Bobyard is excited to announce a new partnership with Horizon Distributors, marking the official rollout of Bobyard’s Irrigation Takeoff product for landscaping and irrigation distributors.
For Horizon, irrigation takeoffs account for roughly 30–40% of the sales team’s time. To keep up with demand, Horizon has historically relied on third-party providers, spending tens of thousands of dollars per month on outsourced work.
The partnership with Bobyard shifts that model. By bringing irrigation takeoffs in-house with AI, Horizon can reduce reliance on outsourcing, increase turnaround speed, and give the sales team back time previously spent on manual measurements.
Eric Rippe, General Manager at Horizon, emphasized the impact of bringing takeoffs in-house: “If we could take away the mundane counting, that alone would justify the investment. More importantly, owning the takeoff process creates new opportunities to focus on driving sales and delivering higher-value customer service.”
With automated area, turf, and linear footage measurements alongside irrigation counts, Horizon sees potential to proactively recommend additional materials outside a contractor’s original scope, turning estimating from a cost center into a growth lever.
“We see real potential to expand into new product categories by leveraging Bobyard’s takeoff capabilities,” said Phil Stephens, VP at Horizon.
This partnership officially introduces Bobyard’s Irrigation Takeoff solution, purpose-built for distributors who want to:
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Reduce expensive outsourcing
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Reclaim estimator bandwidth
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Offer premium takeoff services to high-value customers
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Expand product lines through better quantification
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Strengthen customer retention
We’re proud to partner with Horizon as they modernize irrigation estimating, and we’re excited to iterate on the technology together as we continue expanding Bobyard’s capabilities. We look forward to supporting additional distributors ready to bring takeoffs in-house and unlock new revenue opportunities.
Horizon Distributors, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pool Corporation, is a wholesale distributor of turf irrigation products, outdoor power equipment, fertilizers and allied products serving the professional turf, landscape and golf markets through 88 sales centers throughout the western, southwestern and southeastern U.S. Horizon distributes major national brands including Rain Bird, Hunter, Toro, Exmark, Echo, PBI Gordon, Belgard, Vista, Unique and FX Luminaire and proprietary products under its TurfGro® brand. For more information about Horizon, please visit www.horizononline.com.