Burl was part of a panel at the Texas Auto Body Trade Show talking about legislation in our industry. Burl Richards is the owner of Burl's Collision Center in Henderson, Texas and he is fighting for consumer's rights and safety...and I LOVE IT! Listen in as we talk about how he fights for consumer safety. The fight Burl recently won was based off: Do you believe a repair plan is necessary? In his district court there were 12 jurors and a judge that decided a blueprint repair was necessary and wa...
Oct 17, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 95
We are BACK and coming to you again from the Texas Auto Body Trade Show this week with a mini-episode! For today and the next 2 episodes you will get to hear from some of the amazing speakers that were there and even an attendee that has some great stuff to share. :) Shops are saying there's no talent and the students are saying there are no jobs...what's the deal? Today we are talking with Raven Hartkopf, the lead collision instructor at Collin College in Texas. She received her associates degr...
Oct 03, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 94
We are coming to you from the Texas Auto Body Trade Show this week with a mini-episode! For the next few episodes you will get to hear from some of the amazing speakers that were there and even an attendee that has some great stuff to share. :) Today we are talking with Logan Payne of Payne and Sons Paint and Body Shop in Dallas & Bedford, Texas. Logan and Danny Gredinberg talked at the trade show about the importance of repairing a vehicle per the OE repair procedures. Main point #1 - don't...
Sep 19, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Andy Hipwell and James Rodis of OEM Calibration are with us today and getting into all things calibrations! Stay tuned until the end because it keeps getting better as we go! Did you know that 80% of shops are NOT doing calibrations? Why not? How do you start? What do you need to know? Join us on the Collision Cocktail Hour on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 8pm EST: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvcu6uqTIrEtEVLRBBFPx8xz6sxkLdMv-W#/registration Reach out to Andy &/or James dir...
Sep 06, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Laura Gay is a former shop owner and has been assisting shop owners sell their collision repair facilities (or purchase additional shops) for over 30 years. If you are thinking of selling your shop, wondering what the consolidators are up to or wondering what the future of the collision industry looks like, today's interview is for you! For those wanting to work with someone who specializes in family business and the transfer of your business contact Matt! Matthew DiFrancesco: mdifrancesco@difra...
Aug 15, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Mister Jake Rodenroth came to hang out with us today on Body Bangin’! As the Operations Manager for the Collision Centers in North America for Lucid and a lifetime in the automotive and collision industry he knows a thing or two. Lucid’s have the longest range (520 miles) and the fastest charging of any of the EVs on the market! One thing I really like is that they aren’t fully touch screen. They have dials and knobs which I miss on some of the other EVs. Did you know that EVs are QUICK off the ...
Jul 11, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Patrick Crozat, of G&C Auto Body, where they run 32 collision centers at the time of this recording. Patrick is the COO of the largest privately owned, family owned auto body shop group - G&C Auto Body. Patrick's father started this 1 shop back in 1972 in Santa Rosa and look at them now! Hear why he thinks the insurance companies need small, independent shops. This is a podcast where everyone can take something away from this! We talk about scaling - get some tips! We talk about recruiti...
Jun 27, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Mike Jones of Discover Leadership Training has been working with collision shops for 22 years! Mike and his team work on mindset which is the key to shifting your life! Mike has a couple of programs: 1 - His marquee program - Master Graduate Program that is a 4 day retreat, fully immersive, on-site in Houston, Texas at Camp Allen - all about working on yourself 2 - The Game Changer Program - cerebral, experiential, classroom style, come to you - 2-day program Some great points from Mike: Start w...
Jun 13, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Frank Phillips, the collision repair program manager of Rivian and veteran of the collision industry, speaks with us about the Rivian vehicles and how their collision program works which is very impressive! They simplified the collision repair program with 4 levels and the support sounds awesome! One shop is not expected to do and be everything. What a concept! They do have some parts that are restricted to only certified shops. Rivian has 3 products: SUV (R1S), pick-up truck (R1T) and the Amazo...
May 30, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Thank you to our sponsor - Lombard Equipment! They have incredible customer service and their 5-star reviews give you a taste of the service AFTER the sale. These guys are amazing if you are looking for new or refurbished equipment! https://lombardequipment.com/ The SE Collision Conference was a hit as were all 20 episodes that came from this conference! On the last episode of this series we talk with the conference committee which includes Jordan Hendler - Executive Director of the Washington M...
