How it works
14 days. Your office books the replies.
That's the free Estimate Sweep. You see every text first, and you see the jobs land in your own software before you pay for anything.
The steps
Two weeks, start to finish.
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01 · Today
Ask, in two minutes.
Your company, your town, and where to reach you. I read every request myself. Four shops a month.
Your request Sample
LHLarkfield Heating & CoolingKitchenerDan reads it -
02 · Day 0
You see every text first.
Your part is a one-line OK by email and an export from your software, about ten minutes, once. We build the list: unsold estimates from the last six months and customers due for a tune-up, with anyone who already had the work done taken off. You read the exact texts before anything sends.
Before anything sends Sample
Your written OK
"Next Truck can text our customers on our behalf for two weeks, using the estimates and job history we give you."
The texts, for you to read
Hi Sam, it's Larkfield Heating. You had a quote from us for a furnace back in June. Is that still on your list?
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03 · Days 1 and 2
The first 15 go out. Then the rest, on your go.
Day 1, the first 15 texts go out in your company's name, a mix of estimates and tune-ups, and missed-call text-back switches on. Day 2, you see what went out and every reply. When you say go, the rest of the list sends.
Day 2, on your screen Sample
What went out
The first 15, estimates and tune-ups, every one as you read it.
Every reply, and any STOPs
Sam M.: "Yes, still thinking about it. Can someone call me?"
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04 · Days 1 to 14
Your office books the replies.
Every reply goes to your office. Every second day you get the count: how many sent, how many replied, how many booked. One follow-up text goes out five days after the first, then nothing more. Anyone annoyed comes off the list that day.
The conversation Sample
Your text"Is that still on your list?"Sam"Yes, still thinking about it. Can someone call me?"Goes to your office
Sam M. wants a call this afternoon.
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05 · Day 14
A 20-minute review.
Texts sent, replies, and the jobs booked, each one tagged in your own software. Free, no contract, no card.
On the calendar Sample
Booked from the sweep
Sam M. Furnace visit, Wednesday.
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Only if you like it
We keep doing it.
Next Truck is $2,499 to set up and $1,199 a month, +HST, built on your software's own tools first. It starts on the tools the sweep already switched on, and your part is the same one-line email.
See what's included →Your call at day 14
Keep it runningEvery call caught, every estimate chased, every job reviewed, and past customers brought back.Stop thereIf you don't want it after day 14, it stops there.
What changes
Before and after.
Calls
BeforeThe first cold snap hits, every tech is on a job, and the phone rings out.
AfterEvery missed call gets a text back.
Quotes
BeforeReplacement quotes written between no-heat calls, then never followed up.
AfterEvery estimate followed up until you hear yes or no.
Slow months
BeforeSpring and fall go quiet, and you wait for the weather.
AfterPast customers get tune-up reminders before the rush.
Evenings
BeforeYou are the after-hours office. The phone comes to dinner.
AfterThe texts go out on their own. You take the calls that matter.
You own it
It stays yours.
The guarantee
Pays for itself in 90 days, or we keep working free. The fine print.
Your accounts
Your phone number, customer list, job software and billing stay in your name. We work inside them as a user you can remove.
Your software first
Next Truck is built on your software's own tools first, whether that's Jobber, Housecall Pro or ServiceTitan.
A clean handover
Month to month with 30 days' notice. If you leave, you get a clean handover and a written note of how each tool is set up.
Every month after day 14
We read every reply. You see the jobs.
The part of Next Truck you never see, and the reason it keeps booking after the sweep.
Every reply, read
I check every thread twice a day in business hours, so no reply sits. Your office hears about the ones that need booking, and nothing else.
New estimates, swept
Whatever you quoted this month and didn't close gets the same two texts next month. The sweep never stops at the first list.
Tuned to the season
The texts follow the calendar. Furnace quotes get chased before the cold, air conditioning quotes before the heat, and tune-up reminders go out before the rush.
One page, checked against your software
A one-page count of what got booked every month, tagged in your own software so you can count it yourself. If a reply ever goes wrong, you hear it from me the same day.
Questions
What owners push back on.
What heating and cooling owners say on the first call, answered the same way here.
"Our software already texts back missed calls."
It does, and it has more tools like it that nobody has time to run. Next Truck runs them, starting with the estimates already sitting in your software, free for two weeks.
"My office already follows up on estimates."
Good. What happens to a quote on day 8, when the office is on the phones and the tech is on a no-heat call? The sweep chases the ones that went quiet, and your office still books the replies.
"We have an answering service."
Keep it through the sweep. After day 14, Next Truck answers after hours in your company's name, books the visit, and wakes your on-call tech only for a no-heat or gas call, so that fee can go.
"I'm not handing over my customer list."
It stays in your software and in your name. We use the fewest columns the job needs, filter it so only people you're allowed to text get one, and nothing sends until you've said OK in writing.
"Will this annoy my customers?"
Two texts at most, day 1 and day 5, each in your company's name with a way to opt out. Anyone annoyed comes off the list that day, and an angry reply comes to me within the hour in business hours.
"It's heating season. We're slammed."
Your part is a one-line email and an export, about ten minutes, and your office books the replies. If January is better, say so and I'll hold a spot.
"How many HVAC companies do you work with?"
You'd be one of the first, so there are no numbers to show you yet. That's why the sweep is free: the count comes from your own shop, in your own software, before you pay anything.
"What if it doesn't work?"
Then you stop at day 14, and it has cost you an email. If you go on and the jobs Next Truck booked don't add up, at your own invoice values, to what you've paid in 90 days, we keep working free until they do. The fine print.
The practical questions
What's the catch with the free Estimate Sweep?
There isn't one that costs you. It's free, with no contract and no card, and if you don't want it after day 14, it stops there. I only take four shops a month so each one gets done properly.
What do you need from me?
A one-line written OK by email, an export from your software (name, mobile, estimate date, job type, last service date), and an office that answers replies in business hours. About ten minutes of your time, once.
How many estimates do I need?
At least 40 unsold estimates from the last six months. Under that, the list is too thin to be worth your time, and I'll say so.
What's the investment?
The sweep is free. If you like what it books, Next Truck is $2,499 to set up and $1,199 a month, +HST, month to month with 30 days' notice. The pricing page has the detail.
Do you work with Jobber, Housecall Pro or ServiceTitan?
Yes. Next Truck is built on your software's own tools first. If you have no job software yet, we'll recommend one that fits.
Do you work in my area?
Yes, anywhere in Canada. We work on video, and in person in Brantford, Brant County, Ancaster, Burlington, Oakville and Waterdown.
Start with the free Estimate Sweep.
14 days. Free, no contract, no card. Four shops a month.