David Hernandez has understood the physical toll of roof replacement cleanup ever since his dad started taking him on jobs during summers.
Now, as a roofer with Watkins Construction, he uses the Equipter RB4000 self-propelled trailer to eliminate some of the heavy physical strain that wears roofers down and lowers their productivity.
David says with the RB4000, “You could definitely tear off more than you could have, in a faster time.”
While David says the self-propelled trailer’s primary benefit is much faster and more efficient cleanup, it also lightens the load on other labor-intensive tasks. “We put all of our felt in there and everything, and then we lift it up to the roof.” He notes crews also use the RB4000 to raise heavy materials to the roof, like cap and base.
The portable dump trailer has completely changed David’s average day. “I used to be on the ground all the time, cleaning up until the end of the job. Now...I get done, like around 11 a.m., and after that I just help out on the roof.”
The RB4000 has also become a dependable part of the Watkins roofing crew. David says, “It's definitely been a really good piece of equipment. It hasn't broken down on us. Even with nails, the tires haven’t gone flat...all around it's a really good machine.”
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