May 30, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Thank you to our sponsor - Lombard Equipment! They have incredible customer service and their 5-star reviews give you a taste of the service AFTER the sale. These guys are amazing if you are looking for new or refurbished equipment! https://lombardequipment.com/ The SE Collision Conference was a hit as were all 20 episodes that came from this conference! On the last episode of this series we talk with the conference committee which includes Jordan Hendler - Executive Director of the Washington M...
May 19, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Thank you to our sponsor - Lombard Equipment! They have incredible customer service and their 5-star reviews give you a taste of the service AFTER the sale. These guys are amazing if you are looking for new or refurbished equipment! https://lombardequipment.com/ We are talking with 2 all-stars in our industry today! We've got Ron Reichen - president of Precision Body & Paint that has 5 locations in Oregon. We are also talking with Barry Dorn - owner of Dorn's Body & Paint, Dorn's Automot...
May 18, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 85
Lombard Equipment has incredible customer service and their 5-star reviews give you a taste of the service AFTER the sale. Call them today! https://lombardequipment.com/ Scott Ayers works for SCRS and the BOT Tool (Blueprint Optimization Tool)! At the SE Collision Conference Danny Gredinberg and Scott Ayers talked about how to "Write Your Strongest Sheet". The BOT Tool is a tool that's been out for about 3 years with about 300 shops using it! You would write your repair plan, export it and then ...
May 17, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Thank you to our sponsor - Lombard Equipment! They have incredible customer service and their 5-star reviews give you a taste of the service AFTER the sale. These guys are amazing if you are looking for new or refurbished equipment! https://lombardequipment.com/ BeTag is an equipment manufacturer that manufactures small damage equipment, outer panel equipment, plastic repair - anything on the exterior of the vehicle is what they repair. One thing that Keith is excited about is their program to d...
May 16, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 83
Thank you to our sponsor - Lombard Equipment! OH WAIT - THIS IS THEIR EPISODE! https://lombardequipment.com/ Capital equipment are major spends in your business! This is not something to take lightly. We speak with the owner of Lombard Equipment, Kevin Lombard, and Dave Caron where they share some incredible information with us! Here are their warnings: Don't purchase online Speak with someone prior to buying - know do's and don'ts of the equipment Do training IN PERSON (not via video) Do traini...
May 15, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Thank you to our sponsor - Lombard Equipment! Selling equipment for over 30 years who not only does training IN your shop they do hands-on training ON YOUR EQUIPMENT! :) https://lombardequipment.com/ Blake Farley has 3 locations with Relentless Collision in Raleigh, Durham & Cary, NC and is attending the SE Collision Conference for the first time plus he brought his team! Listen in as he shares his takeaways so far... He's a member of SCRS and the CCA he is a mover and shaker and doing AMAZI...
May 12, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 81
Thank you to our sponsor - Lombard Equipment! Selling equipment for over 30 years who not only does training IN your shop they do hands-on training ON YOUR EQUIPMENT! :) https://lombardequipment.com/ One of the platinum sponsors at the SE Collision Conference was CAS (Connected Automotive Systems) and Joe Maitland talks with us about their diagnostic scan tools and how they bridge the gap between aftermarket and OE scan tools PLUS all the other things they can help with! Reach out to Joe Maitlan...
May 11, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 80
Thank you to our sponsor - Lombard Equipment! Selling equipment for over 30 years who not only does training IN your shop they do hands-on training ON YOUR EQUIPMENT! :) https://lombardequipment.com/ Josh is from AirPro Diagnostics and spoke at the SE Collision Conference about how you can do ADAS Calibrations in house! Most shops do not know what that would look like so they shy away from it. Josh feels like it's something a shop can do and start doing it in small bites. When you sublet it you ...
May 10, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 78
If you need equipment make sure to reach out to Lombard Equipment! Selling equipment for over 30 years who not only does training IN your shop they do hands-on training ON YOUR EQUIPMENT! :) https://lombardequipment.com/ The amazing Frank Terlep, the new CIC chair and VP of ADAS Solutions and Emerging Technology, spoke at the SE Collision Conference on how to open and successfully operate an ADAS calibration center. We chat with him about this! Find Frank's 150 page guide at: https://www.calcopi...
May 09, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 78
Thank you to our sponsor - Lombard Equipment! Selling equipment for over 30 years who not only does training IN your shop they do hands-on training ON YOUR EQUIPMENT! :) https://lombardequipment.com/ Mark Olson was one of the great speakers at the SE Collision Conference. He talks about the different generations and how different each one will do something as basic as making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. You add in the 4 different personality types which are: amiables, expressives, drivers...
