ladder.
When I arrive back to My Coach, I have A Higher speed tripod Internet, and VOIP. I latch onto my Truck and Im outta there with the turn of a Key! No Home, Except where me, and My Gurl are at! And Yes I do carry My Harley with me on a lift on the back of my Coach!
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RE: Truck Office - 3/2/2006 12:07:58 AM
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katadj
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Like AWESOME dude,
When i unretire ill have to have one of them too?
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RE: Truck Office - 3/2/2006 10:05:58 AM
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PORTASATGUY
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quote:
ORIGINAL: katadj
Like AWESOME dude,
When i unretire ill have to have one of them too?
Yea Dave I SAW your ride, And your office in the woods, you have ALL the latest and greatest! LOL : )
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RE: Truck Office - 3/2/2006 11:48:58 AM
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Tom_Toll
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Roy, does the satellite have an automatic seeking device or do you have to adjust it everytime you stop.
For your folks that do not have the portisat, give serious consideration to purchasing one. It saved our butts in La. and is fast. Roy is a great guy and will help you with anything he can. He set up the portisat for Janice while I was in the hospital. I can never thank him enough for his generosity in doing that. He is number one in my book.
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RE: Truck Office - 3/2/2006 12:29:38 PM
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SoCalRich
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Roy... I've been looking at a product/company called Ground Control. Can you explain the differences if any between these two solutions?
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RE: Truck Office - 3/2/2006 12:35:21 PM
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PORTASATGUY
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Roy, does the satellite have an automatic seeking device or do you have to adjust it everytime you stop.
Mr. Toll, yes it is Autoseek and deploys in 3 minutes to online with a push of a button. It is a 2 watt radio with about 1400 mbps Download, and about 300 mbps upload. Just a wee bit faster than your system. Oh and BTW it does FOLD DOWN below the Side rails I cover the Entire bed with a Bed cover, No one knows its there for security, unless of course I deploy it!
We are buying a high line 5th wheel, and are building an F-350 King ranch, with a quick coupled 5th wheel hitch, and a modified quick coupler Datastorm Internet system. So I can pull coach to site, take the hitch off, and install the Satellite and go to Work!
Also thank you for your kind comments. Jamie and I say "When you have an opportunity to help your fellow man, Do it... It is what we are about" This is why adjusting is right up our alley. With our experience with residential/commercial construction, Loving to help all people, wisdom in life, and insurance policy understanding. There are things we all can do, to make a diffrence in our short stay here. Why not do it! To us, it is what Life is about! I guess you can say it is our way of life.
Tom you & Janice are truly my friends, Touched our Hearts, and I look forward to many years along side of you both. : )
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RE: Truck Office - 3/2/2006 12:42:42 PM
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PORTASATGUY
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Roy... I've been looking at a product/company called Ground Control. Can you explain the differences if any between these two solutions?
Richard, Ground Controll is a major Vendor for Datastorm, they have the same products (Direcway Internet) and excellent support. Absolutely Thumbs Up!
Make sure you get the "Latest and Greatest" Version of the Datastorm (i.e. F-3 Controller, 2 Watt Radio, DW 7000 Modem, Service activation on IA8 or AMC9)
I am Kinda phasing out of the Datastorm Business, and can Highly Reccomend Ground Controll, and also a company called Mobil Satellite solutions www.mobilsat.com Same hardware, Same System, Same evrything just another reputable vendor for Datastorm and Direcway! Hope this Helps, Good luck : )
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RE: Truck Office and Ladder safety - 3/10/2006 11:02:08 AM
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adjusterdehart
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What I would like to see is a laptop stand that uses the drink holder holes on the center console of my F-250SD, I have seen them for cell phones. Anybody seen one like that, if so where?
Also, about the guy that does CAT claims on a motorcycle, I trust his career is now over, on disability no doubt. Best advice I ever got from an oldtimer. "Never go up any ladder but your own". After 4 months in Miss, LA and FL, I only fell off one ladder-it was not mine. It was there on a wooden deck of a mobile home. I said "Why not!". Stepping onto the roof, out it went at the bottom and down I went - all the way, just scared, no serious injuries, I was very lucky. The feet on the ladder were missing the rubber grippers. Lesson learned. Ladder safety is serious business. I know one, and heard of numerous other adjusters injured falling off ladders this season, one death in FL that I know of.
My advice, buy a good ladder, mine is a 21' Werner fold out/extending, too heavy to carry, but that is what makes it safe and good exercise carrying! Establish a routine and stick to it, including stepping back and giving the setup a good look and a think before mounting it. Buddy up with someone and offer to help them out, vice versa, on the two level-pull the ladder on the roof ones.
