Red Truck Roofing is a family owned roofing company in Tampa Bay, started by Gunner Heard on March 3, 2020, that installs, repairs and replaces shingle, metal, tile, composite and flat roofs across Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Manatee counties.
In the six years since, we have serviced more than 6,000 roofs, pulled 1,447 permits on public record, earned the GAF Master Elite certification that roughly 2 percent of roofers hold, and been named the #3 roofing contractor in the country by USA Today in 2024.
This page is the story behind that: who we are, how we work, what the licenses and awards mean for your roof, and what 262 Google reviewers say about the company when we are not in the room. Call (813) 733-8725 for a free roof inspection, or request an estimate online.
Red Truck Roofing opened on March 3, 2020, eight days before the world shut down.
Gunner Heard started the company with a Florida roofing license, a red work truck and a belief that a roofing company in Tampa Bay could be run like a business people are glad they called: a human on the phone, a written estimate, a permit in the company’s name, and a crew that comes back.
One truck, one license, and a phone that gets answered
Three months in, the company put its complaint record on public display and has kept it clean
Voted by readers, not bought
The first regional storm response, from tarps to full replacements and eight month insurance claims
Out of every roofer in the United States
Two storms in 13 days; crews tarped and repaired across Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco for weeks
A permit history any homeowner can look up at the county before hiring us
Gunner Heard is the founder and owner of Red Truck Roofing, holds the company’s Florida Certified Roofing Contractor license CCC1332514 and Certified Building Contractor license CBC1259162, and still shows up on job sites, which is why his name is in more than a dozen of the company’s Google reviews.
Gunner built the company around three commitments that have not changed since 2020: a human answers the phone any hour of the day, every estimate is written line by line, and every permit is pulled in the company’s name so the accountability is ours.
The company is named for the red work trucks that have been in Tampa Bay driveways since the first one in 2020, and the trucks carry the license number and the phone number on the door because a roofer should be easy to find again.
The phone number spells 813-RED-TRCK. It rings at the office on Gunn Highway in Odessa, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
“Gunner and the crew were AMAZING!!! I called as I had a small repair and they were super accommodating and NICE!!! I HIGHLY recommend them. It is not often in this day and age to find an ethical, responsive, quality company! Thank you, Thank you Red Truck Roofing!! #RedTruckRocks!”
A $300 pipe boot and a $55,000 tile roof get the same six things from Red Truck Roofing, because the company was built on them before it had a second truck.
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at (813) 733-8725. Not a call center, not a voicemail, not a form that gets answered on Monday.
Photos of every slope and the attic, in writing, whether you hire us or not. If the roof has ten years left, we tell you that.
Materials, labor, decking allowance, permit and disposal, each on its own line, so the number you sign is the number you pay.
Every reroof and every large repair is permitted and inspected by the county, and the permit record follows the house.
Red Truck Roofing employees install the roof, and our written workmanship warranty sits on top of the manufacturer’s.
A call a year later about a vent gets the same crew and the same attention as the day the roof went on. Read the bala Raja review above.
★★★★★
“The crew arrived when they said they would, worked efficiently, and treated my home with care, leaving everything clean when they were done. The new roof looks beautiful and I truly feel like I was in knowledgeable, trustworthy hands the entire time.”
Brigette Muller · 5 stars · Google review
The best way to learn about Red Truck Roofing is to have a project manager on your roof. The inspection is free, the photo report is yours, and if the roof has ten years left you will hear that first. More than 6,000 Tampa Bay property owners have made that call since March 2020.
Call (813) 733-8725 now, any hour of the day, or request your free roof inspection online. A red truck will be in your driveway within days.
