Business Info Analysis
Coping With Costs
For every equipment rental, there are at least three major players involved....
Cooperative Service Training
The need for qualified service technicians is well documented in the construction and rental industries....
Warming Up Winter Worksites
When the mercury starts dropping in the fall, general contractors and construction managers must maintain proper temperature, relative humidity and ventilation on their jobsites....
Countering Supply Chain Inefficiencies
People in the rental industry — both rental companies and suppliers to it — have been talking a lot lately about costs....
A Big Auction and a Bigger Year for Ritchie Bros.
The fast-paced thrill and feel to a live auction compares to nothing else. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers expounded on this thrill times five at its five-day...
Walking the Tightrope
While interviewing RER 100 executives for this issue, I noticed a recurring theme. It wasn't defined as such, but it was walking a kind of tightrope,...
Taking the long view
Location, location, location a mantra used often in business mattered much in 2007. So did inventory mix. It was not a good year in the earthmoving business,...
Measuring Sustainability
By year's end, 2008 will un-doubtedly have made its mark in many ways, but it doesn't look like a stellar economy will be one of them. Rental companies...
Can You Manage?
Are we scratching our heads yet or what? Looking at the economy now, these are tough times to figure out. As Tim Ford of Genie says in RER's interview...
Manage Your Capital
With the first quarter of 2008 behind us, rental industry revenue results appear mixed. The most optimistic rental operators are predicting limited growth...
Postcards from Las Vegas
Growing Global Genie Industries discusses its plans for international growth. Tim Ford joined Redmond, Wash.-based Genie Industries a year and a half...
what else is new?
The MTX60 rammer from Multiquip is powered by a Honda GX 100 gas engine and offers up to 695 bpm. The rammer also features an anti-vibration handle system,...
Natural SELECTION
The operation of a properly maintained aerial lift, used within the manufacturer's intended parameters, is a safe and efficient way to achieve tasks at...
TO WEAR OR Not to Wear?
To wear or not to wear a safety harness on scissorlifts if only it was that easy. It sounds like a simple enough question, but ask any two people their...
Semi-Pumped for '08
RER: What types of new technologies, enhancements and features are on the horizon for the next generations of pump models? Thompson: Considering our increased...
Starting at the Top
I don't know how many aerial work platform-related accidents occurred in 2007, but however many was too many. Yes, accidents happen sometimes. But most...
Postcards from Las Vegas
Never Be Satisfied Not resting on its laurels, 63-year-old JCB launches spate of new products at ConExpo. One of the mottos of Mr. JCB, Joseph Cyril Bamford,...
Don't Miss THE TRAIN
Rental companies, equipment dealers, owners and users of all types of equipment must meet certain standards to assure the safe operation of that equipment....
The Delivery MAN
Every day, drivers deliver aerial work platforms to jobsites, and conversations such as the following are typical: Do you know how to run this? Sure do....
Private Equity Firm Reveals Part Ownership of United Rentals
SuttonBrook Capital Management LP last week revealed, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, that it owns about 5 million shares of United Rentals, a 5.83-percent stake, and may hold discussions with the rental company about a possible merger, reorganization or liquidation of the company. ...
Home Depot Sells HD Supply to Private Equity Groups
Home Depot, the world’s largest home-improvement retailer and North America’s fifth-largest equipment rental company last week agreed to sell its contractor supplies unit HD Supply to three buyout firms for $10.3 billion. ...
2006: Another Great Leap Forward
It was another leap forward for the RER 100, probably the peak of a boom period. Some companies think the peak has yet to come; others feel a softening...
Lightyear Capital to Acquire Neff Rentals
Lightyear Capital LLC, a private equity firm focused on financial services, announced Monday it has reached an agreement to acquire Miami-based Neff Corp. from Odyssey Investment Partners. Odyssey acquired Neff in June 2005 for $510 million, including debt. Terms of the transaction, scheduled to close in the second quarter, were not disclosed. The closing is subject to customary closing conditions and approvals....
The Age of Private Equity
Consultant and former rental company CEO Dan Kaplan talks about the impact of private equity, the sophistication of software and and why the advent of...
Picking Your Partner’s Pocket is Not the Answer
Always candid and not afraid to be outspoken, Terex CEO Ron DeFeo offers thoughts about the value of private equity investment, the future of Genie, relationships...