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RE: Truck Office and Ladder safety - 4/5/2006 9:06:32 PM
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okclarryd
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OK Kiddies. Here's the deal. A friend of mine in Kingfisher, Oklahoma makes computer stands for vehicles. He is honest and the stand is a good one.
If you have a Yugo, you're probably out of luck but he has stands that fit nearly every other vehicle. If you have a Yugo, you're out of luck anyway.
I installed one of his stands in my Taurus (company car) in about 8 minutes. But, as some of you know, I'm fat and slow. Those of you that are less than 50 years old can probably do it is less time.
Contact Willie at KMAC@PLDI.NET and fill out the form for your computer stand. I took some photos of mine and promptly lost them so you'll just have to take my word for it or ask me to take some more. I can email them to you individually if you want.
The price is right, the stand is stable and fits, it's convenient, what else could a person want?
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RE: Truck Office and Ladder safety - 4/5/2006 9:09:05 PM
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okclarryd
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I almost forgot.
There's a ladder at Sam's Club that is a 17 ft fold out ladder that I carry in my Ford Taurus. It costs about $100 and I've used it on probably 600-800 roofs and it's still good to go. Very stable and easy to use. A little heavy but that's one of it's redeeming qualities. The wind doesn't blow it over.
Check it out.
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RE: Truck Office and Ladder safety - 4/5/2006 11:46:36 PM
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gulfsun
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Larry...I use the same ladder. It is a quality knockoff of the Little Giant without the $350+ price tag. Great product.
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RE: Truck Office and Ladder safety - 4/20/2006 3:34:55 PM
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Kelley
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Jerry and I spent years in a dully prior to taking up full time adjusting. We decided we wanted to go the route of the RV for living. Next we wanted a small car we could hook & unhook quickly, did not need special devices and was CHEAP!
Folks, you can laugh but we are still driving our 1998 Kia Sportage. Have 160,000+ driven miles on it. I think Jerry has changed the oil at least twice!
We have several fold-up ladders we carry with us. When know our limits and turn the roofs that must have a 40'+ extension ladder on it over to one of our friends. With the current fuel prices we are glad of the choices we made. We are now fixing to go purchase us a new Kia Sportage!
In the day and age of high fuel why go for the over kill!. Jerry and I work together in the car everyday. I have a Cannon I-70 printer, a wirless card, two computers, cell phone charger, camera charger and oh yes, radio. Chuch Deaton told Jerry back in about 1999 how to put the second battery in the car and how to make it work in conjunction with the regular car battery. All of our gear stay dry in a rain storm! Don't have to worry about someone stealing gear out of the back. The added plus, I can park in tiny little parking spaces and the added plus, who wants to steal a Kia Sportage.
We work hard for our money & have choses not to worry about impressing our neighbors, after all, they don't pay my bills and don't like me anyway.
Really think through the why and how you are purchasing a work vehicle. I have seen policy holders who struggle to make a living get upset when the adjusters car cost more than the home they are inspecting. You might can afford this fuel this year but what about next year? How often does it need repairs and what they charge for them. How long before we have another slow year and you have to sale the vehicle or have it repoed cause you can't afford the payments.
Purchasing a vehicle today is really more costly than purchasing a home. Really thing about what you are spending and the returns on your funds. Check out rate of theft, speeding tickets and paint problems on the model you are considering. Remember, you are an adjuster, think like one. What problmes are you going to incur when setteling aloss on the vehicle you purchased ?
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RE: Truck Office and Ladder safety - 4/26/2006 9:56:17 AM
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ChuckDeaton
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I run dual batteries and a custom made 170 amp alternator with dual external rectifiers.
My "truck" is a 95 Chevrolet diesel. The motorhome is also a diesel and I have the capacity to carry 200 gallons of diesel.
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RE: Truck Office and Ladder safety - 5/21/2006 12:19:33 AM
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Lonestar
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After seeing the pics and reading this page I fell totally inadaquate.
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RE: Truck Office and Ladder safety - 6/5/2006 6:38:04 PM
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REWARDADJUSTING
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All this truck equipment is very nice however why do you waste time writing your claim in your truck? All that is needed to scope is measuring devices - tape, wheel, lazer, a short and long ladder, clipboard, paper, pens, camara. When having to drive more then an hour to the claims it is better to just scope as many as possible when in the field and go back to the comfort of your RV, Trailer, Hotel or rented house and sit down to write them up. If you sit idle in your truck in the driveway writing up the estimate you are wasting valuable daylight where you could be getting more scopes in. I know everyone works differently but I get on my first roof by sun up and do not stop until dark - no lunch break, no stopping at all. This way you can scope between 10 - 15 in a day, then you take the night and next day to comfortably sit down and write them up. One day on scoping and one day off writing.