May 08, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Thank you to our sponsor - Lombard Equipment! Selling equipment for over 30 years who not only does training IN your shop they do hands-on training ON YOUR EQUIPMENT! :) https://lombardequipment.com/ Michael Bradshaw opens up about the way they do things at their very successful shop in Hickory, NC - K&M Collision. He taught a class on how to stop estimating and start repair planning. He feels that people lack a thorough repair process at every level so he shared how K&M does things. Som...
May 05, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Thank you to our sponsor - Lombard Equipment! Selling equipment for over 30 years who not only does training IN your shop they do hands-on training ON YOUR EQUIPMENT! :) https://lombardequipment.com/ As shops are having a hard time finding quality workers Kurt's local schools are shutting down their technical and automotive programs. Kurt and his wife, Crystal, created the idea of something called "Operative Talent" and many organizations jumped on board such as The Petty Family Foundation with ...
May 04, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Thank you to our sponsor - Lombard Equipment! Selling equipment for over 30 years who not only does training IN your shop they do hands-on training ON YOUR EQUIPMENT! :) https://lombardequipment.com/ Today we are talking with Richie Seaberry from Decisely. The medical plan is from SCRS as a way to provide incredible health insurance to small shops especially those shops that couldn't afford a health plan otherwise! It's a health plan that represents 70,000 employees being part of the SCRS plan -...
May 03, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Thank you to our sponsor - Lombard Equipment! Selling equipment for over 30 years who not only does training IN your shop they do hands-on training ON YOUR EQUIPMENT! :) https://lombardequipment.com/ "Reverend" John Shoemaker of BASF is what I like to call him! John always has great input and today he's talking about charging for the proper labor rates with proper labor times. What's the difference? Labor types depict the labor rates! Why do we not talk about that more often? Most shops are usin...
May 02, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Thank you to our sponsor - Lombard Equipment! Selling equipment for over 30 years who not only does training IN your shop they do hands-on training ON YOUR EQUIPMENT! :) https://lombardequipment.com/ As a vendor and sponsor of the SE Collision Conference, Amanda Valmonte, BDM with PPG, talks with us about the latest automated mixing system technology called Moonwalk! Moonwalk is 100% automated other than the loading of toners on the mixing bench and it's 100% accurate based off of the variant th...
May 01, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Thank you to our sponsor - Lombard Equipment! Selling new and refurbished equipment from Maine to Miami and helping anyone anywhere with their equipment questions. :) https://lombardequipment.com/ Car O Liner is a sponsor of the SE Collision Conference and we talk today with Chad Dellinger. Chad says that we will see pre-measuring and post-measuring needed on every vehicle so it's important to do the trainings to be able to repair the vehicles the way they were meant to be repaired by the OE pro...
Apr 28, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Thank you to our sponsor - Lombard Equipment! They are the REAL DEAL. Check them out: https://lombardequipment.com/ Another great episode from the SE Collision Conference with Danny Gredinberg! Danny had a session where he talked with shops about how they can utilize the DEG to get paid for what they do plus the SCRS Bot Tool. Visit www.DEGweb.org to use this great resource. It helps you and all others in the industry since once the DEG looks into your submission/inquiry they talk to your inform...
Apr 27, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Lombard Equipment provides in person, HANDS ON training. Visit their website: https://lombardequipment.com and talk to them about your equipment needs! Our 3rd interview from the SE Collision Conference is the owner of KECO - Chris White! KECO is a glue pulling system that has taken over the world. :) We've talked to Danny Hacker before about how to do glue pulling which got SO many downloads. Click here to watch episode #60 with Danny as he gets into the details: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/p...
Apr 26, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Lombard Equipment recommends you ask about the service after the sale when looking to buy equipment. When you purchase equipment from Lombard their very own reps come to your shop to do your training and will provide loans equipment if something ever needs servicing! Visit their website: https://lombardequipment.com Big Chris of Big Chris Collision in Aiken, SC was an attendee at the SE Collision Conference and his takeaways are super valuable PLUS he talks about communicating with our customers...
Apr 25, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 68
We are kicking off the SE Collision Conference series of daily podcasts coming from Richmond, Virginia and I want to give a shout out to Lombard Equipment - the BEST equipment company on the East Coast providing extraordinary customer service, training and support! Visit them here: https://lombardequipment.com/ Mike Anderson, of Collision Advice, spoke on the topic "Be Extraordinary!" and that's in every aspect of business - with customers, your employees, in OEM research, etc. He really feels t...
Apr 24, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 67