Does anyone actually sit in their truck and write up their estimates, download photos etc just after completing the scope?
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RE: Truck Office and Ladder safety - 6/5/2006 6:45:23 PM
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REWARDADJUSTING
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Folks, you can laugh but we are still driving our 1998 Kia Sportage. Have 160,000+ driven miles on it. I think Jerry has changed the oil at least twice!
Kelly,
Before you jump on a new Kia Sportage take a look at the Turbo Diesel VW wagons. Jetta or Passat, currently the highest safety crash rating, much more room then a Kia (rear seats fold down in the wagon opening a large cargo area) and the best part is my vw turbo diesel wagon is averaging 48mpg, between 650 - 700 miles out of a 14 gallon tank and the service intervals are every 10,000 miles, I know people that have over 300,000 miles on a turbo diesel vw with no problems, original engine and trans, all along they serviced it every 10,000 miles, only 30 services. The wagons come factory with a roof rack, you can strap a 28 foot ladder on top and a 16 foot fold up fits in the back with lots of room to spare for everything else.
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RE: Truck Office and Ladder safety - 6/6/2006 5:26:36 AM
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DAVIDR
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I'm the guilty one ! Yes, I admit it , I actually write and close "from site" as I go. My thinking is this, I want to write each and every claim to put it to bed, one time.
Coming in after a day of hoofing roofs, then sitting down and start writting claims till
midnight, doesn't do alot for me.
Besides, I had to do enough reinspects behind the ones that were in and out of the home. I generaly found measurements don't even come close, rooms missed, and I had a few that I never could find that fourth bedroom, or bonus room.Not to mention the dollars that were left on the table.
I had one guy last season who told me "The staff adjuster expects suppliments, I am just starting the file". I made alot of money from his reinspects. The funny thing,
every claim had a photo with his truck in the drive, with a ladder on it. But, not one
claim had a roof photo from the roof !
When I started," I was told don't worry about the money, worry about turning in the best work you can, the rest will take care of itself." Thanks Tom Issabel, your so right !
I take my obligation to the insured and the insurance company VERY SERIOUSLY. I am going to spend how ever long it takes to get a good scope, I am also going to spend how ever long it takes to put that file together, so it will stand on it's own.
I have told folks that one day I may be on the insured's side of the table. When and
if that ever happens, I don't want to be sitting there thinking "Man, I hope this guy
does a better job than I did" I plan on thinking "This guy will do as detailed job as
I do"
Eitherway, that is what works for me.
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RE: Truck Office and Ladder safety - 6/6/2006 8:42:54 AM
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Wes
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Some insurance carriers require that you complete your estimate, print estimate for insured and write a check to the insured while in the driveway on inspection. State Farm comes to mind on hail storms.
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RE: Truck Office and Ladder safety - 6/6/2006 11:12:31 AM
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REWARDADJUSTING
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I know about writing the estimate in the driveway, using the printer on the back seat to print it out. I worked for state farm as a staffer for 2 years and then nationwide as a staffer for 2 years. The problem with an IA giving the insured a copy of the estimate on site is: What happens when the State farm file reviewer disagrees with your scope - like they want to repair the roof and you already gave the insured an estimate with a roof replacement on it - a difference of $30,000. Now what happens, State farm is in a pickle trying to tell the insured you made a mistake and they are reducing the estimate by $30,000. Instant public adjuster or attorney phone call from the insured. I would not do state farm work as an IA, way to many requirements and the lowest fee schedule in the entire industry. As for the hit and run adjusters I agree with you that is the wrong thing to do. I spend as much time as necessary with the insured - I had many insureds in Boca that had 10+ page lists of damage of every inch if the house inside and out and I had to spend hours to go over each and every page with them, the carriers I wrote for last season required a floorplan sketch of the house if multiple rooms were damaged. I use a lazer measure device so I know the measurements are correct. Everyone has their way of working, but floorplan sketching and writing the estimate on a laptop in the car is just to inefficient when you can use that valuable daylight to continue scoping. In New Orleans and Mississippi last year I was driving over 2 hours 1 way to get to my first scope. I had to get as many scopes in as possible in the daylight hours and then used the night darkness to sit behind the computer in the comfort of the rented house I was staying at. I got on each and every roof, every house I inspected, even the hairy tile roof ladder double pulls.
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